An Improved Fountain Pen.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th July, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fountain Pen.
1. RAKYMA MONIZ BARRETO IVENS FERRAZ, of Travessa, do Moinho
de Vento No. 28, Lisbon, Married Woman, 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, which consists essentially of an outer
casing or tube closed by a movable cap at each end. Within the casing is an ink
tube or reservoir, having an air hole at one end, the said air hole being made to
communicate with the interior of the ink tube by rotating a suitably bored
stopper.
The air-hole is covered by one end of a spring lever and cau be uncovered by
pressure of the writer's finger (through an opening provided on the top of the
casing) on the other end of the said spring lever.
The extremity of the ink tube opposite to that closed by the stopper is provided
with an upturned beak of fine bore, which delivers the ink to the under side of an
ordinary nib or pen, the said ink being led from the beak end of the tube to the
point of the pen by a spring one end of which is in contact with the point of the
pen, and the other end attached to the casing, which is upturned so as to
accommodate the similarly upturned end of the ink tube or reservoir. The object
of the spring is to convey the ink to the point of the pen, and cause it to distribute
itself on the upper and lower surfaces thereof.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1. shows a longitudinal section of the pen, Fig. 2 a cross section through
A. B. Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. a side view of the ink reservoir withdrawn from the tube.
Fig. 4. a side view, and Fig. 5. a perspective view of the spring lever for
admitting air to the ink tube.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
a is the outer tube or casing (preferably made of aluminium) of elliptical or
other cross section, which can be closed at each end by the caps b and c which
"butt" up against the stop rings d. e is the ink tube or reservoir having the
upturned fine bored beak f at one end, and the air hole g at the other end.
A stopper serves the dual purpose of keeping in the ink, and by the bore i of
establishing communication between the air hole g and the interior of e. Connected
to e by the curved piece ; and the spring k is the lever having an india-rubber or
similar disc m under one end of it to cover the air-hole g, and a tappet or
press-button n at the other end. The curved piece j is attached to e by a band j¹
or other contrivance. The spring k is so arranged that when out of the casing a
it will keep the disc m lower than the tappet n, so that when j is fastened to e the
disc m will be caused to press firmly on g. An aperture o is provided in a
immediately over the tappet n, to enable the writer's finger to press on n when
using the pen. At p is a curved socket into which is inserted the end of the pen
or nib g. The pen end of the case is curved up at r similar to the beak end of
the ink reservoir e. To r is attached one end of the spring (preferably of silver) &
for leading the ink to the point of the pen and keeping it moistened.
To prepare the pen for use the cap c is removed and the reservoir e withdrawn
and filled with ink, and again put into the casing and the cap c replaced, after

page_text: seeing that the stopper is so placed as to establish communication between 9 and
the inside of e. Cap 6 is then removed and the pen (nib) 9 inserted in the
socket p. The pen is then ready for use. In use it is held as an ordinary pen or
pencil and by pressing the end of the fore-finger on n, air is admitted to the ink
tube e and causes it to flow out at the beak end f, from whence it passes to the
point of the pen, as above described.
I do not confine myself to the precise details, configurations, relative proportion
or disposition of parts, as shown in the drawings or described in the specification, as
any or all of them can be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of
my invention.
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.
CLAIMS.
1. A fountain pen consisting essentially of a tubular casing within which is
contained an ink reservoir or tube, oue end of which conveys ink to the pen (nib),
the emission of ink being brought about by pressing on one end of a spring lever,
the other end of which thereupon uncovers an opening for admission of air
to the ink reservoir, the whole substantially as described in the accompanying
drawings.
2. A fountain pen provided for and operating substantially as described in the
above specification, and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of July 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.