IMPROVEMENTS IN INKSTANDS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, of Bermondsey, in the
County of Surrey, Skin Dyer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
INKSTANDS."
Sealed the 2nd February 1864, and dated the 6th August 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 6th August 1863.
I, EUGÈNE EHRENFRIED QUELLE, of Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey,
Skin Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IN-
PROVEMENTS IN INKSTANDS," to be as follows:-
The primary object of this Invention is to protect the ink contained in the
ink holder of the stand from dust, dirt, and the atmosphere when the ink is
not required for use, and this is effected through the agency of a penholder
or pencil being placed on or removed from the inkstand, as the case may be,
and as hereafter described.
The Invention consists in fitting the ink holder proper, which may be made
of porcelain, bronze, or other suitable material, in a frame, or forming it in a
piece therewith, having arms extending therefrom, each terminating in forks

page_text: for the reception and support of a penholder or pencil. The ink bolder is
supported by pins or screws capable of adjustment, passing through side frames
connected to a base plate or stand at bottom, and united at top by a flat plate.
The ink holder is formed with a lip, by which the ink is poured in and taken
out by the pen. The holder is nicely balanced between the frames in such
manner that when the penholder or pencil is supported by the forks, the lip of
the ink holder abuts against the under side of the top plate, and air or dirt is
prevented from entering, but as soon as the penholder or pencil is removed,
the ink holder makes a partial revolution about its pins or screws, is arrested
by the base of the stand, and the lip is presented, so that ink can be freely
withdrawn therefrom by the pen.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th February 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EUGÈNE
EHRENFRIED QUELLE, of Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey, Skin Dyer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, Her special licence that I, the said
Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INKSTANDS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Eugene Ehrenfried Quelle, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:--
The primary object of this Invention is to protect the ink contained in the
ink holder of the stand from dust, dirt, and the atmosphere when the ink is
not required for use, and this is effected through the agency of a penholder
or pencil being placed on or removed from the inkstand, as the case may be,
and as hereafter described.
The Invention consists in fitting the ink holder proper, which may be made
of porcelain, bronze, or other suitable material, in a frame, or forming it in a
piece therewith, having arms extending therefrom, each terminating in forks
for the reception and support of a penholder or pencil. The ink holder is
supported by pins or screws capable of adjustment, passing through side frames
connected to a base plate or stand at bottom, and united at top by a flat plate.
The ink holder is formed with a lip, by which the ink is poured in and taken
out by the pen.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side elevation, Figure 2 a
plan, and Figure 3 a front view of an inkstand made according to my
Invention.
a is the ink holder, fitted with collars b at each end, or the ink holder and
collars may be made in one piece according to the material of which it is
composed; c, c, are screws passing through the frames d, d, at each side for sup-
porting the ink holder, and about which it is free to oscillate. The frames d, d,
are united at top by a cross plate e, one portion f of which projects and forms
a stop or cover for the lip g of the ink holder a; h, h, are arms projecting from
the collars b, b, of the holder, and terminating in forks i, i, for the reception of
a penholder or pencil, and m is a stay for strengthening the arms h, h. Now
the holder a is nicely balanced between the frames d, d, in such manner that
when the penholder or pencil k is supported by the forks i, i, the lip g of the
ink holder abuts against the under side of the top plate f, and air or dirt is
prevented from entering, but as soon as the penholder or pencil is removed,
the ink holder makes a partial revolution about its pins or screws c, c, is
arrested by the base 7 of the stand, and the lip g is presented, so that ink can
be freely withdrawn therefrom by the pen, as shown by the dotted lines in
Figure 1, and the full lines in Figure 3.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the construction of

page_text: inkstands, whereby the ink is preserved from dirt, dust, and the atmosphero,
substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Eugène Ehrenfried Quelle, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of February, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
EDW. G. BREWER,
of the Firm of Willcock & Brewer,
Patent Agents,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.
E. E. QUELLE. (L.S.)