Year: 1897

page_text: I, THOMAS QUINLAN, of No. 65, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, in the County of
Glamorgan, Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in writing pens, and the object of it is to
produce a pen adapted for ordinary and ornamental writing, freehand or other
drawing, etching, or for use as a stylus in writing carbon transfers.
According to my invention the pen is not split in the centre into two nibs as usual,
but is perforated with a central longitudinal slit or slot at a convenient distance
from the nib or point thereof and has a slit cut in the side of the nib, communicating
with the aforesaid longitudinal slit or slot. This slit may be made so as to intersect
the slot at any convenient angle or point thereof, the object of the slit being to
give the nib of the pen a certain amount of elasticity and to cause the ink to flow
more readily consequent upon being drawn towards the point or nib by the action of
the pen when in operation. The side slit may be made or either or both sides of the
pen as might be found most desirable, and the slot may be simply a longitudinal
continuation of the side slit.
Upon the concave or under side of the pen, a groove or indentation is made
extending from the front of the central slot to the point of the nib and a similar
groove is carried from the back end of the slot towards the rear portion of the pen,
the exact length or extent of the latter groove being immaterial. The object of the
said grooves is to form a channel to convey and direct the flow of ink from the rear
part of the pen towards the point of the nib.
1005

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in writing-pens, and the object of it is to
produce a pen equally adapted for ordinary and ornamental writing, free-hand or
other drawing and etching, or for use as a stylus in writing carbon transfers.
According to my invention the pen is not split in the centre into two nibs as usual
but is perforated by a central longitudinal slit or slot at a convenient distance from
the nib or point, and has also a slit cut in the side of the nib, which slit leads into or
communicates with the aforesaid longitudinal slit or slot. This lateral slit may be
made so as to intersect the slot at any convenient angle or point thereof, the object of
the said slit being to give the nib of the pen the requisite amount of elasticity or
flexibility and to cause the ink to flow more readily, consequent upon being drawn
towards the point or nib by the action of the pen when in operation.
The lateral slit may be made on either or both sides of the nib, as might be found
most desirable, and the slot may be formed by simply a longitudinal continuation of
the side slit.
Upon the concave or under side of the pen a groove or indentation is made,
extending from the front of the central slot to the point of the nib, and a similar
groove is carried from the back end of the slot towards the rear portion of the pen ;
the exact length or extent of the latter groove being immaterial. The object of the
said grooves is to form a channel to convey and direct the flow of ink from the rear
part of the pen towards the point of the nib.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figures 1 to 5 both inclusive represent the back-view in plan of a pen constructed
according to my invention: In Figures 1 and 2, A is the longitudinal perforation or
slit or slot, B is the lateral slit leading into or intersecting the perforation A to give
the requisite flexibility, C is the groove or indentation in the nibs which takes the
place of the ordinary split.
In Figures 3 and 5 the central perforation is dispensed with, there being curved
lateral slits on both sides of the nibs. In Figure 4 the central longitudinal perforation
may be considered as formed by the extension of the lateral slit; and in Figure 5 the
lateral curved slits of Figures 3 and 4 are modified by each being composed of two
straight slits at an angle to each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A writing-pen having in combination a central longitudinal hole or perforation
traversing the root of the nib, a split in the side of the nib extending into the said
central perforation and a groove or indentation on the under side of the pen bisecting
the nib longitudinally in front and at the rear of the said central perforation,
substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.
2. A writing-pen having in combination a groove or indentation on the under side
of the pen bisecting the nib longitudinally, and a split more or less curved in both
sides of the nib, said splits extending from the outer edge in a direction more or less
towards the said central longitudinal groove, substantially as described and illustrated
in Figure 3 of the drawings.
3. A writing-pen having, in combination, a groove or indentation on the under
side of the pen bisecting the nib longitudinally, and two splits more or less curved
one of which extending from the outer edge of one side of the nib into the said central
groove and the other extending from the outer edge of the other side of the nib in
a direction more or less towards the said longitudinal groove, substantially as described
and illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings.
4. A writing-pen having in combination a groove or indentation on the under side

page_text: of the pen bisecting the nib longitudinally and a split more or less angular in both
sides of the nib, said splits extending from the outer edge in a direction more or less
parallel with the said groove or indentation, substantially as described and illustrated
in Figure 5 of the drawings.
ay or
очно 1000.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.