US96673A - Improvement in inkstands - Google Patents

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waited tant emu @twine Letters Patent N 96,673, dated November i), 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN INKSTANDS.

-Lc Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, W. E. CARLILE, of the cit-y,

county, and State oi'New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu [nkstauds; and 1 .1'10 hereby declare the following to be a suidcientlyV cl'ear and exact description of the same, thatany one s killed i n such matters may. by reference to the aecempzlying drawings and letters thereon, which form a part of this specification, make and use the same.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of such devices with an inkstand that the weight of the pen and holder will close the'cover upon the ink-receptacle, and at the same time furnish a scale for determining the weight of a letter to such au extent as that the proper stamp for postage may be atlixed.

rlhe receiver for the ink is shown at A, and it is mounted upon a base, B, which serves as a support for the upright C C, upon which the various devices embodying my invention aremounted.

D is the cover, or cap for closing the receiver A, and it is attached to a lever, E, pivoted upon the upright C C.

Upon the outer arm of saidlever is au adjustable weight, W', which serves as a counterbalance to the cover l) and rack R, for receiving the peu P or letter', as the case may be.

Said rack may be connected with the lever either by the intermediate mechanism, as shown at g g, which serves as a guide to hold the parts'iu workings position, or it may be cast in one piece with the lever, und thereby dispense with the guide g g, if desired, and at the saine time make the entire devices more simple iu form.

The operation consists simply in adjusting the weight \V to suoli a point on the lever E, that when the pen and holder are placed upon the rack, as at P, the cap will be depressed to close the inkmeceiver, or chamber A, and when lifted therefrom, the action of the weight will raise the cap, as indicated by the red lines.

W'heu the weight of a letter is to be ascertained, the pen is removed from the rack, and the letter is set ou edge in its place, the side recliningagaiust the long projections at the back, as shown in the drawing,

and the weight is moved out upon the lever E to the required degree to counterbalauce it, and from the figures or notches upon said lever, the degree of weight is ascertained.

Having thus briefly described my invention,

What .l claim, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of weighing-devices with the cover and rack of an inkstand, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

XV. E. CARLILE.

'itucsses:

.Boro Euer, Gao. H. RuoDEs.

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