Year: 1888

page_text: I, ALFRED GARRARD YOUNG of 19 Kersley Road, Stoke Newington, London, N.
Nautical Instrument Maker, 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 object of my Invention is to produce a portable case for containing ink and
pen holder, sufficiently compact in form as to be carried in the pocket, and also arranged
in such a manner that the ink cannot be spilled, and the combination forms a useful
pocket companion.
In order that my Invention may be clearly understood, I have apponded the
accompanying sheet of drawings, where Figure 1 represents an elevational view of
the device or contrivanco according to my Invention, Figure 2 is a sectional elevation
of the same, Figure 3 is a view of the telescopic pen holder, which forms a part of my
Invention, and Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same shewing the pen holder
closed, ready for placing in the receptacle provided for it within the ink-holder.
In carrying out my Invention I provide a case or box A, Figures 1 and 2 formed
of sheet metal, such as tin or brass, or other suitable metal or material, either pressed,
cast, or formed into the required shape. Said case or box A may be of rectangular,
spherical, ovoid, or other suitable form, and of such dimensions as to allow of its being
carried in the pocket without inconvenience. Referring to the sectional view, Figure 2,
a fluid-tight cover a is fitted to the upper part of the box or case A, said cover being
pierced to receive a vertical tube which extends to the bottom of the case A, and is
suitably fixed thereto by soldering, brazing, or equivalent methods according to the
material of which the box or case A and tube b are formed. Said tube 6 is adapted
for holding the pen-holder, when the latter is closed as shewn by Figure 4. The
cover a is also pierced to receive a tapering or conical tube c which descends into
the box or case A to a distance of about three fourths of the depth of said case or box.
The tube c, aforesaid, hereafter called the "dipping tube" admits of the pen being
dipped into the ink contained in the box or case A when the latter is in use, and at the
same time, by the adoption of this device, all risk of spilling the ink or other fluid
contained in the reservoir, when the case is overset or inverted, is entirely obviated.

page_text: A suitable stopper d provided with a screw thread, or any equivalent method of
securing a fluid-tight joint, is fitted to a corresponding orifico in the cover a, for the
purpose of replenishing the reservoir before mentioned with ink when necessary.
I also provide a hinged cover B, with a suitable fastening or clip e, and a pad or
cushion of any resilient material so placed as to hermetically seal the dipping tube c,
and so prevent wasto by evaporation when the cover or lid B is closed. I do not,
however, confine myself to the employment of a hinged cover, I may in certain cases
use a cap, slide or other equivalent method of covering or closing the box or caso A.
The teloscopic pen holder, shown by Figures 3 and 4, consist of an outor tube C,
provided with a suitable cap g and an inner tube D, the lower part of which is shaped
in a suitable manner so as to hold an ordinary pon-nib. Said inner tube D is arranged
to fit within the outer tubo C, so as to slide freely, a pin stop being fitted to suid
inner tube 1) and engaging with and sliding within the longitudinal slot ii', formed
or cut through the outer tube C. The function of the pinstop his to allow of the
telescopic pen holder boing expanded when required for use, by sliding the inner
tubo D out from the outer tube C, and said pinstop also prevents the entire with-
drawal of said inner tube D, by reason of its travel being limited by the length of
the slot.
In the manner above described 1 may construct a portable ink and pen holder,
which is perfectly safe even when opon, since the ink contained in the reservoir
formed by the box or case A cannot pass through the conical dipping tube c, and the
whole being compact and not liable to damage when in general use, nor to become
clogged, with ordinary writing ink.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is,
First. The combination of a reservoir for ink with a dipping tubo, and receptacle
for a telescopic pen holder, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and
shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Second. In an improved pocket ink and pen holder as referred to in the preceding
claim, the employment of a conical dipping tube arranged so as to prevent the fluid
from escaping when the holder or case is otherwise than in a vertical position,
substantially as herein described and shown.
Third. The combination of a pocket ink holder with a telescopic pon holder
substantially as heroin described and set forth.