Improvements relating to Ink-wells and Ink-stands."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Ink-wells and Ink-stands."
I, JOSEPH HAWKRIDGE, of Dock House, Billiter Street, in the City of London,
Engineer, 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:—
1
My invention relates to improvements in lids for ink-wells and ink-stands and
is chiefly designed to provide a lid or cover which normally closes the ink-well so
as to prevent the introduction of dust or other foreign substances, while at the
same time, it enables the pen to be readily introduced. My invention also com-
prises various details of the construction as fully pointed out in the following
specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawing, in which
Figure 1 represents a plan, or top view of a device embodying my invention
applied to a ink-stand.
Figure is a vertical section on the line - Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view with part broken away, showing the lid open.
Figure 4 is a similar view with the diaphragm of elastic material and the
supporting disc therefor removed.
Like letters and numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout
the several views of the drawing.
Referring to the drawing, the letter A designates a bezel forming the outer
frame of the lid. This bezel is hinged at a in any usual manner to the base
plate B, which latter is attached to the stand C. The bezel A is adapted, when
closed, to be engaged by a spring tongue 2 projecting upwardly from the base
plate B, the said bezel being notched at A¹ for the reception of said tongue. The
strength of this locking or fastening device is made such, that, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, the lid cannot be opened by hand alone, but will require the use of
a special tool, or knife, to open the same. The said bezel is provided with seats
or countersinks A3, A3, on its outer and inner sides, and in the outer seat A² is
fitted a circular head 3, which is capable of turning upon the bezel. In the bezel
are formed two quadrantal slots 4, into one or other of which extends a projec-
tion 5 formed on the head 3 so as to limit the motion of the head to a quadrant.
The inner seat A³ of the bezel is adapted to receive a circular rubber diaphragm D
supported on a circular disc E, both being suspended from the head 3 by a screw-
stud 6, the diaphragm and disc being prevented from turning in the inner seat A³
by means of projections E¹ on the said disc engaging with recesses 11 in the bezel.
In the head 3, within the circumference of the ink-well F, is formed a transverse
opening 7, and, at the corresponding portion, the diaphragm D is slitted trans-
versely as shown at D', and the disc is perforated, as at 8, so as to permit the
passage of the pen into the ink-well, when the slitted portion and openings are in

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practically air-tight.
In the present example, I have shown the disc E provided with a second per-
foration 9 and the diaphragm correspondingly slitted, so that, in case the slitted
portion of the diaphragm at 8 wears out, the screw-stud 6 can be removed and the
disc and diaphragm can be turned and replaced so as to present a new portion to
the opening 7. In order that the ink-well F may be firmly held in position whilst
enabling it to be readily removed, it is arranged to be pressed against an India-
rubber or other elastic seating G by means of the bezel A. Or it can be supported
in a ring provided with flanges one of which engages with the flange of the ink-
well, whilst the other rests upon the base plate B and under which the finger-nails
can be introduced to lift the ink-well out of its socket. When my improved cover
is used with desks which are locked at night, and in which access to the ink-well
cannot be had from below, this forms a convenient means for removing the ink-
well from above, when it is desired to cleanse it.
If desired, the rubber diaphragm 1) may be gummed or otherwise secured to the
dise E.
A suitable handle, as 12, may be attached to, or made integral with, the head 3
to facilitate the turning of the latter.
It is evident that the lid may be attached directly to any form of ink-well, school
desk or stand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A lid for ink-wells composed of a base-plate adapted to be attached to a
suitable base, a cover hinged thereto and comprising a rotatable head, a bezel in
which said head is mounted, an elastic diaphragm, a disc supporting said
diaphragm and suspended from the head, said head, disc and diaphragm being
provided with perforations, and combined with a locking or fastening device for
the lid, substantially as described.
2. The combination, with a base plate, of a circular bezel hinged thereto, a
head mounted to rotate in said bezel and provided with an opening, a disc seated on
the opposite side of the bezel and suspended from the head and provided with a
perforation, and an elastic diaphragm located between the head and the disc and
slitted for the passage of the pen, substantially as described.
3. The combination, with a base plate, of a bezel hinged thereto, a rotatable
head mounted in said bezel and provided with an opening, a stop or stops for
limiting the motion of the head, a perforated disc provided with one or more pro-
jections around its periphery and seated in a correspondingly-shaped recess in the
bezel and suspended from the head, and an elastic diaphragm located between the
head and the dise and slitted for the passage of the pen, substantially as described.
4. The combination, with a base plate, of a bezel removably attached thereto, a
rotatable head mounted in said bezel and provided with an opening, a stop on
stops for limiting the motion of the head, a perforated disc seated in the bezel and
suspended from the head, and an elastic diaphragm located between the head and
the disc and slitted for the passage of the pen, substantially as described.
5. The combination, with a base plate, of a bezel hinged thereto, a head mounted
to rotate in said bezel and provided with an opening, a stop or stops for limiting
the motion of the head, a perforated dise provided with projections and seated in
the bezel and suspended from the head, an elastic diaphragm located between the
head and the disc and slitted for the passage of the pen, and a lock for the bezel,
substantially as described.
6. The herein described supporting device for ink-wells, consisting of a ring
provided with an inwardly extending flange for the support of the well and an
outwardly extending flange adapted to rest on the object from which the well is
suspended.

page_text: 7. The improved ink-well constructed substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawing for the purposes specified.
Dated the 12th day of November 1897
D. YOUNG & Co.
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.