IMPROVEMENTS IN PENWIPERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM ABBOTT of 3. Hermitage Road Richmond, In the county of Surrey,
Organist, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PENWIPERS:
The object of my invention is to utilize textile materials known as plush or
velvet plush or materials of a similar nature for the purpose of making same up
into penwipers and this material I use alone or in combination with felt, velvet
pile or wool or hair pile according to the class of article to which the plush is to be
applied. According to my invention the penwiper in its simplest form is composed
of a piece of cotton, wool, or silk plush cut to any suitable or required form or
shape and folded so as to bring the plush surface on the outside this plush or
equivalent material may have inserted inside a piece of felt velvet pile, or wool
or hair pile for example to give the plush, a spring like action. Penwiper pads
made in this manner may be fitted and applied in numerous ways for example
a plush pad may be placed on a wood, metal or other stand or it may be inserted
into a metal or other box or case it may be fitted to the jaws of a clip whether the
jaws are kept open or closed by a spring or otherwise it may be made up in the
form of an arch with or without a base or of a ring or other form or on rollers and
these may be used singly or in duplicate or triplicate or more in a frame the rollers
too may have motion imparted to them by suitable gearing so as to impart to the
wipers a slow or quick motion for the more effective action of the wipers on the
pens. I do not limit myself to the forms of wipers described for I liave only given
these as examples to illustrate the many different forms these plush wipers may be
made up in; the arrangement and mode of construction.must necessarily be varied
according to the class of article required to be produced. Penwipers made according
to my Invention are very effective in action they do not cause the ink from the pen
to what is generally called "sputter" or to fly off in small particles and by pressing
and drawing the pen on and along the plushy surface hairs and other extraneous.
matter's are readily removed and the pen is cleaned as perfect as may be.

page_text: Improvements in Penwipers.
I WILLIAM ABBOTT of 3 Hermitage Road, Richmond in the County of Surrey
Organist 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 object of my invention is to utilize textile materials known as plush, or
velvet plush or materials of a similar nature, for the purpose of making same up
into penwipers and this material-I use alone or in combination with felt, velvet
pile or wool, or hair pile according to the class of article to which the plush is to
be applied. According to my invention the penwiper in its simplest form is com-
posed of a piece of cotton, wool, or silk plush cut to any suitable or required form
or shape and folded so as to bring the plush surface on the outside, this plush or
equivalent material may have inserted inside a piece of felt, velvet pile or wool
or hair pile for example, or metal wood, india rubber, and the like might be used to
give the plush a spring like action. Penwiper pads made in this manner may be
fitted and applied in numerous ways, for example, a plush pad may be placed on a
wood, metal or other stand or it may be inserted in a metal or other box or case;
it may be fitted to the jaws of a clip whether the jaws are kept 'open or closed by
a spring or otherwise; it may be made up in the form of an arch with or with-
out a base, or of a ring or other form, or on rollers, and these may be used singly
or in duplicate or triplicate, or more, in a frame; the rollers too may have motion
imparted to them by suitable gearing so as to impart to the wipers a slow or quick
'motion for the more effective action of the wipers on the pens. I do not limit
myself to the forms of wipers described for I have only given these as examples to
illustrate the many different forms these plush wipers may be made up in, the
arrangement and mode of construction must necessarily be varied according to
the class of article required to be produced.
Pen wipers made according to my invention are very effective in action, they do
not cause the ink from the pen to what is generally called "sputter" or to fly off
in small particles and by pressing and drawing the pen on and along the plushy
surface, hairs and other extraneous matters are readily removed and the pen is
cleaned as perfect as may be.
My improved penwipers may be used in the following manner.
1. To cleanse from wet ink draw the pen evenly and lightly over the soft
*surface.
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2. To remove hairs, flue, and the like, first wipe the pen then draw suddenly
across the edge of the lid.
3. To relieve from corrosion scrape the pen on the edges and corners of the lid.
4. To draw old nibs, place the pen on the soft surface, press down the lid, and
pull in an opposite direction.
5. To use as a pen rest, open the lid and place the nib on the soft surface.
6. When the cleaner becomes corroded with dry ink, loosen the corrosion with
a penknife, piece of wood or anything suitable, then use a moderately stiff brush
freely and it will become nearly equal to new and last for years.

page_text: 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
In penwipers, the employment of plush material alone or in combination with
felt, velvet pile, or wool or hair pile, and made up in the form of a box, clip or
spring, closed or open, or as rollers, or in any other convenient form or forms
substantially as hereinbefore described.