US1200611A - Ink bottle and stand. - Google Patents

Description

C M. HELLER.

iNK BOTTLE AND STAND,

APPLICATION FILED JULY [5. 19:5.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

car sinus PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. HELLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HIIVISELF AND ONE-HALF TO EDWIN A. K-ANSI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INK BOTTLE AND STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed July 15, 1915. Serial No. 40,024.

in connection with a base adapted to coop crate therewith to form an inkstand of such construction that the ink-bottle may conveniently be sold separately as an ordinary bottle of ink, and may conveniently be ap-' plied by the purchaser to the base so as to form therewith a cheap and eflicient inkstand.

A further object is to provide a bottle and stand of such construction that the bottle may readily be adjusted to different positions in order to provide easy access to the inkas its level in the bottle is lowered; also to provide a stand adapted to cooperate with a bottle of the character described and provided with means to receive and retain any overflow that may occur from accidental causes, and also to serve as a pen holder.

I accomplish these objects as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter described.

That which I believe to be new is set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure. 1 is a side elevation of my improved ink-bottle and stand; Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection thereof, showing the application of a pen thereto, said section being taken on line 22 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a plan-view of the bottle and stand shown in the preceding fig.-

ures; Fig. 4- is a View showing a modification; Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sectional views of the upper end of the neck of the bottle, showing two forms of closures that may be applied thereto; and Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are sectional views of the bottle, showing different positions to which it is turned when the level of the ink therein falls, so as to make the ink readily obtainable.

-Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the stand or base, and 11 the bottle. The stand, which is preferably glass, but may be made of any other suitable material, is in the main rectangular in plan with its front corners rounded as shown in Fig. 8. It is divided transversely by a partition 12 having a concave recess 13 at the center to receive the neck 11 of the bottle, as hereinafter described. At the rear side of the partition 12 is a compartment having a concave bottom 15, the upper surface of which is provided with a series of corrugations 16 extending transversely of the stand. These are best molded as a part of the stand.

, Their length is preferably equal to the width of the bottle. At the opposite side of the partition 12 is a trough 17 having an inclined bottom 18 extending up to the upper front surface of the stand.

19 indicates the ends of the trough, which also form the sides of the stand and merge with the partition 12. They also merge with the ends 20 of the bottle receiving compartment, so that the upper edge of the stand is practically all in the same horizontal plane. The sides 18 are provided with one or more alined recesses 21, which serve as a pen-rack.

The bottle 11 is illustrated as cylindrical in form, and has its neck'lt disposed centrally and tangentially, as best shown in Fig. 2. The neck of the bottle is adapted to fit in the recess 13 when the bottle is in the position shown in Fig. 2, or approximates that position, but the bottle may also be turned so that the neck 14: stands upright as shown in Fig. 1. At a convenient point on its outer surface, the bottle 11 is pro- -videdwith a number of ribs or corrugations Fig. 7, in which the neck is slightly inclined from the vertical. As the level of the ink recedes, the bottle may be turned to incline the neck more and more, so that even when the level of the ink is very low, as shown in Fig. 2, it still flows to the outlet end of the neck and is easily within reach of the pen. As best shown in the sectional views of the bottle, the neck is preferably provided with a dam 22 at the lower side of the outlet opening, the effect of which is to permit the neck of the bottle to be inclined to a greater extent without spilling ink. The outlet opening only, however, is constricted in this way, and the free flow of ink in the neck adjacent to the outlet is not restricted. The outer end of the neck is preferably provided with screw-threads so that it may receive a screw-cap 23, and, if desired, a washer 24 may be placed in the cap to prevent leakage when the bottle is packed for shipment. Fig. 5 shows a metal cap with a washer; while Fig. 6 shows a glass cap without a washer. Either form may be employed, the latter being more suitable for use when the ink is in use, while the former is preferred for shipping purposes.

In Fig. t I have illustrated an arrangement in which instead of using the corrugations on the bottle and on the stand to hold the bottle in its different positions, I provide the stand with a broad, fiat spring 25, which embraces the central portion of the bottle, and which preferably is provided with two end flanges 26 arranged parallel with each other and far enough apart so that the spring 25 fits between them. The frictional engagement between the spring and the bottle is suflicient to hold the bottle when it is turned to incline the neck to a greater or less extent, but does not interfere with its ready removal or insertion.

My improved stand and bottle provide an outfit of which the base portion of the stand (by which I mean the stand Without the bottle) may be very cheaply manufactured and is suitable for use as a permanent piece of desk furniture. The bottle portion of the inkstand may also be very cheaply constructed. In fact, it may be manufactured and sold in the same way as the ordinary bottle of ink. It may then be applied to the base portion of the inkstand just as it is when purchased, forming therewith a complete inkstand. This avoids the necessity of transferring the ink from the bottle in which it is purchased to the ink container of an inkstand, as has heretofore been the practice. By my invention, therefore, the user instead of buying an inlcbottle and using ink from it, with the consequent danger of upsetting the bottle and spilling the ink, may buy my improved bottle and by applying it to the base portion of the inkstand as described will have a. convenient, ornamental inkstand in which the bottle cannot well be upset and the ink cannot be spilled. Furthermore, as is a matter of universal experience in using ink from a bottle, as the ink level recedes it is diflicult to obtain ink without smearing the pen and the fingers of the writer, whereas with my improved device, however low the level of the ink in the bottle, it is always equally available for use without inserting the pen-holder itself into the neck of the bottle, and consequently there is no danger of the user soiling his fingers. A further advantage of my improved device is that it provides for the ready substitution of bottles of ink of different colors or kinds.

My improved device may be made of any suitable material, such as glass, tin, wood, aluminum, etc., but I prefer to make it of lass.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. An inkstand, comprising a base having a semi-cylindrical compartment to receive an ink-bottle, said compartment having corrugations, and a substantially cylindrical inkbottle adapted to fit in said compartment and having one or more corrugations coacting with the corrugations of the compartment to hold the bottle in different positions of adjustment, said bottle being free to be lifted from said compartment and having a neck projecting beyond the outer surface thereof.

2. An ink-stand comprising a base having a compartment, the surface of which is circular in cross-section, an ink-bottle curved concentrically to the surface of said compartment to conform to the shape of the latter and adapted to fit snugly therein, said bottle being removably mounted in said-compartment to be rocked to different positions therein and having a tangentially disposed neck projecting beyond the outer surface thereof, and cooperating means on the contacting concentric surfaces of the bottle and the base for holding the bottle in different positions of adjustment.

3. An ink-stand comprising a base having a compartment, a portion at least of the upper surface of which is in the form of an arc of a circle, an ink-bottle a portion at least of the surface or perimeter of which is in the form of an arc having the same radius as the are on which the surface of said compartment is taken, said bottle being adapted to fit in said compartment and to be rocked to different positions therein, said bottle having a tangentially disposed neck project ing beyond the outer surface thereof, and means between the bottle and the base for holding the bottle in its different positions of adjustment.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, an

different positions of adjustment, a trough adjacent to said compartment, and apartition separating said compartment from said trough, said partition having a recess open at the top to receive the bottle neck.

CHARLES M. HELLER.

inkstand comprising a substantially cylindrical ink-bottle having a neck projecting beyond the outer surface thereof, a base having a compartment to receive the ink- 5 bottle, said compartment having means cooperating With the ink-bottle to hold it in Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents, Washington, D. G.

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