A Combination Blotter and Pen Wiper.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1889
A Combination Blotter and Pen Wiper.
I AUGUSTUS BENSON ARCHER of No. 21 Saint Albans Road Watford in the County
of Hertford Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows :-
My design is to attach or fix to the corners of Blotting Cases and pads or either a
piece of Woollen Cotton or other suitable material for the purpose of wiping or
AUGUSTUS BENSON ARCHER,
21, St. Albans Road, Watford, Herts.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination Blotter and Pen Wiper.
I, AUGUSTUS BENSON ARCHER of No. 21 St. Albans Road, Watford, in the
County of Hertford Commercial Traveller, 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:
My invention has for its object, the combination of a pen wiper, with a blotting
or writing pad, or the cases of them, so that the said wiper or wipers, is or are
always at hand when required.
Usually pen wipers are removable and independent articles, and consequently are
not always to hand, and in known positions, when a pen requires to be wiped.
According to my invention, I attach or cause the pockoted corners of the cases or
holders, of blotting or writing pads, to carry the said wipers, which may consist of
pile-fabric, woollens, cloth, or other textile or like absorbent materials.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents a combined blotting or writing
pad, and pen wiper, or wipers, made according to my invention; it will thus be seen,
that the wiping means, which consists of pile fabric, is carried by, and attached to, the
top corners of the case carrying the pad.
Figure 2 represents an edge view of said case and pad.
Figure 3 shows the pen wiping means, directed along the top of the pad, instead of
at the corners, as at figures 1 and 2.
Figure 4 represents a pad, with an extension or rest on the top edge of case, and
upon which, the wiper is carried.
Figure 5 shows a pad, with the edges of the enclosing case, provided with pile or
woollen stuff, so that a pen is wiped upon the edge or edges of the "corners," instead
of upon the top or tops.
Figure 6 represents a pad, without a case, and with pen wipers secured thereto, by
eyelets, or other like means.
a is the blotting or writing pad, consisting of a series of sheets of blotting or other
paper, secured to a case or carrier b, by pocketed corners 6º, 6³, disposed at the angles
of the said case, and with the top corners ³, provided with pile-pen wipers c. The
wipers, which are attached to the top side of the corners, may be made of cloth or
other woollen stuff or fabric, stuck on, or attached to the corners, which are usually of
leather. Or the corners may be made of cloth, or other woollen stuff, (with or without
pile.) so that no pen-wiping attachment is necessary.
The pen-wiping means may be detachable, so that fresh ones can be substituted
when required.

page_text: In figure 3, a is the pad, 6 the case, 6 the lower corners, and 63 a strip or pocket,
extending along the top edge of pad, and which is covered by pile fabric, or woollen
cloth c, constituting the wiper.
In figure 4, the case b, is extended at 61, and upon which extended part, pen wiping
material C is secured. The corners are of the ordinary kind.
In the modification figure 5, the pile fabric, or wiping material, is secured or
placed upon the edges of the corners, instead of upon the tops of them, as in
figures 1 and 2.
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a is the pad; b the case b³, 6³ the corners, and c the piles or wipers upon the edges of
the said corners.
In figure 6, a is the pad, composed of a series of sheets of blotting or other
absorbent paper, care pen wipers, consisting of cloth discs or pieces, connected to the
pad, by eyelets d, passing through the said wipers and pad sheets.
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 :-
First The combination with a blotting or writing pad, of a pen wiper, substan-
tially as described and set forth.
Secondly: Providing the corners, or the pocketed corners, of blotting or writing
pads, or their cases, with pen wipers, or pen wiping materials, substantially as
described and set forth in figures 1, 2 and 5.
Thirdly-A blotting or writing pad, provided with a supplementary pon wiper c,
directed along the top or side edge, or edges thereof, substantially as described and
set forth in figure 3.
Fourthly Providing the cases of blotting or writing pads, with a supplemental
extension, whereupon pen wiping material is carried, substantially as set forth in
figure 4.
Fifthly-A combined blotting or writing pad, and pen wipor or wipers, substan-
tially as set forth in figure 6.
noted th
1000
AUGUSTUS BENSON ARCHER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.