US669592A - Fountain-penholder. - Google Patents

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' No. 669,592. Patented Mar. l2, I901.

P. C. PLASTERER.

FOUNTAIN PEN HOLDER. (Appliation filed May 13, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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.ing drawings, and to the letters of reference .shall be securely fixed in the desired position NiTED TATES FURL O. PLASTERER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FOUNTAIN-PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 669,592, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed May 13. 1898- Be it known that I, FURL G. PLASTERER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain pew and useful Improvements in Fonntai'n-Penholders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanymarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to holders for writingpens; and it consists in a fount or ink-reservoir constructed in a novel manner as a permanent part of the penholder proper and designed to coact with any form of pen applied to the holder, providing a fount which may be used permanently and adapted to be quickly cleansed, while the pen may be renewed indefinitely, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Penholders as commonly constructed are stem or handle is connected, and a shorter tubular portion secured within the other and between which two the pen-shank is inserted. These tubes are inade in various sizes diametrically. Ink-founts have been made so as to be attachable to the holder, which was usually accomplished by means of a ferrule or thimble formed integrally with the fount and adapted to be sprung over the exterior of the holder, so that the amount of metal required to form such a ferrule was quite equal or greater than that required for making the fount itself, which inthe aggregate was too expensive for general adoption in cheap articles of this description. Besides this objection the ferrule in practice did not fit closely to the holder, so that it was difficult to locate the fount in a proper position and so that it would not be loose.

It is my object to improve the construction of such penholders and founts, so that the latter may be applied to the holder when the same is constructed and in a cheap manner, whereby the additional metal for its support may be dispensed with, and so that the fount Serial No. 680,608. No model.

and yet be capable of adjustment to suit pens of various lengths and of differing forms.

A further object is to provide that the fount be sensitive, so that in the act of writing the desired quivering may be produced, so that the ink may flow freely therefrom.

These objects are fully attained in my invention, which is, furthermore, durable and economical in use.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a holder in which a pen is inserted, illustrating the type to which my fount is more particularly adapted, as well as to other forms; Fig. 2, a rear view showing my fount in position; Fig. 3, a side view; Fig. 4, a longitudinal central sectional view; Fig. 5, a front view of the fount detached from the holder; Fig. 6, a plan view of the plate from which the fount and its support is formed; Fig. 7, an edge View of the plate; Fig. 8, a side View of the fount and its support, and Fig. 9 an end view of the fount and its support.

In carrying out my invention I make use of any suitable form of tube A and stem or handle a, the tube being adapted to receive and support the outside of a pen in its lower end b, and the necessary support for the under side of the pen-shank to force it against the tube and retain it is most cheaply provided by utilizing the part which supports the fount and connects it to the holder. This is accomplished by stamping out a plate having a rectangular portion G, a neck H, and a trowelshaped end I, and then forming it in suitable machines to form a concavo-convex or spoon shaped ink-fount D and tube B havinga slit it, while the neck H, which is flat, is bent over the end of the tube toward the slit, as at E, and with an acute angle 6, bringing it close to the pen-shank, so as to not be obstructive. Then diverging to the bendt'the neck or shank F forms a sensitive support for the fount, the concave face of which is presented when mounted toward the under or concave side of the pen, providing a pocket in which a large quantity of ink is retained, but readily given off as the pen is manipulated. The tubular portion B is inserted into the tube A a suitable distance and permanently secured by any suitable means, as by a rivet or byapunched indentu re 11. The points d then spring against the inner surfaces of the pen-shank, which is proper action of the fount. I therefore do 33' inserted between them and the end b of the tube A. The pens of whatever style desired having the usual type of shank may be inserted into the holder or withdrawn at will without disturbing the fount, and an obvious advantage is attained in providing for thoroughly cleansing the fount,whicl1 may be done daily, particularly when steel pens are used, which are usually discarded after a days use. The neck F is designed to be sufficiently sensitive 'so that it shall permit the fount to vibrate slightly or quiver when in operation,

which is essential in a perfectly-designed fount of this character, and it may also be readily bent slightly to adapt the fount to fit beneath any of the various types of pens of either gold or other composition.

By reason of the angles a and t' the relative length of the shank F may by bending be varied to better accommodate the fouut to various lengths of pens, so that the lower end of the fount shall be conveniently close to the point of the pen. The fount D may be provided with longitudiually-disposed' corrugations, if desired.

I am aware that the outer and inner tubes secured together to form a pen-holder are old and that variously-formed ink-founts carried by thimbles or ferrules attachable to the holder have been used, but to a limited extent, owing to their extra cost and the fact 4 that they can seldom be attached so as to fit snugly in the position necessary to insure not claim such construction broadly. By the manner in which I construct and form the inner tube and fount in one piece integrally the fount is cheaply made and is securely supported in a fixed position, which, however, may be quickly adjusted positively to adapt it to the pen by elongating or contracting the neck or by slightly twisting it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The herein-described pen-fountain having the acute-angled portion 6 disposed so as to be adjacent the under side of the pen-shank, the port-ion E extending from said portion 6 to the fount-support, the portion F extending from said portion e to the fount, and also having the acute-angled portion bent in a reverse direction to said portion e, as shown.

' 2. The herein-described pen-fountain having the supporting-tube slitted and normally pressing outwardly against the wall of the outer pen-holding tube, and also having the neck portion E extending from said supporting-tube toward the under side of' the penshank and the portion F extending thence to the fount-, snbstantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PURL C. PLASTERER. Witnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILvIUs.

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