US794366A - Ink-well. - Google Patents

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No. 794,366. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905. P. G. LUETHY.

INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26.1905.

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1 f Attorneys UNTTED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

, FREDRICK C. LUETI-IY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN .D. HARMON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 794,366, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed April 26, 1905. Serial No. 257,522.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRICK C. LUETI-IY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ink- Well, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fountain ink-wells of that class which are provided with a dipcup supplied from a reservoir; and the inven tion has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view, which will readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of embodiment of the invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View illustrating one form of the im proved ink-well. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a modified form of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the base of the modified form of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

The improved ink-well of the present invention comprises a base 1 and a bulb or receptacle 2. Each of these parts may be made of glass, metal, or any other suitable material, although glass will probably be preferred on account of its relative inexpensiveness and the facility with which it may be molded or formed into the desired shape.

The base consists of a block provided in its under and upper sides with concavities or recesses 3 and 4, which under the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 are connected by an aperture 5, provided with a plug or stopper 6. At the upper edge of the upper concavity 4 is a shoulder 7, surrounded by an annular groove 8 at its upper edge. This is for the reception of the bu b or receptacle .2, which has been illustrated as provided with an annular offset 10, engaging the shoulder 7, and with a bead 11, fitting the groove 8, said bulb being tightly connected with the base by means of cement or in any suitable manner. The bulb 2 has a flat under surface rovided with an aperture 12, which is in a inement with the aperture 5 in the base and which is surrounded by a depending flange 13, extending into the concavity 4, but terminating above the bottom of said concavity or recess.

The base is provided with a preferably funnel-shaped recess 14, which constitutes a dipcup and which is connected by an undercut passage 15 with the cavity or recess 4.

The bulb, as well as the base, may be suitably ornamented, and the base may be provided with one or more grooves, as 16, for the reception of pens, pencils, and the like. The base may also be provided with a plurality of dip-holes.

Under the modified construction illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 the bulb 2 is provided with a detachable lid 17, having interiorlydisposed lugs 18, while upon the interior of the bulb, beneath the lid, is supported a ring 19, provided with a plurality of springs 20. The bulb itself is provided in the bottom thereof with a relatively large aperture, (here designated 12,) and the flange 13 is discarded. In lieu thereof the cavity 4 is provided on its upper surface with a plurality of lugs 21. Under this modification the central opening 5 in the base and the stopper 6 for said opening are also discarded.

To fill the device constructed as shown in Fig. 1, the entire device is inverted, and the plug or stopper 6 is removed, thus enabling ink to be poured through the registering apertures 5 and 12 into the bulb or reservoir. When the stopper is replaced and the device is restored to its normal position, the fluid contained in the bulb will pass beneath the flange 13 and through the undercut passage 15 into the dip-cup, where a constant level is maintained by the lower edge of the flange 13. The ink-well is made purposely of such a size as to positively prevent the pen from being overcharged with ink when dipped to the very bottom of the opening. This is important, as it prevents waste of ink and soiling of the fingers. It will be observed that while the dip-opening itself is comparatively small the surface area of the ink exposed to use is relatively large, occupying the entire cavity 4 beneath the flange 13, as well as the undercut passage or passages 15. Consequently in case of expansion of the contents of the bulb by heat or from any other cause the level of the contents of the dip-cup will be so slightly affected as to be almost imperceptible.

The modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 is adapted to be used in connection with small frusto-conical inkcontainers or bottles of a conventional form, which is very generally used in the trade, one such container being indicated in dotted lines at 22 in Fig. 2. A bottle of this form from which the stopper has been removed may be readily inverted into the bulb or receptacle 2, after removing the lid 17 of the latter, until the neck 23 of such bottle is sup ported upon the lugs 21, the body of the bottle being supported between the springs 20 in such a manner that there will be no jarring and consequent danger of displacement or breakage. The lugs 18 of the lid 17 are also intended to abut upon the bottle 22 and to assist in retaining the latter in position. Under this construction the level of the contents of the dip-cup or dip-cups will be regulated and determined by the lugs 21, which support the edge of the bottle-neck, under which the contents of said bottle must flow into the dip-cups.

By this invention a simple and practical device is provided for the purpose indicated and one which while it may be manufactured at a very moderate expense will lend itself to artistic and more or less expensive ornamentation.

Under the construction illustrated in Fig.

-1 the concavity in the under side of the base will serve to guide the fluid into the central opening without dan er of spilling.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In an ink-well, a base-block having a cavity in its upper side, and an annular shoulder surrounding said cavity and having a groove at its upper edge, in combination with a container supported with its lower edge above the bottom of the cavity in the base and having an annular oflset engaging the grooved shoulder; said base-block being provided with a dip-cup and with an undercut passage connecting said cup with the cavity.

2. In an ink-well, a base having a cavity in its upper side, a container supported above said cavity, and a plurality of lugs upon the upper surface of the latter; said base having a dip-hole connected with the cavity by an undercut passage.

3. A base having a cavity in its upper side, a container supported above said cavity, lugs upon the upper surface of the latter, and supporting-springs disposed interiorly upon the container.

4. A base having a cavity in its upper side, a container supported above said cavlty, lugs upon the upper surface of the latter, and a ring disposed within the container and hav ing a plurality of springs.

5. base having a cavity in its upper side, a container supported above said cavity and having a detachable lid, holding-springs disposed interiorly upon the container, and a plurality of lugs upon the upper surface of the cavity.

6. A base having a cavity in its upper side, a container supported above said cavity and having a detachable lid provided with interiorly-disposed lugs, holding-sprin s disposed interiorly upon the container, and lugs formed upon the upper surface of the cavity in the base.

7. A base having a cavity in its upper side, a container sup orted above said cavity and having interior y-disposed holding-springs, lugs formed upon the upper side of the cavity in the base, said base having a dip-hole, and an undercut passage connecting said dip-hole with the cavity.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDRICK C. LUETHY.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. HARMoN, FRANZ SENGE.

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