Improved Ink Stands Containing Two or more Ink Wells.
Year: 1886

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ink Stands Containing Two or more Ink Wells.
I ARTHUR EDMUND GORSE of 71 New Street, West Bromwich in the County of
Stafford Machinist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
An arrangement of the lids or covers of ink-stands to work by levers or other
mechanical movement so that one lid or cover only can be uncovered or open at one
and the same time, thereby making it impossible to dip the pen in any well except the
one in use and an arrangement of levers to enable all or any of the lids or covers to
be uncovered or open together. The elbow or other levers for operating the covers
are by preference pivoted to a fixed eye inside the stand frame with a finger piece
projecting by which each cover is operated.
The upper end of the elbow lever then comes a connecting rod to another elbow
lever hung at the back of the lid the end being attached to the lid so that when the
finger piece is pressed down the lid belonging thereto opens. Now each back elbow
lever is attached to a cord or chain running along the back of the stand by preference
under the frame and inside and inside thereof and sufficient slack only is allowed to
permit one lid to open at one time.
Should it however be absolutely necessary to have two or more open at once more
slack may be given to the cord or chain by a thumb screw or other equivalont
liberation to allow this, and the thumb screw also allows any stretching or wear to be
taken up.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ink Stands Containing Two or more Ink Wells.
I ARTHUR EDMUND GORSE of 71 New Street, West Bromwich in the County of
Stafford, Machinist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
An arrangement of the lids or covers of ink-stands to work by levers or other
mechanical movement so that one lid or cover only can be uncovered or open at one
and the same time, thereby making it impossible to dip the pen in any well except
the one in use and an arrangement of levers to enable all or any of the lids or covers
to be uncovered or open together. The elbow or other levers for operating the covers
are by preference pivoted to a fixed eye inside the stand frame with a finger piece
projecting by which each cover is operated.
The upper end of the elbow lever then carries a connecting rod to another elbow
lever hung at the back of the lid the end being attached to the lid so that when the
finger piece is pressed down the lid belonging thereto opens. Now each back elbow
lever is attached to a cord or chain running along the back of the stand by preference
under the frame and inside thereof and sufficient slack only is allowed to permit one
lid to open at one time.
Should it however be absolutely necessary to have two or more open at once more
slack may be given to the cord or chain by a thumb screw or other equivalent
liberation to allow this and the thumb screw also allows any stretching or wear to be
taken up.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
illustrated one example of how the details may be worked out and from which other
designs may be arranged without departing from the principle thereof for it will be
readily understood that the design and details thereof may be greatly varied.
Figure 1 is a section through the inkstand Z on line A. B. shewing the ink-pot
closed.
Figure 2 is a sectional plan shewing the ink-pot lids C and D down and E up and
the various levers inside.
Figure 3 is a section on line H J shewing one ink pot open.
The lids C. D. E of the ink pots X are hinged at to the stand Z. Attached to
these lids are the elbow levers K through the eyelet end of which at k¹ the cord Lis
threaded which also passes through the small eyelets which are fixed to the inside
of the stand Z. The cord L is sufficiently slack to allow one of the crank levers K to
be forward so that the lid may be open as shewn by Figure 3. These elbow or crank
levers K are connected with other elbow or crank levers M which are mounted at m²
by the rods N the arms m¹ of the cranks projecting through the slot in the stand
and ornamented at their ends m³ to form finger keys by the depression of which any

page_text: lid may be opened this opening action tightens that portion of the cord passing
through the levers of the remaining lids and closes them as shewn in Figure 1. By
the adjustable screw P the cord Ĺ may be slackened or tightened so as to keep all
lids closed or allow any or all to be opened at the same time or to compensate for
stretch.
These ink-stands admit of being made in almost any external design and material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The new or improved ink-stands having two or more wells the covers of which are
operated by levers and tension cord or its equivalent so that either only one may be
opened at once or more than one as desired substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 8th day of March 1887.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.