US2734486A

US2734486A - Aramian

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Publication number: US2734486A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1956-02-14
Anticipated expiration: 1973-02-14

Description

H. ARAMIAN FOUNTAIN PEN Feb. 14, 1956 Filed Dec. 6, 1954 Tall ATTORNEYS United States Patent-o FOUNTAIN PEN Harry Aramian, Bronx, N. Y. Application Decembero, 1954, Serial No. 473,233 4 Claims. (21. 120-51 This invention relates to writing devices and more particularly to a fountain pen. g

It is an object of the present'invention to provide a writing device which functions as a writing tip.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a writing device which maybe used as the usual fountain pen also. p

Still a further object of the-present invention is to provide a writing device which is durable and attractive.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a Writing device which may be quickly and easily refilled with writing fluid.

Yet another and further object of the present invention is to provide a writing device having all of the desired advantages which is nevertheless inexpensive to manufacture and easy to produce.

Other objects and advantages are set forth in greater detail in the accompanying specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the writing device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the writing member of the writing device of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the writing member of the writing device of the present invention in one position;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the writing member of the Writing device of the present invention in another position; and

Fig. 5 is a view of component parts of the assembly of the writing member of the writing device of the pres ent invention.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a writing .device or fountain pen 10. The pen consists of a barrel 11 extending substantially the entire length of the pen. Secured to the upper portion of the barrel 11 is a cup 12 having a shoulder 14 and a reduced cylindrical portion 15. The shoulder 14 abuts the upper extremity of the barrel 11 and the reduced cylindrical portion 15 frictionally engages a portion of the inner walls of the barrel 11. Disposed within the barrel is a removable tube 16 adapted to be filled with ink and comprising an ink reservoir. One end of the tube is provided with a bulb 17 of flexible material carried within the cup 12. The bulb may be made of soft rubber or any other suitable material and the tube 16 may be made of plastic, glass or of any other suitable material. The other extremity of the tube has an aperture therethrough defining a metering orifice 18 as shown. There is provided a sleeve 19 engaged by the inner walls of the lower end of the barrel by means of cooperating threads 20.

It will be realized that while a threaded engagement has been shown, a friction fitor any other form of engagement may be utilized.

A washer 21 is secured to the upper end of the sleeve 19. The sleeve 19 is also provided with a plug 22 having a central bore 23 communicating with the passage in the metering orifice 18. A split collar 24 is provided,

the upper rim of which is adapted to abut the lower rim of the sleeve 19. The plug 22 has a cone-like portion 25 extending within two separate

tapered members

26 and 27 converging to a point 28, said members being held on the portion 25 by the collar 24. The upper end of the plug 22 is frictionally engaged by the inner wall of the sleeve 19. The member 27 is provided near one extremity with a pin 29 constituting a finger piece for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

The desirability of providing a writing device which can be used both as a rounded-point style writing tip and as the usual fountain pen has long been recognized. Various attempts have been made to provide such a device. However, because of the construction of the proposed writing devices, they were unwieldy necessitating the use of double barrels and virtually two writing instruments and all details combined in one. According to the present invention, however, I have provided a writing device which may be used as a rounded-point style writing tip or as the usual fountain pen at the desire of the user with a simple manual manipulation. As shown in Figs. 2

- and 3, the two

separate members

26 and 27 converge at the same point 28 and'when' utilized in this fashion, the writing device of the present invention operates in the same fashion as a style writing tip. The metering orifice 18 permits a sufficient amount of ink to be pro vided to the tip which writes smoothly and easily in the same fashion as the usual style writing tip. In order to use the writing device of the present invention as a fountain pen, it is merely necessary to urge the finger piece 29 in an upward direction moving the separate member 27 relative to the member 23 whereby the tip 30 of the member 28 is exposed alone. When used after such manipulation, the writing device of the present invention may be used and will operate as a regular fountain pen. The writing device of the present invention, therefore,'can be used at the desire of the user either as a rounded-point style writing tip or a regular fountain pen by simple movement of the finger piece 29 in one direction or the other.

For filling the tube 16 with ink, it is merely necessary to remove the same with the bulb from the barrel 11 and dip it in the ink exerting pressure on the bulb 17 whereupon the tube Will become filled with ink without in any way requiring the cone-like portion 25 to be dipped into the ink. This added feature of the present invention provides for cleanliness in filling and makes the filling operation a relatively simple one. When the tube 16 is filled, it is reinserted in the barrel.

I have also provided a removable cap 31 having a mouth 13 which is adapted to engage the upper portion of the barrel when using the writing device for writing purposes, as shown in Fig. 1, or when the writing device is to be carried, the cap 31 may be utilized to cover the writing tip, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It is to be noted that by the present invention there has been provided a writing device which may be utilized either as a rounded-point style writing tip or as the normal fountain pen using the same ink reservoir. The writing device is of the normal size of a regular fountain pen. The transition from one form of writing to another may be easily and quickly made as desired by the user thereof.

While the invention has been described in some detail, it will be understood that variations and modifications may be made concerning the various component parts in the manner of securing them together without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means cone-like shell divided longitudinally toform two separate portions converging at aipoint arranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passage from the reservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having a metering orifice for controlling the-flow of ink to the tip of the shell; and means for shifting one or" the shell portions forwardly with respect to the other to project the point thereof, said projected portion being arranged to constitute a writing quill.

2. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means providing an ink reservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell divided longitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a point arranged to constitutea writing tip; means providing a passage from the reservoir to the interior of said shell; and means for shifting one of the shell portions forwardly with respect to the other to project the point thereof, said projected portion being arranged to constitute a writing quill.

3. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having a removable tube providing an ink reservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell divided longitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a point arranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passage from the reservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having a metering orifice for controlling the flow of ink to thetipof the shell; and means for shifting one of the shell portions forwardly with respect to the other to project the point thereof, said projected portion being arranged to constitute a writing quill.

4. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means providing an ink reservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell divided longitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a point arranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passage from the reservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having a metering orifice for controlling the flow of ink to the tip of the shell; and a finger piece secured to one portion of the shell for shifting said portion of the shell forwardly with respect to the other portion of said shell to project the point thereof, said projected portion being arranged to constitute a writing quill.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 539,115 Braham May 14, 1895 2,324,008 Marshall July 13, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS 15,080 Great Britain of 1906 673,480 Great Britain June 4, 1952