IMPROVEMENTS IN TANDS OR INGHOLDERS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Stephen Perry, of Red Lion Square, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TANDS OR INGHOLDERS"
Sealed the 12th January 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Stephen Perry at
the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, STEPHEN PERRY, of Red Lion Square, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN INKSTANDS OR INKHOLDERS " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists, First, of constructing a flexible or partly
flexible inkstand or inkholder, with a tube passing from above towards
the bottom, so that by slight compression the ink will flow up the tube
into a proper cup or dipping place. Secondly, the Invention is appli-
cable to pumping inkstands, and consists of arranging the pumping
apparatus within a stopper, to fit fluid-tight in an opening, in place of
using screws and other fastenings as heretofore.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Stephen Perry, in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
STEPHEN PERRY, of Red Lion Square, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
of our
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the. First, day of October, in the year
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs-and-successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Stephen Perry, her special licence, that I, the said Stephen
Perry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Stephen Perry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might, make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INKSTANDS OR INKHOLDERS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Stephen Perry, by an instru-
ment in writing, under my hand and seal should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office, within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Stephen Perry, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists,-First, of constructing a flexible or partly
flexible inkstand or inkholder, with a tube passing from above towards
the bottom, so that by a slight compression the ink will flow up the
tube into a proper cup or dipping place.
Secondly, the Invention is applicable to pumping inkstands; and
consists of arranging the pump apparatus within a stopper, to fit
fluid-tight in an opening, in place of using screws and other fastenings

page_text: as heretofore. And in order that my said Invention may be most fully
understood, and readily carried unto effect, I will proceed to describe
the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a plan and section of a flexible inkstand, which I
prefer to be made of gutta percha; other material or materials may be
used, provided that the vessel or some part of the vessel is sufficiently
flexible to act in like manner to the one shown in the drawing, and
the form of the vessel may be varied; I would remark, that I do not
claim the making of an ink vessel flexible, as that is not in itself new;
and flexible elastic pistons have before been used in the moveable
pumping apparatus of ink holders; I do not, therefore, claim the same.
a, is the ink vessel, which is of gutta percha, and it is placed in a wood
or other stand b, which may be of any desired device; c, is a tube and
dipping cup, there being a screw formed at the lower end of the tube,
as shown; at the bottom of the vessel a, is formed or fixed a hollow
screw d, with passages for the ink to flow through at the bottom;
by screwing down the tube c, the bottom and top of the vessel a, will
be drawn towards each other, and the interior capacity will be lessened,
and the ink will flow into the cup; and when that quantity has been
used, if the cup and tube c, be screwed back, the vessel will again
expand, and a quantity of air will pass down the tube c, and rise up into
the upper part of the vessel a, which will thus be again filled by air and
ink; the consequence will be, that when the tube c, is again screwed
down, the ink will again rise, and such will be the case so long as
there is a quantity of ink in the vessel a; and a very slight contraction
succeeded by expansion of the vessel a, or part of it, will be sufficient to
cause the action to be as above described.
Figure 2, shows a plan and section of another arrangement, differing
from that above described in some particulars, but in principle of action
the arrangement and construction are the same; a, is a vessel, which I
prefer to be of gutta percha, though other material or materials may be
used in its construction, so long as the bottom or other part is suffici-
ently flexible; b, is the stand of wood or other material; c, is the tube
and dipping cup.
In this arrangement, the bottom is acted on by a

page_text: lever e, which is pressed on by a screw f; hence, by depressing the
shorter end of the lever, the other end of it. will raise the bottom of the
vessel a, and ink will rise to the dipping cup, and when the same is
used, by the reverse action of the screw allowing the bottom of the vessel
a, to descend, a quantity of air will pass down the tube and ascend to
the upper part of the vessel a, which will render the inkstand again in
a position to have a further quantity of ink raised to the cup; and by
repeating these movements of the parts, the ink will be raised so long as
there is a quantity of ink in the vessel a.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, the object of
which is to arrange a suitable pumping apparatus in a stopper, by which
it may the more readily be removed for repair or otherwise, and
another substituted. Figure 3, is a section and plan of an arrangement
for this purpose;. I would, however, reinark that the shapes of the parts
may be varied; a, is an ordinary ink vessel; c, the dipping cup and
tube; d, is the opening for receiving the stopper e, which is to fit
air tight. At the upper part of the stopper e, is formed the pumping
apparatus which is preferred, and which is of an ordinary construction; it
consists of a disc of vulcanized India-rubber f, fixed at its edges, as
shown, and well understood, and deflected by a screw or otherwise.
This pumping apparatus may be varied, so long as it is arranged in a
stopper, in place of being fixed as heretofore.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I would have it
understood, that what I claim is,-
and,
First, the combining a flexible or partly flexible ink vessel with a
dipping cup and tube passing, from above towards the bottom;
Second, I claim the combining of pumping apparatus with a stopper
of ink vessels.
In witness whereof, I, the said Stephen Perry, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of March in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
STEPHEN PERRY
(L. g.)
STEPHEN PERRY
(1.8.)
Witness, S. CARPMAEL.