Inkstand set

Oct. 10, 1939.

2,175,657

F. M. ASHLEY

INKSTAND SET Filed March 17, 1938

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Patented Oct. 10, 1939

2,175,657

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,175,657

INKSTAND SET

Frank M. Ashley, Great Kills, N. Y., assignor to Lewis Gompers, as trustee

Application March 17, 1938, Serial No. 196,305

Claims.

My invention relates to inkstand sets.

The object of my invention is to provide an inkstand of simple construction, all the parts of which may be molded, and thereafter assembled 5 by unskilled labor.

An important object of my invention is to provide a construction the base or body portion of which contains a well for holding ink, and the top of which is preferably made with a fiat plane 10' surface on which the cover rests and is held thereon by means which extend from the cover into a recess or a plurality of recesses formed in the top of the body portion.

The cover may be held on the body portion 15 permanently or in removable relation thereto, and the well may be washed and filled or emptied without removing the cover from the body.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the cover is attached to 20 the body in air-tight relation to prevent evaporation of ink from the well.

A further object is to provide a construction which consists of but two parts and which may be closed by a pen-holder resting on the cover 25 to provide a sealed ink-well.

A further object is to provide a construction in which the cover consists of two parts comprising an outer portion formed to support a pen-holder, and an under portion made of yield30 ing material such as soft rubber and is provided with means for holding said under portion to the body portion of the stand and permitting different forms of outer covers to be used with the same under portion, thus providing different ³⁸ designs.

The question of how best to provide a construction in which glass body portions and glass covers therefor, also glass body portions and plastic covers therefor, could be made whereby the cover ⁴⁰ could be held on the body portion without danger of displacement, or from tilting in the act of placing a pen-holder in the dip opening, or removing it therefrom, has proved to be a problem 45 difficult to solve, but the present construction has been found to be entirely satisfactory in all respects.

Referring to the drawing which forms a part of the specification:

Fig· 1 is a perspective view of an inkstand set embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 2—2 of Figure 1, showing the upper cover portion held on the body portion by two down55 wardly extending pins, one located at each end (Cl. 120—4) of the cover, said pins extending thru apertures formed in the under cover or lining portion.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a body portion of plastic material, and a glass well for ink carried thereby in removable relation. 5

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an inkstand shown partly in cross section, the body portion shown as made of glass and the cover as made of soft vulcanized rubber or similar resilient material resistant to the acids of ink. 10

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the upper part of an ink-stand showing a glass body portion, a plastic top cover, and an under cover portion of soft rubber having pins which extend into the body portion to hold the cover portions thereto 15 in removable relation, and to permit interchangeable upper cover portions to be used in making the inkstands.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental cross sectional view of a portion of an inkstand in which the holding pins 20 are shown as formed integral with the body portions and extend upwardly into apertures formed in the under cover portion.

In the following description the upper cover portion exposed to view will be referred to as the 25 cover, and the under cover portion as the lining.

indicates the body portion of the inkstand and I i the well portion.

The body portion may be made of glass or plastic material but when made of plastic ma- 30 terial it should have a well portion of glass or other suitable material that will not be affected by the acids of ink.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the body 10 is shown as oblong in shape and having a flat top 35 surface 11, and a well 12 one end of which is lower than the other as illustrated at 12' to permit a pen to rest therein and obtain practically all of the ink therefrom.

13, 13 respectively, indicate recesses or aper- 40 tures which may be tapered in form as shown in Fig. 2 or straight, as shown in Fig. 3 or rectangular in cross section instead as conical, as shown, their purpose being to receive corresponding projections 14' formed integral with the cover i4 45 or with the lining 15, which serve to prevent the cover from lifting or tilting relative to the body portion, and which may be permanently fixed in the body portion by cement, or may be so fitted as to prevent tilting while permitting the cover 50 to be lifted from the body.

The pins serve as anchors, and may be formed integral with the cover as illustrated in Fig. 2 and extend thru the lining into the apertures 13, or they may be formed integral with the lining 55

2,175,657 as illustrated in Fig. 5 and the cover 14 secured thereto by cement or other suitable means, as will be readily understood by those familiar with this art.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the cover as made of soft rubber or similar resilient material with the anchors formed integral, and when made of such material no lining is required to make an airtight joint with the body portion, and the cover 10 may be colored by a coating of enamel to provide a pleasing appearance.

A further advantage of the soft rubber cover construction is that the pen-holder dip portion IS is resilient and its lower side 16' will stretch and IS conform to the shape of the lower end of the penholder IT and form an air-tight joint which'prevents evaporation of ink from the well.

As shown, the portion 16 is inclined and serves to hold the pen-holder at an angle to a vertical 20 line for convenience in use.

Where the cover is fitted to be freely removable from the body portion, the pins or anchors 14' should be relatively long for the reason that the longer they are and the closer they fit in the aper25 tures, the less the cover can tilt in case the penholder should catch or stick in the dip in the act of removing it from the dip.

By reason of the inclined form of the dip, the tilting of the cover is almost entirely eliminated, 30 even tho the pen-holder should stick somewhat in the dip, due to the clasping action of the rubber.

Details of construction may be made without departing from the invention disclosed and there35 fore I do not wish to be limited in this respect;

for illustration, as made in Fig. 2, the lining could be made of felt or treated leather to provide an air-tight joint, but I have found soft rubber to be best for the purpose.