US554785A - Ink-well - Google Patents

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J. S. MALLARY & J. A. LEONARD. INK WELL. v

No. 554.785. 7 Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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JOHN S. MALLARY AND JAMES A. LEONARD, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,785, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed January 4, 1896. Serial No. 574,332- (NO model) and JAMES A. LEONARD, citizens of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink- Wells; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of our invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

The object of our invention is an ink-well, designed especially for use in school-desks, that combines the following qualities not heretofore found combined in ink-wells and of great importance in such use, namely: First, there is an absence of rattle, noise, or movement under the ordinary circumstances of use; second, the perfect plane of the desksurface Without projection or indentation is substantially preserved; third, the well is conveniently removed from and put into place,

and having a removable top may be quickly and perfectly cleaned and refilled; fourth, when not in use the ink is sealed against impurities and evaporation; fifth, in opening for use the little force necessary effects that result without attention, the same being true of the closing after use, and, sixth, nothing is presented with which the pupil is induced to toy, and no opportunity for breakage or damage to the Well or of ink soil or stain to the pupil is presented. All teachers in schools where writing is taught or used will appreciate the great value of an ink-well presentin g the qualities enumerated. We accomplish this object by the device hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of a section of a school-desk provided with our ink-well. Fig. 2 is a vertical. sectional View of the same on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of our bottle B. Fig. i is a view of the under side of the bottle-cover C, and Fig. 5 is a similar View of the revolving opening and closing disk D.

The parts are indicated by letters, and similar letters refer to similar parts in all views.

The bottle B, preferably a blown-glass bottle, is round, entirely open at the top, a little below which top there appears around its periphery a collar having oppositely two short downwardly-taperin g lugs, each integral with the bottle and exterior to it, said collar and lugs being for the purpose of holding the bottle in place in the opening in the desk-top that receives it, such opening being fashioned with a shoulder for said collar and vertical recesses for said lugs, so that in place the bottle snugly fits therein. Preferably we make the bottle B of a depth to correspond with the thickness of the desk-top so that the lower end of the bottle does not protrude, increasing the diameter for suitable capacity.

The exterior of the bottle above the collar is threaded for a means of attaching the cover C. The cover 0 is a disk, from the edge gradually thickening to the center to give better hold for the central pivot-pin p, having a slightly-upward and a larger downward annular rim, the downward portion being threaded to engage with the threads on the bottle B in attaching the cover 0, the upward portion being to form the side of the cup in which the revolving disk D has place, the edge 011 a plane with the upper surface of the disk D. The round opening 0 through the cover 0 is of suitable size to give pen access to the interior of the bottle and is located near the periphery. The check 0 is an integral projection appearing on the inner side of the downward portion of the rim at the proper point for the purpose that will presently appear.

The revolving disk D is of size to snugly but movably fill the cup presented on the upper side of the cover 0 in which it rests. It has a central opening for the pivot-pin p, the flat head of which is countersunk therein, and the round opening 0 for the passage of the pen near the periphery exactly corresponding in location and size to the opening 0 in the cover G, on each side of which round opening are formed indented nail-catches similar to those seen upon the blades of pocket-knives. On the under side at its periphery appears the inwardly-cut slot or rabbet, occupying a segment in length something more than double the diameter of the pen-opening 0, which is exactly opposite its central line. This under side, to render the bottle B as nearly airtight and impenetrable by dust as possible, we coat with a layer of rubber, corkwood, or other soft material 0 preferably rubber, attaching the layer by any suitable cement.

To still further protect the ink from evaporation and accumulation of impurities we place, in assembling the parts, on the upper edge of the collar of the bottle the packing 1), preferably of rubber, similar to that used in fruit-cans.

The pivot p, which extends downward through the revolving disk D, its head countersunk therein, as explained, passes through the central aperture of the cover 0, the por tion protruding below being threaded, so that by the use of a small nut it may be held, holding the cover O and the revolving disk D together, the latter easily rotative.

For the cover C and the revolving disk D we preferably use a non'corrosive metal, zine being preferable, both being cut by suitable dies.

Our invention will now be understood and its usefulness in accomplishing the object stated in the beginning of this specification will be appreciated.

Ve are well aware that inkstands capped with revolving disk covers having openings to be brought into coincidence with openings in the bottle-neck for access to the ink have been made, but we are not aware that an inkwell especially adapted to school use, constructed of the combination of parts above described and producing the results stated as our object, was ever known until our invention thereof.

\Vhat we claim is- In an ink-well the combination of the opentopped neekless bottle B having an integral. annular collar a little below the top and two integral downward-tapering lu gs, said bottle being adapted to enter an opening in a desktop that has a shoulder and recesses to fittin glyreceive it; the disk-shaped bottle-cover C, thickest at the center having a central aperture, and having around its periphery a rim projecting above and below the disk, the lower portion being largest and interiorly threaded, and having near its rim the penopening 0, the check 0 upon the inner side of the upper portion of said rim; the soft packin g 1) between the lower edges of the rim of the cover G and the collar upon the bottle B; the revolving disk cover D, suitable to fill the cup located on the upper surface of the cover 0, having a central opening and near the periphery the pen opening 0, indented naileatehes, on each side of the cover, said cover having upon its under side, which is lined with rubber or other soft material, at the periphery, the segmental slot or rabbet s occupying a space something more than twice the diameter of the pen-opening 0; and the pivotpin 73, its fiat head countersunk in the revolving disk I), threaded at its lower extremity for engagement with a nut below the cover 0; all substantially as described and for the purpose expressed.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afli 1; our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. MAL'LARY. JAMES A. LEONARD. \Vitn esses:

N. E. DETCHON, S. 1. LIBBET.

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