An Improvement in Inkstands.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th May, 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Inkstands.
AUGUSTUS GOODWIN 20 River Street Myddelton Square E.C. Missionary do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists in the mechanism by which the lid of an inkstand is opened by the
presure of the little finger on a single lever when in the act of dipping the pen in
the ink, and the lever is so constructed that the lid is self closing when the pressure
of the finger is withdrawn and therefore cannot be inadvertantly left open. By
this invention the ink is always covered except while the pen is being dipped in it,
& is thus protected from dust & prevented from getting thick.
Dated this 8th day of December 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Inkstands.
AUGUSTUS GOODWIN 20 River Street Myddelton Square London E.C.
Missionary 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 consists in the mechanism by which the lid of an inkstand is
opened by the pressure of the little finger on a single lever when in the act of
dipping the pen in the ink, and the lever is so constructed that the lid is self closing
when the pressure of the finger is withdrawn, and therefore cannot be inadvertantly
left open.
By this invention the ink is always covered except while the pen is being
dipped in it, and is thus protected from dust and prevented from getting thick.
The full description of the invention is as follows.
Fig. 1 represents the improved inkstand when closed.
Fig. 2 the same open shewing the position of the hand when dipping the pen in
the ink.
Fig. 3 plan of the above.
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The letters referring to the various corresponding parts, are the same in each
figure.
The lever A, being hinged on to the fulcrum B, when pressed as shewn Fig. 2,
raises the lid by means of the pin C.
The slot D controls the action of the pin C and prevents the lid of the inkstand
from falling too far backward to allow it to close again by its own weight.
The pin C is fixed to the rim of the lid of the inkstand, near the hinge, by rivet,
solder, or otherwise.
The fulcrum B is fixed to the lower rim of the inkstand.
This invention may be slightly varied to suit different pattern inkstands, say for
instance, the lever may be curved instead of straight, as shewn; or it may be
ornamented to suit fancy pattern inkstands, but the mechanical motion remaining
as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. An inkstand having an hinged cover arranged to be raised by means of the

page_text: lever A, having a slotted end D and pivotted at B. the said slot D receiving a
pin C which is attached to the lid, all substantially as hereinbefore described in
this Specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In an inkstand having a hinged cover, the lever A with the slotted end D
enclosing pin C and the said lever pivotted at B in such a manner that when a
pressure is withdrawn from the forward end of the lever A, the lid of the inkstand
will close by gravity.
A. GOODWIN.