US241215A - Fbank holland - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

F. HOLLAND. Fountain Pen.

MM( mf f NiTeD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOLLAND, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,215, dated May 10, 1881.

' Application inca December 13, issu. (No model.)

To all 'whom t may concern:

BeitknownthatLFRANK HOLLAND, of Manchester, in the county of'Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Pens 5 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 saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the ligures indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to a fountain-holder to be used with metallic pens to furnish a continuous supply of ink.

Heretofore fountain-pens, when made to write with the common split nib, as in the ordinary form of metallic pen, have been supplied through an opening in the fountailnfrom which the ink flowed to the point without regard to the amount of writin g done, so that sometimes the point would be overloaded and a drop would fall off; and sometimes, particularly when rapid writing was done with theink supplied through a small aperture, sufficient ink would not iiow down to the point.

The object of my invention is to obviate the foregoing difficulties and providea mechanism to be used with a common pen which will regulate the amount of ink discharged by the amount of writing done.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a central longitudinal section through the holder, point-section, and pen. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line a b of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line o d of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the deliveringpoint, on the line e j' of Fig. 1.

A is the outer shell or case of the holder.

B is the point-section, screwed onto the case A and forming a continuation of it.

C is the ink-reservoir. Thisis closed at the top by the screw-cap D, and is furnished with an aperture at the bottom, C', through which the ink lows into the point-section.

E is an air-chamber between the ink-reservoir and the parts A and B surrounding it.

F and G are rin gs or collars between the inkreservoir and the outer shell, for the purpose of holding the parts in place. They are attached to the ink-reservoir, and are furnished with the openings F G', to allow air to pass. The ring F can be held to the outer case by friction, or it may have a left-handed screw-thread, the thread on the cap D being right-handed. The ring G is sufficiently free on the point-section B to allow the latter to be easily removed when required.

H is the delivering-tube. It is of cylindrical form, closed at the bottom, and furnished with a small side opening for the passage of the ink to the pen.

J is a needle,'bent as shown in the drawings, so that its point projects through the opening in the side of the tube H, and the stem of which passes upward through the tube H to near its top.

K is a plug fitting into the top of the tube H, and held in place by friction, or, if metallic, the parts can be soldered. It is perforated by a small opening for the passage of the ink, and also has a nick,K, in its side, to hold the needle J. The needle is placed in this nick, and is secured between the plug and the wall oi' the tube H. Its lower end is left free and forms a spring, which is held in by the pen L, against which it rests, and presses outward when the pen springs outward under the pressure upon the paper in writin g. The needle J thus moves out and in, and carries the ink with it through the aperture in the side of the tube H.

M is the pen-holder, into which the pen L is inserted. 1t is intended to be a ring of metal or other suitable material, surrounding the pointsection B. The interiorot' the ring and the surface oi the point-section are provided with a fine screw-thread, so that the pen can be elevated or depressed to bring the point of the needle in the proper position to receive the required vibration froln the movement of' the pen in writing.

The point-section and working invention can be used with any other upper part that will funish the ink in the usual manner to the point-section.

A cap or cover can also be adapted to cover the tube H, as in stylographic pens; or a cap can be adapted to inclose the whole diameter of the holder with the tube and pen.

When the working parts of the point are used with a top portion of the construction de-A parts of my IOG having L central opening :md u, nick, K', for the needle, as an ink-delivering device in e fountain-pen, substantially ns described.

2. The holdin g-rin g M, provided with an adjusting screw-thread, in combination with the point-section B and delivering-tube H, sul)- stantinlly :is described.

FRANK HOLLAND.

opening' C e portion of nir enters and ink flows out.

flint I claim as my invention isl. The combination of the tube H,tl1e needle J, bent outward to toncll the pen, and plug K,

fi tnesses:

THEO. G. ELLIS, WILMOT HoRroN.

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