A Combined Pen Cleaner and Stand.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1891-Accepted, 4th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Pen Cleaner and Stand.
I, ANGELO WOLFF of 55 Great Queen Street London W.C., Black Lead
Pencil Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Each time a pen is used and ink is afterwards allowed to dry on it the pen
becomes more unpleasant to write with by reason of the accumulation of dried ink
upon it; now the object of my invention is to provide means for the purpose of
preventing the ink from drying on the point of the pen and which will also at the
same time answer the purpose of a pen stand to hold the pen and holder ready
for use.
To carry out my invention I make a bowl or cup of wood, earthenware, glass,
metal or other suitable material about two inches diameter and about one and a
half inch deep and I attach this to a base or stand so that it may not be easily
overturned; in the centre of the bowl or cup I fix a screw pointing upwards the
point being about level with the upper edge of the bowl; in this bowl I fix a raw
potato which I secure firmly in its place by means of the screw; this screw is
arranged so that it can be revolved on its axis by means of a button or key which
forms its head and which is contained in a recess expressly provided on the under-
side of the base; this is for the purpose of enabling it to be easily screwed into the
potato. On the base or stand of the bowl I fix a brush for the purpose of cleaning
the pen when it is desired to do so.
If after having written with a pen it be pushed into the raw potato and left there
until it is again required the writer will find the pen in a fit condition for use.
The brush which is attached to the stand may be used to wipe the superfluous
ink from the pen before its insertion into the potato or afterwards or both as the
writer may find convenient.
The potato when very much pierced can be reversed or replaced by another as
may be desired.
ANGELO WOLFF.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Pen Cleaner and Stand.
I, ANGELO WOLFF of 55 Great Queen Street London W.C. Black Lead
Pencil 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 :-
Each time a pen is used and ink is afterwards allowed to dry on it the pen becomes
more unpleasant to write with by reason of the accumulation of dried ink upon it;
now the object of my invention is to provide means for the purpose of preventing
the ink from drying on the point of the pen and which will also at the same time
answer the purpose of a pen stand to hold the pen and holder ready for use.
To carry out my invention I make a bowl or cup of wood, earthenware, glass metal
or other suitable material about two inches diameter and about one and a half inch
deep and I attach this to a base or stand so that it may not be easily overturned;
in the centre of the bowl or cup I fix a screw pointing upwards the point being
about level with the upper edge of the bowl; in this bowl I fix a raw potato which
I secure firmly in its place by means of the screw this screw is so arranged that it
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page_text: can be revolved on its axis by means of a button or key which forms its head and
which is contained in a recess expressly provided on the underside of the base, this
is for the purpose of enabling it to be easily screwed into the potato. In the place
of a revolving screw I sometimes substitute a fixed screw in which case the potato
must be revolved in the act of fixing it on the screw. Another method is to fix a
spike or blade, point upwards in the place of the screw and upon this to impale the
potato.
On the base or stand of the bowl I fix a brush for the purpose of cleaning the
pen when it is desired to do so.
If after having written with a pen it be pushed into the raw potato and left
there until it is again required the writer will find the pen in a fit condition
for use.
The brush which is attached to the stand may be used to wipe the superfluous
ink from the pen before its insertion into the potato or afterwards or both as the
writer may find convenient.
The potato when very much pierced can be reversed or replaced by another as
may be desired.
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:
A bowl or cup in the centre of which is fitted a screw, point upwards on which is
screwed a raw potato for the purpose of keeping clean & holding steel pens as sub-
stantially described.
Dated this 29th day of May 1801
ANGELO WOLFF.