Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891

page_text: formed beneath unoccupied by solid glass, and to prevent the bottle from being
upset by downward pressure over the dipping cup owing to the lack of support
beneath, I have provided what may be termed legs a', a', which project beyond the
centre of the dipping cup and thus prevent tipping when the pen is forced against
the bottom of the cup.
The legs being blown at the one time with the body are integral and hollow, and
lie at opposite sides of the dipping cup and the interior chambers therein comprise
a part of the main chamber and thus increase the capacity of the bottle.
The elevation of the bottom of the dipping cup above the level of the bottom of
the main chamber has its advantages, but as before indicated, I do not limit myself
to such a construction. In Figures 4, 5 and 6, a bottle is shown in which the mouth
portions projects laterally from one side of the body and the bottom of the dipping
cup beneath said mouth extends to the level of the bottom of the main chamber.
This variety provides a cheap and easily constructed bottle.
In the remaining figures still another variety is illustrated in which the mouth of 1
the bottle is disposed at the centre of the bottle.
At one side of the body, a, is an extension, d, which provides a lateral receptacle
or chamber, d', into which the ink will flow when the bottle is tipped up edgewise
from its normal position.
When the bottle is turned back to its said normal position, the ink caught in said
receptacle will flow therefrom through a raised channel into the dipping cup, e, and
not into the main chamber a'. An interior view of the ridge, a³, forming the
dipping cup and channel, (see Figure 10) shows it to be of a curvilinear shape and,
commencing at the side wall of the bottle, at one end of the chamber, d¹ to extend
inward at one side of the channel d, thence around the dipping cup and back to the
side wall at the opposite side of the channel d, and opposite end of the chamber d'
as will be apparent.
The channel widens out considerably at its outer extremity, to coincide with the
ends of the chamber, d', so that, by a single turning, sufficient ink will be caught
and led into the dipping cup to supply the same. The shape of the ridge, a³, may
be varied at pleasure. The said ridge is hollow on the underside caused by bending
the glass upward the recess or hollowness, f", on the underside of the bottom
extending outward through the periphery of the bottle as will be understood upon
reference to Figures 5 and 8. By means of this construction and operation of
manufacture, the bottle is made lighter and less stock is consumed, and at the same
time I am enabled to make the top of the bottle having the mouth, c, therein of one
integral piece with the bottom having the dipping cup beneath said mouth.
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 ink bottle having the bottom pressed up from the underside forming a
hollow and turned ridge around the dipping cup, the chamber in which extends
out through the periphery of the bottle, substantially as set forth.
2. The process of making ink bottles which consists in pressing in the molten
walls of the bottle and forming a hollow separating ridge around the dipping cup
simultaneously with blowing the body and top of the bottle, substantially as
set forth.
3. The improved ink bottle having a substantially level base or bottom enabling
the same to rest firmly on the table and having the walls thereof pressed in from the
outside forming a hollow ridge between the dipping cup and the main reservoir, the
chamber in which ridge extends out through the periphery of the bottle, substan-
tially as set forth.
4. The improved ink bottle herein described having substantially level bearings
at the bottom to engage the table and secure a firm support, and having a dipping
cup therein elevated above the inner surface of said bottom and separated from the
main reservoir by a hollow wall, the hollowness or concavity in which last opens

page_text: outwardly, the said dipping cup being in one integral piece with the bottom, top
and sides of the bottle substantially as shown and described.
5. The ink bottle or stand herein shown and described, combining a body portion,
a dipping cup open beneath, and a lug, a", to support said cup, all formed of one
integral piece, substantially as set forth.
6. The improved ink stand, consisting of an integral piece of glass embodying a
body portion and its main chamber, a dipping cup and its supplemental chamber
arranged at one side and elevated as described, and legs on opposite sides of said
cup to support the same, substantially as set forth.
7. The improved ink bottle herein described consisting of an integral piece of
glass having a main chamber and a dipping cup at one side thereof and having at
the sides of said dipping cup hollow legs the interior of which form a part of the
main chamber, substantially as set forth.
9. The improved ink bottle herein described combining therein a top, a³, having
a mouth, o, a flat bottom providing a firm bearing on the table, a curvelinear or
turned ridge hollow on the interior side and separating the chamber of the dipping
cup from the body chamber, said cup being formed beneath the mouth, and said
top, bottom, ridge and cup being all of one piece, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 14th day of September 1891.
WILLIAM GEORGE COLLINS.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.