US994724A

US994724A - Ink-stick.

Info

Publication number: US994724A
Application number: US55999210A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry N De Lanoy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-05-07
Filing date: 1910-05-07
Publication date: 1911-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 1928-06-13

Description

H. N. DE LANOY.

INK STICK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY '1, 1910.

,ing the invention HARRY N. 33E LANOY, OF NELSNVILLE, NEU] YORK.

INK STICK.

senese.,

'Specification cf Letters Patent. Patenten una 13,

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,99.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY N; DE LANOY, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing` at lNelsonville7 in the county of Putnam and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in lnk-Sticks, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to an ink stick for use in supplying the reservoirs of fountain pens, stylographic pens and ink pencils, and to a method of making; the same.

The object of the invention is to provide e stick or carrier composed oli a body having o coating of a water soluble ink, which stick is of a convenient form to he inserted Within the barrel of the pen, so that its coating may be teken up by a supply of water contained therewith in the barrel, thus Afurnishing a" freely flowing ink for use which will. not clog or injure the pen.

e A further object of the invention is to provide an ink stick of this character, a

number of which may he conveniently car` ried upon the .person of the user-of e teun-- tain pen, thus enabling a fresh supply of inkfto be obtained at any time when the ink in the pen is exhausted.

A further object ot the invention is to provide a simple and edectiveiethod of manufacturing ink sticks for this purpose.

ln the accompanying drawing, illustrat- Figure l is a side elevation of a preferred form of ink stick. Fig. 2 is across section of the saine.

ln carrying my invention into practice, l

provide an ink sticli comprising e. stem or 'carrier l provided with an external coating The stern or carrier i is preferably of ,the general form 2 'of an ink soluble in water.

of c meten splint and inede hire the same of wood, but peper, pestehoard'or any other suitable porous material may he employed. Theinlr used may oe any of the Water soluble onilincolors.

in the'rncthod of manufacturing the sticks, u. number of the splints ere saturated with water, preferably by successively soaking the saine in hot and cold water, whereby" seturation is incre thoroughly and quickly effected. 'lhe splints are then removed from the water and tumbled in a suitable :apparatus until their surfaces are of proper dryness, which is known when no water shows upon the surface, which looks dry and barely feels damp. They are then tumbled about thirty seconds in a closed receptacle containing some dry, finely powdered anilin 'color o quantity ci about one ounce to every seven hundred splints. A thin lilm or coating or" anilin will thus he caused to adhere to the surface of eachvsticlr, after which the sticks are allowed to dry until the surface coating becomes hard.

The purpose of thoroughly soaking the lsplints is to cause their surfaces to dry slower and more evenly, so that s. coating of substantially-the saine thickness will he easily applied to each splint. The splint is used as a support forl the anilin to facilitate its handling hy thc user, on account of Lthan ordinary ink, do not injure the pen and render the use of a liller unnecessary. A snpply can oe lcarried in the pocket under any and all conditions and the pen filled anywherewithout soiling the lingers, and hy 'simply inserting a stick and filling the har rel with Water.

'It' desired, the amount and thickness ci the ink, as weil as the depth of the color may he varied by breaking a stick into pieces and inserting e Erection oi any do sired size to snit the purpose. Also the coating may terminate short of one end of the support, leaving an uncoated portion so that the stiel: may he handled without soiling the Yfingers when handled with wet hends or the coating may he formed wholly upon one f end ci the Suppen, inatch for purpose, es desired.

Hoving thus described nay invention, i clsiinrl. An ink cartridge of the character de crihed comprising s porous splint having; s surface iilm or costing of s coloring; sichn stance soluble in water, seid lilm seing similar to the heed orf a v formed from dr f powder heving its par ticlcs united and cause-:l 'to adhere by mois-- ture to surface oi the splint.

2. The herein-described method of making; inl; cartridges of? the character' described, which consists in scoring porous bodylin Water, expressing' any excess moisture until v place ing the a finely dampened surface of said body with powdered anilin color, whereby particles of the color are caused to cohere and form a film upon said surface.

3. The heren-described method of making ink cartridges of the character described,

which consists in soaking a mass of porous splints in water, tumbling the splints to disthe sur the excess water therefrom and until faces thereof are left barelymoist,

and then tumbling the moist splints in contact with a iinely powdered anilin color whereby particles of the color coming in contact with each stick are caused to cohere and form a film 'upon the stick.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY N. DE LANOY.