Improvements in or connected with Fountain Reservoirs for Ink or other Liquids.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893-Accepted. 4th Mar.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Fountain Reservoirs for Ink or
other Liquids.
GUISEPPE VINCENZO DE LUCA Merchant 6 & 7 Long Lane Aldersgate
Street London E.C. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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The stopper is made of earthenware, glass, wood, or other suitable material, the
top is cup or funnel shaped with a passage through it and the bottom part of
stopper to take the form of a plug, around which is placed an india rubber ring, or
cork ferrule for the purpose of fixing the stopper firmly in any kind of vessel that
may be required. Pressing down the stopper will cause the contents of the
bottles &c. to rise to the cup of the stopper.
The stoppers may be made of various sizes to suit any kind of bottles or other
vessels of any shape. The cup of the stopper may be made of any suitable shape
for damping pads ink wells or other purposes.
Dated
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Fountain Reservoirs for Ink or
other Liquids.
I, GUISEPPE VINCENZO DE LUCA of 6, and 7, Long Laue, Aldersgate Street,
in the City of London, Manufacturer, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in or in connection with fountain reservoirs
for ink or other liquids and although I shall hereinafter more particularly describe
inkpots having my present improvements applied thereto yet it will be obvious that
my present improvements may where applicable be adapted and applied to other
uses besides that for inkpots.
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Inkpots constructed according to my present invention consist essentially of three
parts viz. the main reservoir or ink-holding vessel, an adjustable tubular stopper or
plug descending into said ink vessel and a ferrule or lining of cork or other suitable
material to act as a packing or gland inside the neck or upper part of the said ink
vessel..
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to describe same with reference to the sheet of
drawings hereunto annexed.
A is the main reservoir or ink-holding vessel of glass china or any other suitable
material.
B is the gland or packing (advantageously a ring or ferrule of cork) which is
held in its position (inside the neck of A as shown) by forming the inside of such
neck other than polished or smoothed for instance where the vessel A is made of
glass the inside of the neck thereof may be ground.
C is the stopper plug-adjustable up and down through the tightly fitting gland
or packing B.
D is a raised circular rim on the flange on C so as to keep the ink from (readily)
overflowing.
E is the ink.

page_text: The upper end of F is very slightly widened at the top as shown so as to just
permit the pen to be dipped sufficiently deep and yet prevent same being dipped
too far.
Between the rim D and the passage F the top of the plug C slopes towards
the centre (i.e. towards the passage F) or in other words is funnel-shaped so that
the tendency of any ink on top of said plug C will always be to run down the said
passage F.
The operation is as follows:-
The vessel A is filled or partly filled with ink and the lower taper end of the
stopper C is passed into the ink and then as the stopper C is further pressed down.
(the edge of the top flange on C advantageously being milled or otherwise
roughened) until the ink is thereby forced up the passage F to the top of said
passage and then as such ink is used up the said plug C is again pressed down and
so forces more ink up to the top of the passage F.
The vessels A. and the stoppers C may be made of any suitable sizes and pro-
portions as desired.
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The upper part of the stopper C may also be made of any suitable shape for ink
wells, holding damping pads, or any other suitable and desired purposes.
Two three or more of these inkpots or reservoirs may be arranged and mounted
on a stand or arranged and combined together in any suitable manner and for this
purpose the adjoining sides of the separate pots may be flattened so that the several
pots will nest snugly and closely together as desired. Also any suitable rack or
other penholding device or other contrivance may be arranged and mounted thereon
or therewith.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I would remark that 1 am
fully aware that this principle of raising liquid-as applied to raising ink in an ink
bottle is not new since this has been done for very many years past and I
therefore herein make no claim thereto whatever but what I do claim and claim
only is :-
The combination of a vessel such as A of any suitable shape with an annular
ring or ferrule of cork or other suitable material arranged and mounted and
operating as a gland or packing inside the neck of said vessel to a sliding stopper
or plug having a direct passage way such as F therethrough from top to bottom
arranged combined and acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before set forth and illustrated by way of example in the drawings hereunto
annexed.
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1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.