Year: 1886

page_text: We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and EDWARD HUNT, of 9, Lozells Street, Aston, Warwickshire,
Works Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of additions to ordinary pen holders for the purpose of
enabling the pen nib to hold a larger quantity of ink, and our Invention is
applicable to all kinds of pen holders with which an ordinary pen nib is used.
We will first describe our Invention as applied to an ordinary pen holder
consisting of a stem and having a hollow cylindrical holder at one end for holding,
the pen nib.
According to this example of our Invention we provide a narrow metal tongue
one end of which is situated inside the hollow barrel part of the holder and the
other end protrades therefrom. We prefer to make the outer end of the said
tongue spoon-shaped for the purpose hereinafter described. That end of the said
tongue which is inside the holder is attached to or formed with a projection
protruding through a longitudinal slit in the holder to the outside thereof by
which the tongue can be moved up or down so as either to bring the outer or
spoon-shaped end near the point of the pen nib or to withdraw it into the holder.
When the outer end of the tongue is near the point of the pen nib a reservoir is
formed between them sufficient with a single dip in the ink to serve the pen for
considerable time. If it is required to dispense with the reservoir the tongue can
be pushed back inside the holder. The tongue can be withdrawn from the holder
to suit pen nibs of different lengths.
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Instead of employing a tongue inside the holder as above described a tongue
may be arranged on the outside thereof its inner end being formed to clip the
holder so that the tongue can be moved up and down thereon similarly as herein-
before described with reference to a tongue inside the holder.
Our Invention can be applied to pocket pen holders in which the pen nib is
withdrawn inside the holder when not in use similarly as hereinbefore described
with reference to an ordinary pen holder.
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When applying our Invention to hollow pen holders, or pens known as "Magnum
Bonum" pens which have a large barrel part formed with the pen nib, we some-.
times arrange for the tongue to be moved by means of a plunger to which it is
attached and which projects at that end of the holder or pen opposite to the
pen nib.
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page_text: We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and EDWARD HUNT, of 9, Lozells Street, Aston, Warwickshire,
Works Manager, 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 :-
Our Invention consists of additions to ordinary pen holders for the purpose of
enabling the pen nib to hold a larger quantity of ink, and our Invention is
applicable to all kinds of pen holders with which an ordinary pen nib is used.
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We will first describe our Invention as applied to an ordinary pen holder
consisting of a stem and having a hollow cylindrical holder at one end for holding
the pen nib.
According to this example of our Invention we provide a narrow metal tongue
one end of which is situated inside the hollow barrel part of the holder and the
other end protrudes therefrom. We prefer to make the outer end of the said.
tongue spoon-shaped for the purpose hereinafter described. That end of the said
tongue which is inside the holder is attached to or formed with a projection
protruding through a longitudinal slit in the holder to the outside thereof by
which the tongue can be moved up or down so as either to bring the outer or
spoon-shaped end near the point of the pen nib or to withdraw it into the holder.
When the outer end of the tongue is near the point of the pen nib a reservoir is
formed between them sufficient with a single dip in the ink to serve the pen for &
considerable time. If it is required to dispense with the reservoir the tongue can
be pushed back inside the holder. The tongue can be withdrawn from the holder
to suit pen nibs of different lengths.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in sectional elevation an
ordinary pen holder with our Invention applied, the tongue projecting from the
holder as when in use; Fig. 1* is an end view of the same; Fig. 2 is a plan and
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the same; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same the
tongue being withdrawn into the holder and out of use; Fig. 5 represents in plan,
side elevation and end elevations the metal tongue, separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
a is the stem of the pen holder and b is the hollow cylindrical holder for holding
the pen nib c. d is a narrow metal tongue one end d of which is situated inside
the hollow barrel b and the other end a protrudes therefrom. The end d² of the
tongue d has a projection e which protrudes through a slit f in the holder by
means of which the tongue can be moved up or down along the barrel so as either
to bring the outer end near the point of the pen nib (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) or to
withdraw it into the holder (see Fig. 4). When the outer end d' is near the point
of the pen nib (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) the space between them forms a reservoir
sufficient with a single dip in the ink to serve the pen for a considerable time.
The end is preferably made spoon-shaped as shewn so as better to hold the ink.
The tongue d can be pushed back inside the holder when not required (see Fig. 4)
or withdrawn from the holder to suit pen nibs of different lengths,

page_text: Instead of employing a tongue inside the holder as above described a tongue
may be arranged on the outside thereof its inner end being formed to clip the
holder so that the tongue can be moved up and down thereon similarly as herein-
before described with reference to a tongue inside the holder. This example of
our Invention is illustrated by Figs 6 and 7 in which the inner end of the metal
tongue & has a circular clip g formed with it which clips the holder b so that the
end of the tongue can be moved up near the point of the pen nib (see Fig. 6) or
withdrawn therefrom when required (see Fig. 7).
Our Invention can be applied to pocket pen holders in which the pen nib is
withdrawn inside the holder when not in use similarly as hereinbefore described
with reference to an ordinary pen holder. Fig. 8 represents in longitudinal section
a pocket pen holder to which our Invention is applied the pen nib and the tongue
projecting from the holder as when in use and Fig. 9 is an elevation of the same
the pen nib and tongue being pushed back inside the holder. The tongue d is
fixed at its inner end d¹ to a ring h, outside the ordinary outer casing i, by means
of which it can be moved along the holder as may be required."
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When applying our Invention to hollow pen holders, or pens known as “ Magnum
Bonum "pens which have a large barrel part formed with the pen nib, we some-
times arrange for the tongue to be moved by means of a plunger to which it is
attached and which projects at that end of the holder or pen opposite to the pen
nit. This is illustrated by Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of which Figs. 10 and 11 represent
Magnum Bonum" pen j fitting on a hollow circular plunger k with which is
formed the tongue d (shewn separately by Fig. 12). The plunger k projects at
that end of the pen which is opposite the pen nib and by it the tongue can be
moved towards the pen nib (see Fig. 10) or away therefrom (see Fig. 11).
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We do not confine ourselves to the details of construction above described and
illustrated in the drawing which are capable of variation in many ways and
which we have chosen to illustrate only because they afford means of simple
explanation of our Invention. The tongue for instance may be propelled from the
casing by means of a screw or a spring similar to the means used for pocket pen
or pencil holders, and many other variations may be made without departing from
the essential features of our Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
The improved reservoir pen holder hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing, that is to say, a pen holder provided with a tongue so
constructed that it may be moved close to the pen nib or away therefrom for the
purposes and substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated thin orth dow of October 1886