Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr:, 1887
Specification Accepted, 27th May, 1887.
I, JOHN BLAIR, a subject of Great Britain, at present residing at the City of New
York, State of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to a fountain pen of superior construction which will permit
a steady flow of ink to the pen and will absorb the residue of ink beneath the pen,
when the pen is put away..
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a pen provided with my improvement.
Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the pen plug, partly in section.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line e, c, fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a similar section on line y, y, fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a detail edge view of the feed tongue e.
Fig. 6 is a detail side view of the absorbent strip f.
The letter a represents the usual hollow handle or reservoir containing the ink and
adapted for the reception of the pen plug. This plug consists of a corrugated tubular
shell into the rear end of which is slipped and tightly held a projecting soft rubber
tube c which makes a tight joint between the plug and the holder. Into the forward
end of the corrugated tube there is placed a second, smaller, corrugated tube d
which abuts against the edge of the rubber tube c.
The pen A is slipped into the tube d until it strikes the edge of tube c. The
corrugation of tube d will serve to hold the pen in place without the use of the usual
pen holding device.
In this way the entire lower surface of the pen may be subjected to the action of
the ink feeding device.
This device consists of a flat flexible but stiff tongue e, which is laid against the
lower surface of the pen, and has a double bend, so that the point of the tongue bears
against and follows the movements of the pen.

page_text: The tongue e is held in place by a strip of wood or other absorbent f which is
placed beneath the tongue and projects rearwardly out of the pen plug and into the
handle a so as to be exposed within such handle.
In use the ink passes between the pen A and the tongue e to the point of the pen.
The strip serves, besides holding the tongue in place, to close the opening beneath
the tongue against the ink. After the pen has been used and when it is put into the
pocket, with the point up, the ink above tongue e will flow upon strip and be
absorbed by such strip, thus preventing sediments from re-entering the handle, at the
same time the flow of ink can be regulated by said strip by moving the same forward
or backward as required.
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 combination of handle a with a tubular pen plug that contains a feed
tongue e and an absorbent strip projecting into the handle a substantially as
described.
2. The combination of hollow handle a with a iubular pen plug containing rubber
tube c and with the flat bent feed tongue e and the absorbent strip / placed beneath
the tongue and projecting into the handle substantially as specified.
3. The combination of handle a with tube b containing rubber tube c and corrugated
tube d and with the bent feed tongue e and with the absorbent strip substantially as
and for the purpose described.