US434349A - Lindsay - Google Patents

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W. LINDSAY,

COMBINED INKSTAND AND PEN RACK.

(No Model.)

Patented Aug-12. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. if

. GEORGE VASHINGTON LINDSAY, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.

COMBINED INKSTAND AND PEN-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,349, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed February 16, 1890. Serial No. 340,574- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON LINDSAY, of Gainesville, in the county of Cooke and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Inkstands and Pen-Racks Combined, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 'The object of my invention is to provide one or more inkstands with pen-holding attachments which will be adapted to close the lid of the inkstand when the pen is in position on the rack-frame and permit the lid to open by gravity of attached parts when the pen is removed for use.

\Vith this end in view'my invention consists of the construction of parts and their combination, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a set of connected inkstands and rack attachments, the lid of one stand being closed and that of the adjoining inkstand in opened adjustment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation in section taken on the line 2, (see Fig. 3,) an arrow indicating the side in view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of three similar inkstands and pen-holding attachments connected together. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detached view of a removable penholding socket, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a single inkstand having a modified form of pen-rack attached thereto.

For convenience in use, it is preferred to combine the ink-holding wells for three different kinds of ink in one stand, as shown in Fig. 3, thus affording receptacles for black, carmine, and copying inks in consolidated compact form. Two or more inkstands may be combined, or a single stand be provided with the automatic lid-closing device, which serves as a pen-holding rack. WVhere two or three inkstands are combined, each has an independent pen-holding rack that will control the opening and closure of the lid of its inkwell when the pen is removed from or placed on the rack-frame, as will be further explained.

A represents the body of three combined inkstands, the chambers or ink-wells a of which are preferably inclined forwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. l

The joined inkstands A are provided with a rearwardly-projecting base-plate A which increases their stability and affords a support for the pen-holding racks. On the base-plate A six standards i are erected, which may be slightly inclined rearward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To the upper ends ofthese standards six parallel bars 0 are pivoted, as at i. Said bars 0 are held spaced apart in pairs by the transverse plates f, which are affixed to their rear ends, (see Fig. 3,) said plates being weighted, as at f The front ends of thebars c are connected in pairs by cross-bars we, thus affording three light rectangular frames, each pivotally supported, and thus adapted to vibrate independently.

Between the front and rear cross-bars of the frames justsdescribed a transversebracket-plate h is affixed to each frame,which plates are perforated near their longitudinal centers for the reception of the conical sockets B, these latter being inclined forwardly.

The inkstands A are provided with close fitting lids d, from which project the Weighted limbs e, that are pivoted between integral ears 6, the weight of the limbs being so proportioned that the lids will be held normally opened far enough to afford free access to the ink-wells a. To effect a proper adjustment, the limbs e shouldbe of such alength'thatwhen' the lids dare raised sufficiently the freeends of the limbs-will impinge on the top wall of the inkstands and hold the lids inclined forwardly at an angle above the apertures they are designed to cover. On the upper surface of each lid a guide-groove c is formed, which grooves align with the weighted limbs e and receive the free ends of the bent finger-bars c, that are attached by their opposite extremities to the cross-bars at near their centers.

The removable sockets B are designed to receive the end of the pen-staff D, or the pen may be inserted without reversal, and to protect the point as well as absorb ink which may remain on the pen sponge or other similar absorbent material 0' maybe inserted in the tips of the cone-sockets B, as shown in Fig. 4.

The points of pivotal attachment of the bars 0 to the standards "5 are near the rear ends of said bars, and weights f are secured on the transverse plates f to nearly balance the front portion of the frames and attached finger-bars c. The weights f may be formed with the plates f, or be made adjustable, if desired, as it is only necessary to afford equipoise to the vibrating frames, so that the finger-bars a will bear lightly upon the lids d and be lifted by them.

I11 operation the insertion of the pen-staff D in the socket B will by its added weight close the lid of an inkstand to which the pensocket belongs, and its removal will permit the automatic opening of the lid.

A modified form of construction is shown in Fig. 5. In this the pivotally-supported frame F is provided with bifurcated arms 97., which will retain a pen-staff if laid therein. It also has a perforated transverse plate h, secured in proper position to receiveasocket B, (notinserted,) for the reception of a pen, as before described.

The frame F is pivoted at 70 on the standards '21, and is loosely secured to a pendent link-bar 6 which is pivoted at e to the limb e of the lid cl, which limb is jointed at e between projecting ears formed on the inkstand A.

By pivoting the frame F on the standards 2' at proper points in front of the pen-rack arms 7?. and aifording superior weight to the front portion between the joints e and k, the lid (Z will be opened when the pen-staff is removed and closed when it is placed in the rack, as shown, or inserted in a socket-tube, which may be located in the orifice 0, provided the pen-staif and pen are of sufficient weight to overbalance the front of the frame.

Nhere two or three inkstands A are combined together in series, the filler-orifice may be placed in the bottoms of the same and corked, as at g in Fig. 2; or, if preferred, the ink can be decanted into the top orifice of the well a.

A small drawer C can be inserted in a cav' ity formed for it in the body of the inkstands for the reception of pens.

The conformation of parts of this device may be changed to afiord a more pleasing or artistic design within the scope of my invention; hence I do not limit its construction to the exact shapes shown.

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

1. The combination, with an inkstand, a pivoted lid, and an attached weighted limb, of a frame adapted to vibrate from a horizontal plane and receive a pen-staff,- which when in place on the frame will close the lid and when removed will permit it to open by action of gravity, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a series of inkstands and lids hinged thereon and adapted to open by the weight of an extended limb attached to each lid, of an independent pivotally-supported frame foreach inkstand, and

a pen holding device for each frame, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with an inkstand having a forwardly-inclinedink-well and a lid pivoted thereon and adapted to open by the grav ity of anattached limb, of a counterbalanced frame pivotally supported and adapted to engage with a finger projection, the inkstandlid, and a pen-supporting attachment on the frame, which removably holds a pen-staff in position to vibrate the frame and close the lid, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with an inkstand, a hinged lid having an extendedpreponderating limb which opens the inkstand lid alimited distance, and a weighted limb, of two standards, a nearly counterbalanced frame pivoted on these standards and provided with a finger-bar which loosely bears upon the lid, and a pen-holding socket that supports a penstaff, which by its gravity will close the lid, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE WASHINGTON LINDSAY.

Witnesses:

E. M. GARDNER, ToM PEERY.

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