US2000950A - Self-filling fountain pen filling device - Google Patents

Description

May 14, 1935.

H. C. HlTT SELF FILLING FOUNTAIN PEN FILLING DEVICE Filed Feb. 15, 1934 INVENTOR hE/YEY C. fi/rr VBY ATTORNEY I This invention relates to a filling device fo'r self-filling fountain pana a .has an an object to pro'vide -a filling device adapted to fcoope rate witlrthedntwior*of anink-containerand makes it possible-to nil seernnnm fountain pen there:

from 'even though the level of the"; ink "supply lawman mannerisms withiriiuth'e bottle is; so the ne k 1mm a A fiirther-object of this invention: is to provide may be inexperisively moldemof a single piece to cooperate an i'nk'flbottle of conventional size,

. l an whicfimay be easilyinserted therein and after: Heine" inserted will not interfere" with tlie Another object of this' in'vention is to provide pens but which will not interfere with the use of the-immererctner types of pens.

In the accompanying drawing, which-forms part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of an ink bottle and a support within the ink container resting on the;

of this device in operative position thereinj Fig. 2 is a perspective view of this device per se.

There is shown at an ink bottle or container of conventional size and shape, and further shown as having a somewhat depleted ink supply 'H therein. Ordinarily it is difiicult or impossible to satisfactorily fill a fountain pen l2: when the ink supply I I is at a low level except by tilting the bottle and the pen, with the probable result of spilling the ink and soiling the pen. To obviate this disadvantage and difiiculty the device l4, constituting this invention, is provided. This device I4 is preferably made of an integral piece of soft rubber although, as will be obvious from the description hereinafter, it'need not be of this material, nor necessarily a one-piece unit.

This device I4 includes a tubular throat 15, one end of which l6 is of such material and finish. as to permit the establishment of a substantially airtight contact with the neck I! other end l8 of the throat I5 is sup-ported a slight distance above the bottom 19 of the bottle l0. The end l8 may be constricted as at 2B, as shown.

The means for supporting the end I8 above the bottom I9 may preferably consist of a cylindrical member 2| having a shoulder?! at its upper end suificiently yielding and resilient to permit insertion into the bottle ID and thereafter to 00-:

operate with the bottom of neck '23 of the ink bottle I0, as shown in Fig. 1. The throat I5 is secured at its upper end 16 so as to depend within the cylinder 2!. The shouldered end 24 of cylin- 15, r1934; ser l shown in I entering" through 1 opening thereon.

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of the pen I2. The

iords space for the reception of the usual 'cork.

comprisinga cylindrical member integral with operationthei'dvid N H bottle n and assumes ts-cperstive position a? When -1 is desired to rm' a' sex;

filling' fountaingpen, "such sis-1 2,3 the neck {l1 '2" i thepen is' -inserted into the open end p receives gtmimn throat; "I lie filling lever 28 s me pl'ilated to h the aperture 21 m me scaem figigy inder 2|, th shoulderetr' gnd What I claimisz- I 4 n 1. An adapter for an ink container, comprising bottom thereof and oflarger diameter nearits upper end than the neck of the ink container, and an impervious hollow member attached to said support and extending adjacent the bottom; of said container, said larger diameter portion of the support contacting under the throat of the ink container providing a substantially secure contact between thethroat and bottom of the i pen filling device,, comprising a tubular throat having at least one end thereof ofsoft rubber, said throat having. a portion of a diameter slightly less than the'diameter-of the neck of a fountain pen, the other end of said throat being open, and means for supportingsaid other end of said throat in an ink container with said other open end spaced a slight distance fromthe bottom of the ink'conc tainer, said instrumentalities being insertable, into an ink container whose neck normally a1- 2. A self-filling fountain 3. A self-filling fountain pen filling attachment, comprising a throat member of soft rubber adapted to beinserted within an ink bottle, said throat member being adapted'tosnugly receive a neck of the fountain penwith the point of the pen within saidthroat, v and means for sup- I porting the other end of said throat slightly 7 above the bottom of-the ink bottle, said means said throat,a shoulder at the upper end of said 55 mm has replaced f throat and the upper end of said cylindrical member being apertured to relieve the vacuum in the ink bottle.

4. A soft rubber, integral, one-piece device for cooperation with an ink bottle for use with a selffilling fountain pen, comprising a cylindrical member, a shoulder formed at the upper end-of said cylindrical member adapted to cooperate with the under side of the neck of the bottle, an"

aperture in said shouldered end of said cylinder, a second aperture in the other end of said cylinder, and a tubular throat within said cylinder depending from said cylinder adjacent the shouldered end thereof and ending a slight distance above the other end thereof.

1 5. An article of manufacture comprising a selffiller for fountain pens when inserted through the mouth of an ink bottle consisting of a soft rubber filler member whose upper end is larger than and closes the mouth of the bottle into which it is designed to be'inserted, a verticalv well extending into the top of the member and adapted to receive the pen, said well having a portion iltting'the pen end of the pen holder, vent means on the member for opening to the atmosphere the portion of thebottle surrounding the member, and said member having means for permitting ink in the bottle to communicate with thewelLw v 6. An article of manufacture comprising a selffiller 'for fountain pens when inserted through themouthof-an ink bottle consisting of a soft rubber filler member whoseupper end is larger than and closes the mouth of the bottle into whichit is designed tobe inserted, a vertical well whose open top is accessible through the mouth of the bottle and extending into the top of the member and adapted to receive the pen, said well having a portion fitting the pen end of the pen holder, a vent opening in the top of the member for venting to the atmosphere the volume of the bottle surrounding the member, an opening in the bottom of the'well and communicating with the contents of the bottle.

'7. An article of manufacture comprising a selffiller for fountain pens when inserted through the mouth of an ink bottle consisting of a soft rubber filler member whose upper end is larger than and closes the mouth of the bottle into which it is designed to be inserted, a vertical well whose open top is accessible through the mouth of the bottle and extending into the top of the member, there being a soft-rubber wall surrounding the well, and an opening in said well through which the contents of the bottle flows into the'well.

; 8. A soft rubber, integral, one-piece device insertable within an ink bottle for use with a selffilling fountain pen, comprising a member, a shoulder formed at the upper end of said mem-' her for contacting with the under side of the neck of the bottle, an aperture in said shouldered end of said member for leading fluid from the neck of the bottle to the interior of the bottle surrounding the member, a second aperture in the other end of saidmember for leading fluid from the interior of the bottle to a point within the member, and a tubular throat within said member depending from said member adjacent the shouldered end. thereof and ending a slight distance above the other end thereof, said throat having an opening communicating with the fluid receivable through the second aperture.

' HENRY c. HI'I'I.

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