Improvements in Appliances for Filling Ink Stands or Wells, and for Cleaning same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Appliances for Filling Ink Stands or Wells, and for
Cleaning same.
I, JOSEPH MARSHALL, of 72, Hermitage Street, Rishton, in the County of
Lancaster, Schoolmaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in appliances for charging ink stands
or wells with ink, and also to improved appliances for cleaning the ink stands or
wells before recharging them, the object being to facilitate the charging of a
number of stands or wells without soiling the hands, and without wasting the
ink, and is specially designed for use in schools and large offices. The appliance
is simple and inexpensive in its construction and efficient in its action and
may be used for filling small bottles with any liquid.
According to this invention I employ a bottle or container having a cap or
stopper preferably of rubber, and through such stopper are passed two tubes,
one a short one having a mouthpiece on the outside, and the other a long one
extending to near the bottom of the bottle or container. To the outside of the
longer tube is attached a rubber pipe terminating in a nozzle. The container
is filled with ink and the stopper, and tubes inserted, when by simply blowing
through the mouthpiece the long tube and rubber tube acts as a syphon and
ink flows through the nozzle. When the well is filled the rubber tube is pinched,
the flow of ink stopped, and the nozzle withdrawn and inserted in another stand
or well, and the pressure removed from the rubber tube, and ink again flows.
Should a well have too much ink in, it can be withdrawn as required by inserting
the nozzle therein and lowering the container to a lower level than the stand
or well.
.The flexible tube and nozzle are made slightly stronger for cleaning purposes
and the nozzle is serrated. The tube has a device or cap by means of which it
can be fixed to any ordinary water tap and the pressure of the water flowing
through the nozzle when the latter is inserted into a well or stand effectively
cleans it and the serrated end of the nozzle removes any hard or dry sediment.
The nozzle is provided with a hook for attaching same to the stopper or mouth-
piece when not in use so as to prevent flow of liquid.
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page_text: Improvements in Appliances for Filling Ink Stands or Wells, and for
Cleaning same.
I, JOSEPH MARSHALL, of 72, Hermitage Street, Rishton, in the County of
Lancaster, Schoolmaster, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in appliances for charging ink stands
or wells with ink, and also to improved appliances for cleaning the inkstands
or wells before re-charging them, the object.being to facilitate the charging of a
number of stands or wells without soiling the hands and without wasting the
ink, and is specially designed for use in schools and large offices. The appliance
is simple and inexpensive in its construction and efficient in its action, and
may be used for filling small bottles with any liquid.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved appliance for purpose
aforesaid.
Fig. 2 is a view of the appliance designed for cleaning ink wells.
According to this invention I employ a bottle or container 1 having a cap or
stopper 2. preferably of rubber, and through such stopper are passed two glass,
rubber, or metal, or rubber and metal tubes or pipes, one a short one 3 having
a mouthpiece 4 on the outside, and the other a long one 5 extending to near
the bottom of the bottle or container 1. To the outside of the longer tube 5
is attached a rubber pipe 6 terminating in a nozzle 7. The container 1 is filled
with ink and the stopper 2 and tubes 3 and 5 inserted as shewn, when by
simply blowing through the mouthpiece 3 the long tube 5 and rubber tube 6
act as a syphon and ink flows through the nozzle 7. When the well is filled
the rubber tube 6 is pinched, the flow of ink stopped, and the nozzle 7 withdrawn
and inserted in another stand or well, and the pressure removed from the rubber
tube 6 and ink again flows. Should a well have too much ink in, it can
be withdrawn as required by inserting the nozzle 7 therein and lowering the
container 1 to a lower level than the stand or well.
The flexible tube 6 and nozzle 7 are preferably made slightly stronger for
cleaning purposes and the end of the nozzle 7 is serrated (see Fig. 2). The tube 6
has an ordinary self adjusting device or cap 8 by means of which it can be fixed
to any ordinary water tap, and the pressure of the water flowing through the
nozzle when the latter is inserted into a well or stand, effectively cleans it,
and the serrated end of the nozzle 7 removes any hard or dry sediment.
The nozzle 7 is provided with a ring or hook 9 for attaching same to the
stopper or mouthpiece when not in use, so as to prevent flow of liquid by keeping.
the outlet above the ink level.
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;-
(1) The bottle or container 1, cap or stopper 2, tubes or pipes 3 and 5, rubber
pipe 6, and nozzle 7, all in combination as and for the purpose herein described
and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings

page_text: (2) The bottle or container 1, cap or stopper 2, tubes or pipes 3 and 5, rubber
pipe 6, and nozzle 7, the end of the latter being serrated and the pipe 6 provided
with the self adjusting device 8, all in combination as and for the purpose
herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 9th day of Anouat 1900