Improvements in the Method of Filling Fountain and Stylographic Pens.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Filling Fountain and Stylographic
Pens.
SAMUEL LEAROYD of Sherwood House in Huddersfield in the County of York
Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the filling of fountain and stylographic
pens.
One method in which I apply my invention is in the use of a solid ink made
in the form of pillules or small shot and made of carbon, analine or other suitable
materials and these I place in a solid form in the pen and then dissolve them by
the addition of water or other fluid. I make a cavity in the penholder to hold the
ink pillules in reserve. I also adopt the same method using a powdered ink & in
the form of bars and paste. By this method I secure always having a supply of
ink at hand and the penholder can always be carried in the pocket empty.
Another method in which I apply my invention is by enclosing the ink in any
desired form solid, fluid or in a powder in capsules or gelatine or other coating and
in some cases I place the entire capsule in the barrel or cavity of the pen. In
other cases I make such capsules of such a material that they can by placing a
small quantity of spirit or other fluid in the pen be dissolved and the ink released.
In other cases I provide capsules which can be pierced and in which the ink can
by pressure of the capsule or otherwise be pressed into the pen and in some cases
I insert a piercer in the body of the pen to pierce the capsules when they are
inserted in the barrel of the pen.
Dated this 7th day of December 1895.
Improvements in the Method of Filling Fountain and Stylographic
Pens.
I SAMUEL LEAROYD of Sherwood House Huddersfield in the County of York
and of 12 Coleman Street in the City of London Solicitor 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 improvements in the method of filling fountain and
stylographic pens. By the methods hitherto adopted either a special tube of
ink has formed part of the pen holder or the pen has been filled by a separate filler.
This is attended with numerous disadvantages the whole of which prejudice the
pen and seriously affect its use. There is no security that the ink is pure. The
ink in the pens becomes mixed and oxidizes and congeals, various particles of dust
and dirt get into the ink and render it unfit for use in fountain and stylographic
pens. It is of the greatest importance that ink uniform in character should be
used in these pens and that having regard to the small channel through which the
ink flows the ink should be absolutely pure and free from dust or particles.

page_text: The mode in which I effect my invention is by providing independent capsules
tubes or cases of the size or capacity required to hold ink which is thus
preserved as absolutely pure and free from atmospheric exposure and incapable of
receiving any dust or impurities into it.
I also by my invention avoid the necessity of using any independent filler and
avoid the inconvenience arising from the soiling of the fingers by the methods
hitherto adopted.
:
I effect my invention by making small tubes about 2 inches in length and
about th of an inch diameter or bore either of glass foil celluloid gelatine rubber
or of any other suitable material in which I place ink either in a fluid or in a solid
condition which when solid is dissolved when required to be used by the admixture
of water or other fluid in which the solid ink is dissolved.
In some cases I leave the tubes open at one or both ends and place a temporary
covering of rubber wax or any desired material at such open enl or ends.
I prefer to place the tubes in boxes in which they exactly fit and in which they
are padded at each end of the tubes to prevent the ink from escaping in which
cases I sometimes dispense with any temporary covering of the ends.
In other cases I use tubes which are filled in any desired manner either in the
way in which thermometers are filled or by forcing ink into them or otherwise
filling them and in which the ends are then hermetically sealed either by heat or
by being coated over with rubber solution or other material so as to close the
openings.
In some cases I make the tubes of a rigid material and in others of a flexible
material and in some cases 'I let the ink flow from the ink tubes into the barrel
of the pen by atmospheric pressure in other cases by pressure and in other cases
by pressing the tube itself in which the ink is contained.
In some cases I provide the tubes of ink hermetically sealed throughout and
without any hole in them and discharge the ink by making a small puncture at one
end of the tube or breaking off the ends of the tubes and in other cases I insert a
piercer in the body of the pen by fixing therein a pin or needle point against
which the tube presses to pierce the tube when inserted in the barrel of the pen
and in contact with such point or pin for the purpose of discharging the ink into
the barrel of the pen. In other cases I make such tubes of tin or other foil in any
well known manner and fill them with ink. In other cases 'I'enclose the ink in a
capsule which I place in the barrel of the pen and dissolve it by the addition of
a spirit or fluid which dissolves the material of which the capsnle is made by any
well known process which I do not claim.
By my invention I secure that the dealers in the pens can ensure their own ink
being used in them and an ink which is free from oxidation' or from being congealed
by exposure or where an ink is used which is capable of exposure I avoid any
injurious atmospheric effects to the ink by keeping it in a sealed and enclosed tube
or capsule and I secure the constant use of the same kind of ink.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
I make no claim to a tube in itself nor to a tube forming part of the pen either as
an inside or outside coating I declare that what I claim is
1. A capsule or tube to contain-ink either solid or fluid hermetically sealed at
both ends substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A capsule or tube open at one or both ends to contain solid or fluid ink for
the filling of fountain and stylographic pens substantially as and for the purpose
described.
3. A collapsible capsule or tube to contain ink either closed or open at one or
both ends for the purpose and substantially as described.
4. Gelatine tubes for the holding of ink solid or fluid for the purpose and
substantially as described.

page_text: 5. Rubber tubes for the holding of ink solid or fluid for the purpose and
substantially as described.
6. Tubes or capsules made of tin or other foil to contain ink solid or fluid for
the purpose and substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of August 1896.
SAMUEL LEAROYD.