US298382A

US298382A - Fountain-pen

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Publication number: US298382A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1901-05-13

Description

(No Model.)

G. G.'HOLT.

FOUNTAIN PEN. No. 298,382. Patented May 18, 1884.

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GEORGE O. HOLT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL L. HOLT, OF MITTINEAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS. I

FOUNTAIN PEN.

.QPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,382, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed June 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. HOLT, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of fountain-pens having the fountain attachment upon the under side.

1c Heretofore fountain attachments have been somewhat complicated and difficnlt to clean. Especially is this seen in those which are permanently attached to the'pen.

The object of my invention is to provide a fountain-pen of cheap, simple construction, which may be easily cleaned, and one which is. not easily gotten out of repair; and my invention consists in the construction and arrangement whereby the objects of my invention are attained.

' In the accompanying drawings, in which si milar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a view of the pen having my attachment, as seen from the under side. Fig.

2 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the attachment separated from the pen, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the completed pen.

The piece a is made, preferably, of springbrass, andis fastened at the point 0 to the pen.

Any ordinary pen may be used. The fountain-piece is shaped to conform to the profile of the pen, or to project slightly beyond the edge, thus enabling the recess to retain a much 3 5 greater amount of writing-fluid than it otherwise could;

The attachment is secured to the pen by any convenient means at the point indicated in the drawingsz'. e., at a point above the flexible o portion of the pen. I prefer to solder the parts together. This enables the user to spring the part a away from the pen, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus giving free access to the chamber for the purpose of cleaning the same.

I am aware of English Letters Patent'No. 1,802 of 1877, and of United States Letters Patent No. 7 5,909, dated March 24, 1868, and I make no claim to the construction therein shown. In those the fountain attachment is hinged to the pen, making the device much 50.

more expensive and complicated, while in mine the fountain attachment is of one simple piece, permanently secured to the pen at a point above the portion which springs.

I am also aware of United States Letters Patent No. 30,851, dated December 4, 1860, and make no claim to such device. In this the fountain attachment is of several pieces, and is made separable from the pen, being secured at each side. This tends to lessen the flexibility of the pen, while mine, being permanently secured in the manner shown, does not interfere with the flexibility.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a writingpen, an inkreservoir plate having its upper end rigidly secured to the under side of the pen above the flexible part thereof, and having a stem or I step, I), fitted to the concave of the pen, and formed lengthwise from the foot of said stem or step to fit the profile of the pen, and in cross-section extended flush with the outer edges of .the pen, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE G. HOLT. Witnesses:

ELBRIDGE BAKER, E. SHELTON.