US665057A

US665057A - Writer's companion.

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Publication number: US665057A
Application number: US73001599A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jacob D Brower
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-09-09
Filing date: 1899-09-09
Publication date: 1901-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 1918-01-01

Description

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JACOB D.- BROWER, OF SALEM, OREGON.

WRITERS COMPANION.

SPECIFICATION forming'vpart of Letters Patent No. 665,057, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed September 9,1899. Serial No. 730,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB D. BROWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon, have invented a certain new and useful Writers Companion, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a portable outfit for clerks and others who find it inconvenient to depend upon the ordinary appliances generally found in ofces,'and has for its object to f provide a complete and practical device of the character described which can be applied to the pocket of the vest or coat and readily detached therefrom.

With this object in view my invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be described hereinafter, recited in the claims, and illustrated in the drawings forming a part hereof, and in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing its application. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring now to the drawings by reference-numerals, 5 indicates a flat metal plate provided with tines or pins 6 at its lower edge adapted to enter the pocket of a vest or coat and be retained therein. To the top of this plate is secured a depending plate 7 by means of a series of convolutes 8, and centrally the plate is a pressed recess 9. Hinged to this plate 7 at 10 is a memoranda-retaining receptacle 11, carrying an'ink-well 12, the opening 13 of which is designed to it tightly against the recess 9 to prevent the spilling of the ink when the receptacle 11 is closed, and it will be noticed that this receptacle is held against the plate 7 by means of a spring-catch 12, which engages an opening 13a in the lug 14, projecting from the plate 5. Positioned in the top of the receptacle 11 is a convex plate 16, designed to be stamped with suitable letters-such, for instance, as the number of a conductor on a train or the like.

Secured to the side edges of the plate 5 and running transversely thereof is a series of parallel coiled springs 17, which are designed to retain pencils, penholders, or other articles.

When it is desired to perform any clerical Work, the catch of the receptacle 11 is released and said receptacle will assume the position shown in the dotted lines, Fig. 2, when the ink-well will be in a position to be used by the owner. After a sufficient quantity of ink has been obtained the receptacle can again be made to lock against the plate 7, and the device can be carried around without danger of spilling the ink.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a writing-companion, the combination, with a dat plate provided with means for securing it to the inside of a pocket, of a depending plate secured to the upper edge of the flat plate, a receptacle hinged to the lower edge of the depending plate the free edge of which is provided with a catch for engaging with the upper edge of the flat plate, and an ink-Wellin the receptacle the mouth of which is adjacent to the depending platewhen the receptacle is in its closed position.

2. In a `writing-companion, the combination, with a plate provided with a perforated lug and with means for securing it to the inside of a pocket, of a depending plate secured to the upper edge thereof, a receptacle hinged to the lower edge of the depending plate, the free edge of which is provided with a catch in position to engage with said lugs, an ink-well in the receptacle in position to bear against the depending plate.

3. In a writing-companion, the combination with a flat plate adapted to be secured in a pocket, of a depending recessed plate, and a receptacle hinged to the last-named plate and carrying an ink-well, the mouth of which is designed to normally lie in the recess of the depending plate, substantially as described.

JACOB D. BROWER. Witnesses:

A. O. OONDIT, CEAS. A. PARKER.