Improvements in Fountain or Reservoir Pens.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fountain or Reservoir Pens.
I, THOMAS EVANS of Eglwysbach, R.S.O. in the County of Denbigh, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a self-inking instrument or pen for writing or
ruling purposes or the like.
The chief features of the invention consist in a wheel or roller which serves
instead of the point of an ordinary steel or other pen, and a pad saturated with ink
or other composition with which it is desired to write. The pad is so located as to
touch one side of the wheel or roller, which is thus supplied with ink as it rotates
while travelling along the writing surface. The axis of the roller is arranged at an
angle with the axis of the pen holder.
In my experimental apparatus, the holder consists of two parts, the part which
contains the pad and roller, and the upper part of the handle, into which the other
part slides and is secured, thus encasing the saturated pad. This special arrange-
ment of holder is not, however, essential.
When the pad has become exhausted, all that is required is to pull out the lower
part of the holder, dip the pad in ink until it is sufficiently saturated, and then
replace the lower part of the holder.
Not only may common writing ink be used, but the pen will write with printers
ink or composition, and thick, oily ink does not affect the working of the
instrument.
Dth LiL 1 January 1905
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fountain or Reservoir Pens.
1, THOMAS EVANS, of Eglwysbach R.S.O. in the County of Denbigh, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention has for its object a self-inking instrument or pen for writing or
ruling purposes or the like.
The chief features of the invention consist in a wheel or roller of glass or other
suitable material which serves instead of the point of an ordinary steel or other pen,
and a pad saturated with ink or other composition with which it is desired to write.
The pad is so located as to touch one side of the wheel or roller, which is thus
supplied with ink as it rotates while travelling along the writing surface. The
axis of the roller is arranged at a suitable angle with the axis of the pen holder
according to the purpose for which the pen is to be used and approximately
parallel with the writing surface.
The accompanying drawing shows the plan I prefer for carrying the invention
into effect, in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is an elevation (partly in section) of my improved pen; and
Figure 2, a section on an enlarged scale.
In these figures, the holder is shown formed in two parts, namely, the lower
part A, which contains the pad and the roller or disc C, and the upper part B into
which the lower part A slides and is secured, thus encasing the saturated pad.

page_text: This special arrangement of holder is not, however, essential. The pad touches
one side of the roller or disc C and keeps it coated with the writing fluid. The
wheel forms the writing instrument, and it rotates while travelling along the
writing surface, so that there is no danger of scratching the paper, or of the ink
supply not feeding properly, as, so long as the pad is saturated and the wheel
rotates, the latter is bound to receive the requisite supply.
When the pad has become exhausted, all that is required is to pull out the lower
part of the holder, re-saturate the pad with ink to the required extent, and then
replace the lower part of the holder.
Not only may common writing ink be used, but the pen will write with printers'
ink or composition, and thick, oily ink does not affect the working of the
instrument.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Forming the writing point or nib (of fountain or self-inking pens) of a small
rotatable wheel or disc pivotted to the extremity of the pen holder, the axis of
said disc being arranged at a suitable angle with the axis of the holder, but
approximately parallel with the writing surface, substantially as described.
2. In a fountain or self-inking pen, the combination, with the holder, of a small
external wheel or disc forming the writing point or nib of the instrument, and a pad
(saturated with ink or other suitable writing fluid) located inside the holder and
adapted to touch or press against the periphery of the disc at one point, whereby it
is automatically and continuously supplied or coated with ink as it rotates during
writing, substantially as described.
3. The improved fountain or self-inking pen taken as a whole substantially as
described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.