Improvements relating to Ink Bottles or Receptacles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Ink Bottles or Receptacles.
We, FRANZ CHRIST, Merchant, and EMIL OSKAR REINHOLD WITT, Merchant,
both of 4 Taubeustrasse, Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, 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 :-
This invention relates to ink bottles or receptacles and comprises a device
whereby the liquid designed for filling the pen is forced upwards through a small
tube by means of air pressure.
According to the said invention the membrane hitherto used for this purpose and
stretched upon the main body of the bottle or receptacle is replaced by an india-
rubber ball with the object of enabling the contents of the bottle or receptacle to
be almost entirely withdrawn, and the pneumatic pressing device to be conveniently
removed and put back in its place for filling the bottle or receptacle.
In the accompanying drawings the improved device is represented in connection.
with two constructional forms of ink bottles or receptacles.
Figures 1 and 2 showing a simple arrangement and
Figures 3 and 4 a double arrangement in which one ball is employed for two.
bottles or receptacles.
Upon a cylindrical or angular bottle or receptacle a having a short neck b is.
provided an india-rubber ball c having a sleeve d which is forced upon the neck of
the bottle or receptacle consisting of metal or glass. From the lowest part of the
receptacle a tube or channel e extends upwards and terminates in proximity to the
top of the bottle or receptacle in a cup in the case of bottles or receptacles for
indian ink or in a funnel in the case of bottles or receptacles for ink, the liquid
being taken from the said cup or funnel by dipping the drawing or writing pen
into the same. In order to cause the liquid to rise into the cup or the funnel it is
only necessary to exert a small pressure upon the hollow india-rubber ball. The
effect of such a pressure will be noticed even when the liquid in the bottle or
receptacle has sunk to such an extent that it only just covers the lower orifice of
the tube or the channel e. The filling takes place through the neck of the bottle
or receptacle after the sleeve of the india-rubber ball has been forced upon
the bulged part of the neck. The said india-rubber ball is fastened in like
manner.
In the double arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4 the india-rubber ball is.
carried by a U shaped tuber the bent parts of which extend through stoppers of
india-rubber or similar material into the bottles or receptacles, one of which may
for instance be filled with ink and the other with indian ink. In the middle the
tube is furnished with a small cock in order to communicate the pressure from the
said ball to one or the other bottle or receptacle. The sleeve of the ball itself is
slid upon a projection on the tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. An ink bottle or receptacle having a hollow india-rubber ball c for the
purpose of enabling the contents of said bottle or receptacle to be almost entirely

page_text: withdrawn through a tube or channel e provided with a cup or a funnelf by a small
pressure, as herein before set forth.
Dated this 15th day of January 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.