US1171624A - Fountain-pen clip. - Google Patents

Description

F H. MOONEY.

FOUNTAIN PEN CUP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1915.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

FFTO.

FRANK H. MOONEY, OF HINSDAL-E, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOE TO THE CONKLIN PEN MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FOUNTA iii-PEN CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed October 20, 1915. Serial No. 56,867.

Y '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK H. MOONEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hinsdale, in the county of Dupage and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Fountain-Pen Clip; and I do hereby declare the followingto 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 accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to clips or retainers for fountain pens, and more particularly to meansfor securing the clip to the pen.

The object of my invention is the provision of simple and efficient means of the character described which is capable of being easily and quickly secured to the cap member of the pen barrel without the use of rivets, retaining bands, or the like, wherebv to enhance the practicability and commercial value of devices of this class.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is. capable of embodiment in numerous forms. a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accoinpanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of the cap end of a pen equipped with a clip embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip removed from the cap. Fig. at is a cross-section of the cap on the line m, m, in Fig. 2, and .Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of cap with the clip removed and illustrating the clip holding plug within the cap as being threaded therein.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the barrel of a fountain pen and 2 the customary cap for fitting over the barrel end to protect the pen point carried thereby. The cap 2, in the present instance. is shown as being removably threaded to the barrel, as at 3, and is provided with the customary inner cap or plug member 4, which has a socket for receiving the pen point and forms a shoulder within the cap 2 against which the pen point carrying end of the barrel may seat when the cap is in position on the barrel end, as shown in Fig. 2.

The clip 5 embodying my invention comprises a strip of spring metal preferably of ribbon orfiattened form, said strip being of l -shape and having its short leg 6 notched 1n the opposite edges thereof adjacent to the angle of the clip, as shown at 7 whereby to narrow the .clip at such point to provide said leg with the narrowed portion 8.

The cap 2 is provided in a side thereof adjacent to its closed end with an opening 9, which is elongated lengthwise of the cap and has its outer end flush with the inner end wall of the cap socket. The opening 9 is equal in length tothe width of the leg portion 6 of the clip 5 and in width is substantially equal to the width of the re said opening, the clip may be turned to a position which will place its long leg lengthwise of the cap, as shown in Figs. 1 and-2, the notches 7 and side walls of the opening 9 interengaging in such position so as to lock the leg 6 against withdrawal from the opening, as best shown in Fig. l. \Vhen the leg 6 of the clip has been inserted in this manner into the cap 2 through the opening 9, the inner cap or plug member 4 is forced against said leg to coact with the end wall of the cap socket to firmly grip the leg, the plug member 4 being held in such gripping position either by reason of its tight fit within the cap or from any other cause. For instance, if desired, the plug member 4 may be threaded into the cap 2 as illustrated in Fig. 5. such threads being a continuation of the threads 3 with which. the threaded end portion of the pen barrel engages when the cap is fitted thereon. It is evident that this provides a most efficient and simple manner of securing the clip to the cap 2, as it is only necessary to insert the leg 6 of the clip through the opening 9 with the clip disposed transversely of the cap, then to turn the clip to interengage the notches 7 thereof with the czi p aning 9 and place the lengthwise of the cap,

member of the aiing oli'p leg to firmly the closed end of the understood that my invention. to specific "construction, r of the parts except-in as. such limitations are specified in elainis.

THLVlKlgillllE- ieieiioed my invention, What ,i elaini new and desire to secure by Let- Patent, isi..The combination with a fountain pen 0 having an opening in its side adjacent tofthe closed end of its socket, of aelip of {1V6 elation to the cap n a fountain pen the combination of leap having an opening in a side thereof with the end Wall of the cap socket, opening being elongated lengthwise of a spring metal clip of L-forrn havleg oi a Width greater than g i said opening and restricted adjacent its inner end to conform to the width of the opening, said clip having its 'sholt lo inserted into said opening with a restrict-ed portion IEl'tGKiOGiU-Bfl with the innea \ide Walls of said onening when the long leg of the clip is disposed lengthwise of the cap, and an interior cap member fitted into said can and coperating with the end wall of the cap socket to firmly grip and hold the short leg of the clip in rigid relation to the cap.

3. In a fountain pen, the combination of a cap, hating an opening in a side thereof adjacent to its closed end, said opening being elongated lengthwise of the cap and having its outer end substantially flush with the inner end Wall of the cap socket, a'

sol-in metal clio of Liorm havin its short L b L :3

leg of a length to projeet through said open-- ing and siibstantially'to the opposite side of the cap socket and being of a Width which is greater than the Width of said opening and less than the length of the opening to permit the leg to be inserted through the opening when the clip is disposed transversely of the cap, said short leg alsohaving to its inner end to restrict the Width of the leg at such point to the width, o'ii;v said opening, whereby a turning 01 the 'CllPgfliOlXl transverse to lengthwise position relatlve'to the cap when the short'leg is insert-ed a predetermined extent in said opening will lock said short leg against removal troin the I opening, and an interior cap member motably inserted Within the cap and cotiperat-' ing with the end Wall of the cap socket to firmly gripthe short leg of the clip to prevent a turning thereofirelative to the cap.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification;

FRANK H MOONEY;

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