US1559274A - Reservoir inkwell - Google Patents

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Oct. 27, 1925.

B. M. MORRIS ER QIR INKWELL Filed March 16, 1925 f7 V8]? :3 or.

Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES BERT M. MORRIS, or SAN rmmorsco, CALIFORNIA.

RESERVOIR INKWELL.

Application filed March 16, 1925. Serial No. 15,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT M. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San'Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reservoir Inkwells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a reservoir inkwell construction by the employment of which a considerable volume of ink is always ready for use, and is sealed from the atmosphere until the small quantity ,exposed and available for use is consumed. The invention has for its principal objects, first, to provide an 'ink container within which is sealed a quantity of ink, and to provide a base having a well with which the interior of the container is adapted to communicate on the container being inverted,

and detachably secured to the base by suitable attaching means. A further object is to provide a container seal penetrating or puncturing member which will afford a communication between the well and the interior of the container on the container being attached to the base. A further object is to provide a structure which is ornamental and attractive in appearance, by the use of which it is possible for a manufacturer to package his product in an attractive manner for use only in connection with a particular form of base and well, thereby ensuring the sale of the particular product to those having the particular form of base.

With the above mentioned and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details'of construction within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein I Fig. 1 is a view in elevation partly in section of the preferred form of ink container illustrating articularly its spherical body, threaded nec k, removable closure and puncturable seal.

Fig.v 2 is a vertical sectional view of the container in inverted position attached to the base,'and illustrating the Well and the vent, also illustrating the seal penetrating member.

Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on line 33 of Fig. 2 illustrating the manner in which the seal is cut by the puncturing member.

Referring more particularly to the several views of the drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and wherein the disclosure illustrates but one form of structure for carrying out my invention, 1 designates the spherical body of a container adapted to be filled with ink, and from the body extends a tubular neck 2, the outer surface of which is threaded as at 3. Thecontainer is adapted to be of glass, and the tubular neck is adapted to be closed by a transversely disposed puncture able seal 4 of any suitable material, and the neck and seal are adapted to be protected by a removable closure 5 engaging the screw threads 3. This latter closure is preferably formed of lead, tin, or other well known pliable and easily removable material. A. base or support is indicated generally by the numeral 6, and within the same is mounted an open well- '7 formed with a central depression 8. From the well 7 at a point above the depression 8 extends a feeding tube 9 connected at its opposite end with the interior of a coupling 10, a portion 11 of which extends vertically above the base 6. The portion 11 is interiorly threaded as at 12 to receive the threads of the neck 2 on the inverting of the container 1, as in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The member 9 between the well 7 and the member 10 is provided with an upwardly extending tubular vent 13 for admitting air to' ensure a steady fiow of ink from the container 1 to the well 7 as the quantity inthe well becomes exhausted. Extending u wardly from the coupling 10, at a point o set to one side of the center of the tubular extension 11, is a seal puncturing member 14 of a length to project a suflicient distance upwardly into the coupling to. ensure its engagement with the seal 4:, as the container 1 1s gradually secured to the coupling. flhe action of the member 14 on the threading of the neck 2 of the container into the threaded portion of the coupling 10 is to penetrate To prevent corrosion, it is desirable to conajiruct the members 7-, 9, 10 and 13 of noncorrosive material which is adapted to be easily cleaned and the costxof which will not be excessive.

After the contents of the container 1 have been exhausted, it is only necessary that -the user purchase a second container, remove the exhausted container from the coupling--10, remove the closure 5 from the second container and position the second container with its neck 2 threaded into the coupling 10, as at Fig. 2. A new supply of ink is then provided and the same is maintained sealed from the atmosphere until that portion exposed in the well 7 is gradually exhausted and the quantity of ink in the container 1 replenishes that in the well.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is A reservoir ink'well including a base having a coupling member, a well spaced from the coupling member and a passage affording comn'lunication between the coupling member and well, a puncturing member positioned in the coupling member and extending vertically thereof, and a container having a'penetra- ,ble sealing member, the puncturing member in the coupling being off center of the sealing member whereby upon rotationof the container in the actof connecting the same to the coupling member an 'arcuate cut will be made in the sealing member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BERT M. MORRIS.

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