Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The invention relates to the following described adjustable shield for inkstands,
wells, and the like.
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a vertical section of an inkstand shield having the features of my
invention.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the dotted linea x of Figure 1 somewhat
enlarged, showing its wings flattened or folded against the side of the inkwell as
will hereinafter be described.
Figure 3 is a view of my invention before its insertion into an inkstand.
Figure 4 is a view in plan of the shield inserted.
Figure 5 represents a shield having wings differing somewhat in shape from
those shown in Figure 4.
A represents an inkstand; a the well thereof and a¹ the metal mouth or opening
to the well. B represents the shield as a whole; it comprises the mouth piece b
of rigid material having a wide flange b', inwardly extending section 62, a hole 63
through which the pen is inserted to the well, and an inclined opening 6 to the
hole. The hole 63 is closed at its bottom by a diaphragm C of resilient material like
rubber in which are the cross slits e and this diaphragm is secured to the exterior of
the projection by the sleeve c¹, which extends upward from the edge of the
diaphragm and when elastic hugs the projection. The sleeve is of the depth of
the projection and it has extending outwardly from its upper edge a wide flange c²
of resilient or elastic material. Upon the outer side of the sleeve there are a
relatively large number of thin resilient or elastic wings c³, which extend radially
therefrom and may increase in width from the lower end upwardly; they are not
united at their upper end to the flange.
Upon an insertion of the shield into the mouth of an inkwell and the turning
thereof these wings are folded from a radial to a tangential relation to the outer
surface of the sleeve and form a yielding packing, preferably increasing in
thickness from the lower edge of the sleeve to the flauge c and serve to firmly
hold the shield within the mouth of the well and permit it to be fitted to mouths
varying in size, while the flange acts to cover any interstices between the sleeve
and the edge of the mouth, and to extend upon the top of the inkstand above the
entrance to the mouth, forming a packing between the flanged mouth piece b and
the top of the stand about the well which excludes air and dust from the well.
The yielding wings may also be used as a means by which other similar devices
may be adjusted to varying sizes of opening, in which case the slitted diaphragm
and the flange & may be dispensed with when not required.
The sleeve bearing the wings may be attached to the shield or other device by
its own resiliency or by cement or in any other desired way.

page_text: The wings may taper as shown in Figure 4 or may taper at their lower ends
only as shown in Figure 5, or not at all."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A shield for an inkstand mouth having a slit diaphragm, a sleeve extending
from the edge thereof and outwardly extending resilient wings or ribs.
2. A shield for the mouth of an inkwell having a slit diaphragm, a sleeve
extending upwardly from the diaphragm, outwardly extending resilient wings or
ribs and an outwardly extending flauge c.
3. In a shield for the mouth of an inkwell, the mouth piece having a central
projection and a hole passing through it and with a slit diaphragm at the end of
said projection having outwardly extending wings or ribs.
4. In a shield of the character specified, the combination of the mouth piece
having an inward projection and a hole extending through both, the slit diaphragm
held to the underside of the projection by a sleeve which surrounds the said pro-
jection, a flange extending from said sleeve, and wings or ribs extending from the
side of said sleeve outwardly but disconnected from the said flange, as and for the
purposes described.
Dated this 19th day of May 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.