improvements in
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1895.
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1895--Accepted, 16th Nov.,
1895
improvements in
I, HEZEKIAH HEWITT, of No. 100 Charlotte Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Pen and 'Penholder Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in constructing the nibs of metallic pens in the manner
hereinafter described for the purpose of obtaining increased elasticity in the
said 'nibs.
My invention consists further of the minor improvement hereinafter described.
My improvements are applicable both to slip pens and to barrel pens.
My invention consists essentially in combining with the ordinary side piercings
of the nibs of the pen a series of cross corrugations, or a single corrugation or
depression, of the kinds hereinafter described for the purpose of increasing the
elasticity of the pen. The corrugations which I use are convex on the lower or
under face of the nibs and cross the said nibs from side to side, that is, they extend
from one of the side piercings to the other side piercing. prefer to use three
parallel cross corrugations of the kind described, namely, a broad middle corrugation
and two outer corrugations, the space between the inner and outer corrugations
being occupied by narrow ribs convex on the upper side of the pen. Or two cross
corrugations convex on the under face of the pen may be used in combination
with a middle corrugation convex on the upper face of the pen. Or a single cross
corrugation or depression having somewhat the figure of an inverted arch that is
convex on the under face of the pen may be employed for increasing the elasticity
of the pen. I prefer however to employ corrugations of the forms herein first
described in conjunction with the side piercings of the nibs of the pen.
For the purpose of holding or retaining the ink I give the front portion of the
nibs a longitudinal concave or trough form, the said longitudinal or trough part
extending from the front of the middle piercing of the pen to the point of the pen.
Dated this Fourth day of February 1895.
Improvements in Metallic C
I, HEZEKIAH HEWITT, of No. 100 Charlotte Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Pen and Penholder Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my 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 consists in constructing the nibs of metallic pens in the manner
hereinafter described for the purpose of obtaining increased elasticity in the
said nibs.
My improvements are applicable both to slip pens and to barrel pens.
My invention consists essentially in combining with the ordinary side piercings

page_text: of the pen, a series of cross corrugations or depressions, or a single corrugation
or depression, of the kinds hereinafter described for the purpose of increasing the
elasticity of the pen. The corrugations or depressions which I use are convex on
the lower or underside of the nibs and cross the nibs from side to side; that is, they
extend from one of the side piercings to the other side piercing. I prefer to use
two broad parallel cross corrugatious or depressions of the kind described in
combination with narrow ribs or corrugations convex on the upper side of the pen.
Or a single cross corrugation or depression having somewhat the figure of an
inverted arch that is, convex on the underside of the pen, may be employed for
increasing the elasticity of the pen.
In order the better to exhibit the construction of my invention I have
represented in the accompanying drawing a slip pen drawn to a large scale,
Figure 1 representing a plan, Figure 2 a side elevation and Figure 3 a longitudinal
section of the said pen;
Figures 4 and 5 represent cross sections of the pen, Figure 4 being taken through
the line a, a Figure 1 and Figure 5 being taken through the line b, b Figure 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
For increasing the elasticity of the pen I form across the nibs of the pen the two
broad parallel corrugations or depressions d, e the said corrugations or depres-
sions d and e being convex on the underside of the pen and extending from one of
the side piercings f to the opposite side piercing 9 and being divided by the middle
piercing h. The said cross corrugations or depressions d, e may either be flat at
bottom as represented or slightly curved. Between the two corrugations or
depressions d, e is a hollow rib or corrugation i convex on the upper side of the pen
and at the opposite edge of the corrugation e is a similar hollow rib or corrugation k
(see the section Figure 3).
By the use of corrugations or depressions of the kinds and arranged as described
and illustrated, increased elasticity in the nibs of the pen is obtained.
Instead of the parallel cross corrugations or depressions d and e a single cross
corrugation or depression having somewhat the figure of an inverted arch, that is,
convex on the underside of the pen may be employed in conjunction with the end
corrugation k, the other corrugation i being omitted. I prefer however to employ
combined corrugations or depressions of the kinds represented in the drawing,
as the pen so constructed is more efficient than the modified pen last described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of ;-"Improvements in metallic pens";-
Giving increased elasticity to the nibs of metallic pens by the use of two cross
parallel corrugations or depressions, or a single broad cross corrugation or
depression, convex on the lower side of the pen, in combination with one or two
cross corrugations or hollow ribs convex on the upper side of the pen substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing:
Dated the Second day of October 1895,
HEZEKIAH HEWITT.