US1747701A - Lettering pen - Google Patents

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Feb. 1 8, 1930. R. F. GEORGE 1,747,701

LETTERING PEN Filed May 11, 1927 Patented Feb; 18, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ROSS F. GEORGE, F SEATTLE, WASHINGTN LETTERING PEN Application led May 11, 1927. Serial No. 190,629.

My invention relates to improved pens. Heretofore pens have been produced which include a pen point proper, `provided with a Writing surface or aspecial marking surface formed by bending or turning up the nibs` of the pen, and a feeder so combined with the pen point as to form therewith a reservoir for ink. Pens as heretofore produced have been provided with both underv and over feeders, formed singly and in one piece, and such feeders have been secured to the pen point in a variety of Ways.

Heretofore pens of the character indicated have not been found entirely satisfactory for the reason, among others, that no entirely satisfactory or commercially practical method for attaching1 the feeder to the pen point has been developed; and for the reason that the rear portion of the feeder, as heretofore attached, acts to unduly limit the insertion of the pen point into a pen holder.

NOW, it is the object of my invention to provide a lettering pen involving in its construction a novel and elcient method of com- 1 25 bining the pen point and feeder and of edec-` tively securing the feeder to the pen point.

Having novv indicated, in a general Way,

the natureand purpose of my invention, I Will proceed to a detailed description thereo ,30 of With reference to the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a preferred embodiment and in Which Fig. l is a plan view of a blank for the formation of a feeder for a lettering pen em- ".'35 bodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a kfeeder formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side View ofthe feeder shown in Fig. 2. t

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a pen point.

Fig. 5 is a side View of the pen point shown in Fig. 4, With the feeder shown in Fig. 3 attached; the application of the feeder being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the subject of Fig. 5.

fFig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7 7, Fi 6.

Fig. 8 is a plan View offa blank for a modill) :tied form of feeder.

in'relation to the central member, as Would Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a lettering pen embodying a. modification of my invention.

Referringy to Figures 1-7 inclusive, in which l have shown an embodiment of my invention as applied to a letteringpen, a indicates a feeder blank, preferably stamped from some light metal, as brass. The feeder formed from the blank a and shown in Figures 2 and 3 comprises an over feeder por- 60 tion b, of conventional `vshape and including a portion adapted to overlie the Writing surface f of a penl point, `an under feeder portion @,and aloody` or connectorportion CZ from opposite sides of Which extend lateral-ears e. Thek feeder may be provided, if desired-,\vith longitudinal slots g/ to facilitate cleaning, or in place of 'the 1slots y grooves may be provided to effect la division of the end load; and the portion b vmay, .70 if desired, be provided With van aperture a through Which ink Will passwhenpressure is applied to the marking surface and-,through Which; it will return" on `release of pressure, thusavoidng spreading over the edges of the marking.

rIhe pen point m is provided with nibs bent up to form a marking surface f, the nibs being formed byy slits g extending from the pierce holes 7L. The ends of the nibs are en- 80 larged to produce a marking surface of substantial area'and of'desirable shape andthe slits g are'extending in substantial parallelism from-the pierce holes through the neck z' of the nibs beyond which they are curved S5 -avvay Vfromeach other, or extended at an angle, in orderthat the side members of thel marking" surface may not be unduly ylarge occur "did the slits continue to the end of the nibs in substantial parallelism, Without weakening the neck of thenibs. The pen point at a distance from the pierceholes may be provided With a formation]I in its upper surface corresponding generally in size and yshape to the body of connector portion d of the feeder. At the rear end of the formation the pen point is' providedvvitha provided along the side `@ges of the formau on top of the pen with the body Z lying within the formation y', the under feeder portion c extending through the transverse slot 7c and the ears extending through the longitudinal slots l, see Fig. 5. The under feeder portion is then bent up to t-he underside of the pen point and the ears bentagainst the under feeder portion, thereby fastening the feeder as a whole securely to the pen point.

It will be understood that the formation j may be either a depression or a raised portion, the body portion d of the feeder being shaped to fit the pen point; and it will be further understood that the formation j may be eliminated if desired. Referring now more particularly to Figuresv 8 and 9, which illustrate a modification of my invention, in connection with a marking pen, the feeder a has formed in its body portion d a tongue m and in its under feeder portion c an opening n.

vThe feeder a is formed and assembled with the pen point in the same manner as is the feeder a, however the tongue m, whenthe feeder is assembled is passed through an opening o, in the formation j in the pen oint, through the opening n in the under eeder portion and finally bent against the under feedelgas shown in Fig. 9, to fasten the feeder securely to the pen point.

Havlng now fully described my invention,

4. A pen comprising, in combination, a pen point provided with a formation in its upper surface and slotted transversely adjacent said formation and a feeder having a body portion adapted to engage said formation, the feeder extending through said transverse slot and being bentupon itself to extend toward the nibs of said pen point adjacent to the upper and lower surfaces of the -pen point.

5. A pen comprising, in combination, a pen point provided with a depression in its upper surface and slotted transversely and longitudinally adjacent said depression and a feeder having a body portion adapted to seat in said depression, the feeder extending through said transverse slot and being bent upon itself to extend toward the nibs of said pen 'point adjacent to the upper and lower surfaces of the pen point, said feeder being provided with an earextending through said longitudinal slot and adapted to secure the feeder to the pen point.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 3rd day of May, 1927.

ROSS F. GEORGE.

what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patentis A p1. A pen comprising, in combination, a pen point provided with an opening spaced from the marking surface of the pen and a feeder extendingthrough said yopening and bent upon itself to form a pair of members extending toward the nibs of said pen point adjacent the upper and lower surfaces of the pen point respectively.

2. A pencomprising, in combination, a pen point provided with an opening spaced from the marking surface of the pen and a feeder extending through said opening and bent upon itself to form a pair of members extendmg toward the nibs of said pen point adjacent 'the upper and lower surfaces of the pen point respectively, a portion of said feeder being provided with a tongue adapted to engage with another portion of said feeder to secure said feeder to the pen point.

3. A pen comprising, in combination, a pen polnt provided wlth an opening spaced from n the marking surface of the pen and a feeder extending through said opening and secured to the pen point, said feeder being bent upon itself to extend toward the nibs of said pen point adjacent the upper and lower surfaces Y vof thepen-point respectively. Y

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