IMPROVEMENTS IN INK-RETAINERS FOR PENS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 31st Dec. 1886.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
I, BENJAMIN HOYLAND of Hillsbro' Mount Sheffield Certificated Schoolmaster do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN INK-RETAINERS FOR
PENS to be as follows:-
The ink-retainer A as shown in Figures I and II, consists of a bowl or cistern C,
connected by a narrow neck to a semi-cylindrical head, the whole being placed within
the hollow of an ordinary pen-nib as shown at C in Figures III and IV, and is
attached to the pen or holder D by means of ordinary clips or fasteners as at E in
Figures III and IV in conjunction with the pen-nib B, that is to say, the semi-
cylindrical head of the ink retainer A lays directly on and parallel to the inside of the
concavity of the pen-nib B and fitting into the clips or fasteners E.
The bowl C is so arranged that the mouth of its concavity lays directly on and near
the tapering point of the pen nib B, as seen at C in Figure III, but its point does not
reach the extreme point of the pen-nib, nor does it touch the pen-nib, thus allowing a
cistern or reservoir to be formed for holding ink or other fluid, as at C in Figure IV.
The bowl is perforated and serrated on its edges to allow the ink to flow in more
easily when filling, and to assist capillary attraction.
Figures I and II show the plan and elevation of the ink-retainer A detached from
the
pen holder D. Figures III and IV show the plan and side elevation of the ink-
retainer A fixed, in conjunction with the pen-nib B, to the pen holder D. Figure V
shows the section of the bowl C.
The object of my invention is to minimise the great amount of trouble, labour,
waste of time, and annoyance arising from the constant dipping of the ordinary pen
into the ink with pen writers or amanuenses, and to supply a long felt want of a
simple yet novel contrivance to be easily, and conveniently applied to ordinary pens
for the purpose of retaining a larger supply of ink.

page_text: Improvements in Ink-retainers for Pens.
I, BENJAMIN HOYLAND, of Hillsbro' Mount, Sheffield, Certificated Schoolmaster,
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 :-
The ink-retainer A as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 consists of a bowl or cistern C
connected by a narrow neck to a semi-cylindrical head, the whole being placed
within the hollow of an ordinary pen-nib B, as shown at C in Figures 3 and 4, and
is attached to the pen or holder D by means of ordinary clips or fasteners, as ut E
in Figures 3 and 4 in conjunction with the pin-nib B, that is, the semi-cylindrical
head of the ink-retainer lies directly on, and parallel to the inside of the concavity of
the pen-nib, and fitting into the clips or fasteners.
The bowl C is so arranged that the mouth of its concavity lies directly over and
near the tapering point of the pen-nib B, as seen at C in Fig. 8, but its point does
not reach the extreme point of the pen-nib, nor does it touch the pen-nib, thus
allowing a cistern or reservoir to be formed, for holding ink or other fluid, as seen at
.C in Fig. 4.
The bowl C is perforated to allow the ink to flow in more easily when filling, and to
assist capillary attraction, also the edge of the bowl may be, or may not be serrated.
Figures 1 and 2 show the plan and elevation of the ink-retainer A detached from
the pen-holder D. Figures 3 and 4 show the plan and side elevation of the ink-
retainer A fixed to the pen-nib B, and pen-holder D.
Figure 5 shows the cross section of the bowl C.
The object of my invention is to minimise the great amount of trouble, labour,
waste of time, and annoyance, arising from the constant dipping of the ordinary pen
into the ink with pen writers or amanuenses, and to supply a long felt want of a
simple, yet novel contrivance to be easily, and conveniently applied to ordinary writing
pens, for the purpose of retaining a larger supply of ink.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1. The construction of an ink-retainer which may be attached or detached to an
ordinary pen, by means of a hollow flange neck to be fixed in the ordinary clips or
fasteners of a pen.holder.
2. The construction of an ink-retainer having a perforated. bowl inverted over the
concavity of the tapering point of an ordinary pen-nib to form a cistern.