US276692A - Fountain-pen - Google Patents

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V FOUNTAIN PEN. I Patented May 1,1883.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOLLAND, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,692, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed November 10, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HOLLAND, of Manchestenin the county ofElartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fountain-Pens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts. .7 My improvement relates to pens which have a reservoir for the ink and write with a common pen, the ink being supplied to the pen as required for use by means of suitable chau nels and mechanism for regulatingthe supply. The object of my inventionv is to accomplish this in a more perfect manner than has heretofore been done.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a longitudinal section through the middle of my improved pen, part of the ink-reservoir being omitted in order to show the working parts ot' the pointsection upon a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a front view of the ink-delivering mechanism with the pen removed from the holder. view of the same.

A is the ink-reservoir, which may he ofany convenient length or form. t

B is the point-section, which is screwed into or otherwise attached to the ink-reservoir in Fig. 3 is a side any customary manner. This part is hollow,

having a cylindrical tube entirely through it, outside of which, at the lower end of B, there is an annular groove, B, for the reception of the shank or upper end of the pen.

Q is the pen, which is intended to be of the usual form of metallic pens, any common length or size being adapted to be used with my improved mechanism.

D is the ink-delivering tube. The body of this is made cylindrical and exactly fits in the central hollow tube of the part B, in which it can be moved up or down, as desired, to bring its discharge-opening at the lower end at the proper position with reference to the pen. The lower end of D is curved toward the pen, and is provided with a large and free opening for theink. This opening lies against the inside of the pen, so that the ink is not discharged too freely. The part D also has a slit D, upon each side, which allows it to be more elastic, and to spring against the pen and conform to its slight movement in writing.

E is a pin or tongue secured in the lower end of the tubeD and extending upward to its top. This pin moves back and forth at its upper end asthe lower end of the tube is deflected in writing. It serves as an agitator to prevent the adhesion of bubbles of air as they ascend the tube to take the place of the ink expended. This allows the ink to descend freely and uniformly while the pen is in use.

F is a cap, which fits over the point-section when the pen is notin use, to protect the point and prevent any accidental discharge of the ink.

In order to use my improvement, any ordinary metallic pen is placed in the holdinggroove B and pushed in securely. The delivering-tube D is then moved up or down to slit D on. the sides, and having a curved lower end adapted to rest against the pen, in combination with the point-section B and pen G, all substantially as described.

2. The sliding delivering-tube D, provided with the slit D on the sides, and having a curved lower end adapted to rest against the pen, and the tongue E, attached to said tube at its lower end only, in combination with the 5 point-section B and the pen 0, substantially as described.

FRANK HOLLAND Witnesses:

THEQ. G. ELLIS, EDWIN F. Dnuoon.

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