Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
We, JOHN SMITH MALLARY of 307 Mill Street, Janitor, JAMES ABRAHAM
LEONARD of 10 Ohio Avenue, School Teacher, and COLWELL PORTER WILSON
of 640 Bryson Street, all of Youngtown, County of Mahoning, Ohio, U.S.A., do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The ink well of this invention comprises an open top neckless ink container
having an outer collar a little below the top and lugs tapering downwardly from
the collar, the collar and lugs serving to hold the ink well in place in a desk top.
The container is screw threaded above the collar for the attachment of a cover, and
to the centre of this latter is pivotted a disc having near its periphery an aperture
for the pen. The cover has a similar aperture which is covered or uncovered
according as the pivotted disc is turned, the turning movement being limited
by a stop lug on the cover engaging in a slot in the pivotted disc. To prevent
the entrance of dust the disc is coated on the under side with rubber or other
soft material and between the collar of the container and the cover is placed
elastic packing.
Dated this in domen - 1900
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
We, JOHN SMITH MALLARY of 307 Mill Street, Janitor, JAMES ABRAHAM
LEONARD of 10 Ohio Avenue, School Teacher, and COLWELL PORTER WILSON
of 640 Bryson Street Bank Clerk all of Youngtown, County of Mahoning,
Ohio, U.S.A., 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 :-
The ink well of this invention is more especially designed for use in school desks
in which it may be inserted so as to preserve a perfect plane therewith without
projection or indentation.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a top view of the ink well of the invention inserted in a school desk.
Fig. 2 a vertical section on line y-y of Fig. 1.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, views of separate parts.
B is the ink holder preferably of blown glass and of circular shape. A little
below the top, which is completely open, it is formed with a collar having two short
downwardly tapering lugs opposite one another, said collar and lugs being for the
purpose of keeping the holder in place in the corresponding opening in the desk top
which opening is provided with a shoulder for the collar to bear upon and with
recesses for the lugs to fit in.

page_text: The exterior of the holder B above the collar is screw threaded for the purpose
of attaching the cover C. This latter is in the form of a disc gradually thickening
from the edge to the centre to give a good hold to a central pivot pin p. The
disc C has an upper and' a lower rim, the latter being internally threaded to screw
on to the holder, and the latter adapted to receive a revolving disc D flush with the
top of the desk. Near the periphery of the disc D is a round opening o which
registers, when suitably turned on the pivot pin p, with a similar opening o' in the
cover C, through which openings the pen may be dipped into the ink. Adjacent
to the opening o and at the upper side of the disc. D are provided nail catches o
for operating the disc to open or close the aperture o' in the cover C. S is a recess
or rabbet, opposite the pen opening o on the under side of the disc D, and is
engaged by the stop a on the cover C for the purpose of limiting the turning
movement of the disc for opening and closing the pen openings o, o. This under
side of the disc D is coated with a layer of rubber, cork, or other soft material o
attached by any suitable cement to render the ink holder as nearly air tight and
dust proof as possible. To still further protect the ink against evaporation and
impurities a packing piece p¹ of rubber or the like is placed between the collar of
the ink holder and the rim of the cover C. The pivot pin p which passes through
the revolving disc. D and cover has its upper end conical and its lower end
screw threaded for the reception of a nut by which the disc and cover are held
together. These two parts are preferably made of a non-corrosive metal, zinc for
.instance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we are well aware that
inkstands capped with revolving disc covers having openings registering with
openings in the bottle neck for access to the ink have been made and we do not
-claim such construction broadly, but we declare that what we claim is :-
In an ink well the combination of the open topped neckless holder B having an
integral collar a little below the top and two integral downward tapering lugs,
said holder being adapted to enter an opening in a desk top that has a shoulder
and recesses to receive it; the disc shaped cover C, thickest at the centre, having
a central aperture and having around its periphery a rim projecting above and
below the disc, the lower portion being largest and internally threaded, and having
Dear its rim the pen opening o'; the stop c upon the inner side of the upper portion
of said rim; the soft packing p between the bottom edge of the rim of the
cover C and the collar upon the holder B; the revolving disc cover D placed
on top of the cover C having a pen opening o and indented nail catoles; the
segmental recess or rabbet S and the pivot pin p its head countersunk. in the
revolving disc and threaded at its lower extremity for engagement with a nat
below the cover C, for the purpose specified substantially as described and
shewn.
Dated this 07th do 1007
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.