Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept. 1889
1 ALFRED HANCOCK of 95 Birennent Road Landsworth in the
Lamp Manufacturer 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 consists of the combination of parts hereinafter set forth forming and
constituting a combination Ink pot, Pen holder-rest and Letter Scales.
1 will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the combined ink-pot, pen-holder-rest, and
letter scales shewing the lid raised.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation similar to figure 1. excepting that the lid of ink
pot is closed.
Figure 3 represents a plan of figure 2.
Figure 4 represents a side elevation of ink-pot and pen-holder without the letter
scales shewing the lid raised.
Figure 5 represents a similar arrangement to figure 4 shewing the lid closed by
means of the pen holder resting in its grooved bearing.
Figure 6 is a plan of figure 5.
In carrying out my invention I provide any ordinary ink-pot such as is represented
at a l'ext provide the parts constituting the mechanical notion, such parts are as
follows.
b
A base plate a neck cover ca lid bracket d a lid e a beam pillar fa beam ga pen
rest ha connecting rod ja pen balancing weight lotter supports I a letter weight
rod m a letter weight support n a letter weight o.
h
The base plate and neck cover c may be formed separately or in one piece, the lid
bracket d may also in some cases be formed out of the base plate in conjunction with
the neck cover c; the beam pillar fmay be formed solid, or out of a tube, such tube
being slotted a suitable distance to allow the beam to oscillate, the beam pillar f
would be secured to the base plate by expanding on to a projection formed in
the base plate b, or it may be soldered thereto or connected thereto by any suitable
means, the beam would be connected to and oscillated on a fulerum pin p the
upper end of the connecting rod would be connected to the beam y by means of
an axial pin g the lower end of the connecting rod j would be connected to the lid
by means of an axial pin r.
The mechanical arrangement herein before described can be attached to a wooden,
metal, or other kind of base of any suitable configuration or it can be used without
a base.
In operating my mechanical ink-pot as herein before described the ink-pot a would
be supplied with ink in the ordinary manner, the person using such ink-pot would
proceed with his writing and when he ceased to use the ink pot for any time he
would place his pen-holder to rest in the gutter shaped pen rest, the pen
balancing weight k may be attached permanently to the beau g in such cases the
pen holder supplied with the apparatus would be of sufficient weight when placed in
the position shewn at figure 2, to counterbalance the connections secured to the rear
end of the beam y thus causing the lid e to automatically close over the neck cover c
and thus secure the ink contained in the pot a free from dust.
In order that, the apparatus can be used with pen holders of different weights; the
balancing weight & is in some cases formed with a slot fitting over the beam g, by
moving the balancing weight & nearer to or farther from the fulcrum p any ordinary

page_text: pen-holder can be utilized the balancing weight being moved into such a position that
the pen holder will cause the beam to fall into the position represented at
figure 2.
The apparatus illustrated at figures 1, 2, and 3 can be used for weighing letters or
other like packages in the following manner.
The balancing weight & would be moved along the beam untill the beam oscillated
at an equilibrium, the connections n m k balancing the connections e, jhl; the letter
or package would be placed between the letter supports 7, a suitable weight or weights o
would then be put on the support n the letter or package could thus he weighed for
the purpose of finding out the number of postage stamps required for the postage of
such letter or package.
The modification of the invention represented at figures 4, 5, and 6 is similar to the
arrangement shewn at figures 1, 2, and 3 excepting that the letter weighing arrange-
ment is dispensed with.
I provide any ordinary ink pot such as is represented at a¹ I next provide the parts
constituting the mechanical motion is. -a neck cover c¹ a lid bracket d' a lide a
beam support a beam g¹ a pen rest h¹ and a pen balancing weight the pen
balancing weight is represented of different configuration to the weight provided
at figures 1. 2, and 3 but I do not confine myself to making the pen balancing
weight of the shapes represented, as I can make the weight of any other shape
without departing from the principle of the invention.
I do not confine myself to the utilization of the particular class of ink. pot repre-
sented at a and a' as I may use any other kind of ink-pot in conjunction with the
mechanical motion herein before described.
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
1st. The combination and arrangement of the parts illustrated and described in
reference to figures 1, 2, and 3, for the purpose of forming an automatically closed
ink-pot combined with a letter or package scales as illustrated and described.
2nd. The combination and arrangement of the parts illustrated and described in
reference to figures 4, 5, and 6 for the purpose of forming an automatically closed
ink-pot without letter scales.
3rd. The utilization of a beam or its equivalent and a connecting rod or its equivalent,
connected to the lid of an ink-pot in conjunction with a pen holder rest and balancing
weight, in such a manner that the balancing weight will oscillate the beam or its
equivalent and thereby raise the connecting rod or its equivalent, to lift the ink-pot-
lid, such lid being closed by placing a pen holder to rest in or on a pen holder-rest the
weight of such pen-holder exceeding the weight provided on the end of beam or beam
equivalent.
Dated this 31st day of July 1889
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.