US362154A

US362154A - Inkstand

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Publication number: US362154A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-03

Description

J. (l. GABLE.

(No Model.)

INKSTAND.

No. 362,154. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. GABLE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,154, dated May 3, 1887.

Application filed January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,651.

To (LU 107107 it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JAMES C. GABLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in inkstands which are sunk in the body sup porting them; and the object of my improvement is to produce a stand superior to others of like character in the following respects: first, in preventing the entrance of dust; second, preventing the thickening of ink from evaporation; third, preventing the corroding of the ink, as is the case with like stands in which metallic covers are used; fourth, in the manner of raising the stopper and'preventing the spilling of the ink, and, fifth, the manner of securing the stand in place while at the same time having it removably set in its sup port. These objects I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of my device in place, with part of the table cut away; Fig. 2, a top view of the same; Fig. 3, a view of the under side of the lever-stop; Fig. 4, a side view showing the manner of connecting the lever with the stopper, part of the stopper being cut away.

Similar letters refer'to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the support in which the stand is sunk. B is the stand,having a flange, b, by which it is upheld in the openingin its The stand, it will be observed, is formed in manner very similar to an ordinary ink-bottle-viz., with a main body, B, a fiat covering, 1), over the greater portion of the top, and a neck, b suitably constructed to receive a cork, G, the principal addition to the stand being the supporting-flange b.

The material of which desks are formed is, as a rule, too thin to permit an inkstand being supported on its bottom in an opening in the top of the desk without undue increase in the diameter of the bottle or permitting it to protrude so far above the surface as to render it liable to be displaced or upset. The addition of the flange for support in the opening permits the use of the form of bottle most (No model.)

likely to prevent evaporation, entrance of dust, or corrosion of the ink by being brought into contact with the stopper.

On the table or desk supporting the inkstand there is a catch, D, pivoted at z, one end, d, of which engages the top of the bottle in order to hold it in place. This end of the catch has its under surface beveled to conform with the top of the bottle, one side, e, of the bevel being sloped-or cut away to facilitate the engagement of the catch with the said top of the bottle, while the other, e, is squared or enlarged to prevent it (the catch) turning beyond its center. In the other end of the catch a vertical lever, L, is pivoted at a:, one end, Z, engaging with the stopper of the bottle'and the other, Z, having a finger-rest attached. The end, Z, of the lever which engages with the stopper, is composed of a small annular plate having a screw, m, projecting downward therefrom, to which the stopper G is screwed.

The operation of the catch and lever is very simple. The stopper being in place, it is removed by pressing upon the end Z of the lever, and it is held in an elevated position, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, by the lever being constructed to wedge somewhat under the pivot on which it works and by the weight of the finger-rest Z. The stopper is replaced by simply pressing upon the plate Z. To remove the bottle, the cork is raised and the catch D turned about its pivot, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2,when it (the bot tle) is lifted from its place. To replace it the operation is reversed.

I am well aware that ink-bottles set in desks are in common use; but the openings into such bottles are at or on a level with the tops of the desks, metallic covers pivoted in or about in the same plane with the tops of the bottles being used; but I do not know of any ink-bottles sunk in desks, and possessing the peculiar characteristics herein enumerated. I therefore do not make a broad claim as to ink-bottles set in openings in desks; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The ink holder herein described, the body being supplied with a supporting-flange around the top thereof, and a neck, as and for the purpose specified.

2. An inkstand, as described, to be held in an opening of a table or desk, and supplied with a supporting-flange about the top of the body thereofiwith a pivoted catch to hold the stand in place in the opening, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a stationary inkstand, of a lever having one end attached to the stopper of said stand, and with a cam or wedge on its lower surface beneath the fulcrum thereof, adapted to engage with the surface beneath it to hold the cork in an elevated position when that end of the lever is raised, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a stationary inkstand, of a lever attached to the stopper of I 5 said stand and adapted to raise or lower said stopper in the mouth of the stand,with a pivoted catch for holding the stand in place, the lever having; its fulcrum in the catch, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J. C. GABLE.

Witnesses:

W. J FORDNEY, WM. R. GERHART.