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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
  • B43L—ARTICLES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING UPON; WRITING OR DRAWING AIDS; ACCESSORIES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
  • B43L25/00—Ink receptacles

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• My invention relates to holders for inkwells of the kind used more particularly in connection with school desks, having a vertical opening in its top into which the well is set in a position bringing the top of the well flush with the desk top, and the bottom of the well extending into the receptacle or drawer located below the desk top.
• the ink-well as just described, there is more or less chance of the ink spilling and spreading over the desk top, or the ink flowing over the side of the well and do-wn through the opening in the desk top into the receptacle or drawer.
• An object of the invention is to provide means to hold an ink-well of the ordinary construction now commonly used in school desks, and to so position the well as to bring its top below the surface of the desk top, thereby preventing the spilling and spreading of ink on the top of the desk.
• a furt-her object lof the invention is to provide means whereby any spilled ink or surplus ink overflowing on filling the well may be caught and retained in the bottom of the holder and prevented from passing to the receptacle or drawer below, thereby protecting the books or papers contained in the receptacle or drawer.
• Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of a desk top partly broken away, showing my improved holder in position;
• Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder;
• Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and
• Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a desk, showing the holder in place.
• the holder A preferably made of metal in the form of a cup, has a cylindrical body portion 5 provided at its upper edge with an outwardly extending flange 6 adapted to rest on the top of the desk top B to support the holder A in the opening 7 of the desk top B, and the holder is also provided with a bottom 8 to arrest and retain any ink in the lower port-ion of the cup-shaped body that may spill or overflow from the well.
• the inner surface of the body port-ion of the holder is provided with lugs 10 for the flanges of the ink well 11 to rest on, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the said lugs being located a suitable distance from the top of the holder to bring the top of the well, when placed in the holder, below the surface of the top flange 6'.
• the lugs are arranged in a horizontal plane and equally spaced apart, their inner ends engaging the side of the well 11 just below the flange, thereby holding the well concentrically within the holder and providing a space between the inner face of the holder and the periphery of the ange and the side of the well, to permit spilledl ink to pass to the bottoni of the holder.
• the lugs 10 are arranged with respect to the top and bottom of the holder, to provide a space above the well and a space between the bottom of the well and the bottom of the holder, the latter space to receive any ink that may spill or overflow, and the said space may be filled with absorbing material or a disk of absorbing material may be placed at the bottom of the holder to absorb the spilledl ink.
• the well is so posi tioned within the holder as to be spaced from the latter above, below and around its side.
• a disk 15 of suitable absorbing material to absorb any ink that may nd its way through the space 13 and drop to the bottom of the holder.
• the holder is rigidly secured to the desk top, by screws 16, 17 or other suitable means, the screws passing through holes 18, 18 in the flange 6 of the holder and into the desk top B.
• the screw 16 performs the function of a pivot for the cover 20 of the holder.
• the cover 2O when in its open position as shown in Figs.
• the cover is provided near its outer edge and opposite the pivotal point 16 with a knob 2l.
• a cover pivotally connected to the flange of the holder and adapted to swing outwardly in a horizontal plane to uncover the open end of the holder, and absorbing material in the holder supported by the bottom of the holder' and spaced from the bottom of the well.

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• 1911
  • 1911-04-04 US US61880111A patent/US1042353A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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