US222811A - Improvement in inkstands - Google Patents

Description

B. BROWBR.

Inkstand.

No; 222,811. Patented D ec .v-23, 1,879.

y UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

BLOOMFIELD BROWVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN. INKSTAN DS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222.811. dated December 23, 1879; application filed i "September 10, 1879.

yTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLOOMFIELD BROWER, of the city, county, and State .of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvey, ments in Portable Inkstands, of which the following specification, when taken in connection other is shown as removed, the better to illus! trate its structure. Fig. 2 represents said ink stand by a plan view 5 and Fig. 3 represents a transverse section thereof on the line aof Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is the production of an inkstand which, having a flanged base of greater diameter or extent than its body or reservoir, may be readily fitted within the inkstand-recess of a writing-desk, tourists case, and other like articles; and the invention consists in an inkstand made from hard rubber, Celluloid, or similar material, and having a base of greater diameter or extent than its body or ink-reservoir, whereby its sides may be trimmed or shaped so that they will tit Within the recess provided in a writing-desk,

and the like, and engaging the sides thereof, enable the cap or cover of the inkstand to be unscrewed and removed, orbe replaced by being screwed upon the neck of the inkstand without its being withdrawn from the recess, all of which willbe particularly hereinafter described.

Writing-desks, tourists cases, scholars companions, and similar portable cases adapted tocontain writing materials, are commonly supplied with inkstands, which are fitted into recesses, as 3 4.-, provided in some part of the article. These writing-desks, tourists cases, and the like articles are manufactured independently of the inkstands, and consequently are provided with recesses of various shapes and sizes, which vary considerably in form, thus being rectangular, as at 4, octagonal, as at 3, or of other shape, and deep or shallow, as the case may be. Such constructions necessitate the production of inkstands suited to the shape and size of the recesses, and hence require that the market shall be supplied with a vast number of sizes and shapes ofinkstands, that each desk, case, and the like may be properly fitted with an appropriate one.

This has been commonly done by forming them in a variety of shapes and sizes from glass, stoneware, iron, and other metals, which constructions, aside from their liability to breakage and consequent leakage, are cumbersome and weighty, and thus illysuited for use as part of the tttin gs of a portable writin g-case.

In carrying out my invention I construct the inkstand by molding it from rubber, (suitably vulcanized,) celluloid, papier mache, (properly waterproofed,) and similar light materials, providing a hollow body or reservoir, 5, for containing theink, which has a anged base, as 6, that extends or protrudes considerably beyond the sides ofthe said body. The body 5 is open at its top to form a mouth, 8, that may be closed by ascrew-cap, as 7, or by other suitable means. This protruding iiange 6 forms a base of such dimensions, relative to those of the body 5, that an inkstand may be constructed of the light materials described, and, when filled with ink, be put into use upon desks without danger of its being upset and its contents spilled.

Such inkstands may be readily tted into the recesses of writing desks and the like, whether said recesses are rectangular, as 4, octagonal, as 3, or other form, it being only necessary to select an inkstand approximatin g the general dimensions of the recess, and cutting or filing oft the edge of the flange of its base by means of a pocket-knife or'other simple tool until said base snugly fits the recess. rIhus iitted in place, it is obvious that the edges of the base will so engage and bear upon the sides of the recess as to furnish a proper resistance, enabling the cover `to be removed and replaced without disturbing the inkstand or its contents, whether said cover is in the form of a stopper, cap, orscrew-cover. 4

It will be observed that by thus constructing the inkstand with 4a base enlarged so as to protrude beyond the body, said inkstand, when inserted in a holding-recess, may be conveniently seized by the fingers grasping said body, and thus readily removed when it is desired to use the same independently of the Writing-desk, or it is necessary to clean the same.

rI his construction of inkstand, adapted as it is to be readily fitted Within a holding-recess,

obviously renders it unnecessary to provide a very great number of sizes for use with writin gdesks and the like, for the reason that a large size may be reduced in its proportions so as to titanumher of diferent sizes of recesses. rI'hus a stationer is relieved from carrying an expensive stock, and the manufacturer avoids the cost of a great variety oi' expensive molds.

It is apparent that the body 5 and cover 7 may be made round, as shown, or of any other configuration, Without departing` from the invention.

What is claimed isl. As a new article of manufacture, au inkvided With a comparatively thin projectingv ange composed of rubber, celluloid, or similar material. that may be cut or ahraded so that its size and shape can thus be readily re-4 duced to fit a receiving-recess of a writingdesk or similar article, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subseribin g witnesses.

- BLOOMFIELD BROWER.

Witnesses: Y

MARTHE J. WHITNEY, ABBIE E. BROWER.

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