Untitled record

(No Model.)

J. P. MILLER.

COMBINED STOPPLE AND HAND HOLD.

No. 544,990. Patented Aug. 20, 1895.

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United States Patent Office.

JOHN PETER MILLER, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED STOPPLE AND HAND-HOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,990, dated August 20, 1895.

Application ffledMay 6, 1895. Serial No. 548,321. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

_P αθ ^{ifc k}3,^{own that} L John Peter Miller, °t Santa Crnz^ in the county of Santa Cruz ana btate of California, have invented a new 5 and useful Improvement in a Combined Stopple and Hand-Hold, of which the following is a specification. ®

My invention is a combined stopple and hand-hold for use on pen-holders and the liketo and it consists in the novel constructions and’ combinations of .parts whereby there is provided an efficient stopple connected with the pen-staff in such manner that when the pen is not in use it may be held in the ink-well 15 and clear of the ink, and may be conveniently depressed into the.ink, the device also forming a yielding bearing for the fingers in grasping the pen-staff. ^{b p}

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional 2° view of the improved device in a bottle. Fig shows the device in use, and Fig. 3 shows the stopple and hand-hold formed integral.

The device comprises a lower or stopple Portion A and the upper portion or hand-hold 25 B. These parts A and B may be integrator they may be made separate, as shown. When separate the stopple-section A has near its upper end an annular groove a, and the part B has at its lower end a bead &amp;, springing into 30 the groove a, and connecting the section B firmly to the section A. This section B is yielding, both laterally and longitudinally, and has at its upper end a tubular portion or nipple b which grips the pen-staff and tends ³⁵ 7 ^sJ^cur® ^the stopple and hand-hold upon the staff at any point to which it may be adjusted.

The stopple is made to fit the mouth of the bottle or ink-well and the upper portion or 40 hand-hold is preferably made of soft rubber so that it will form a soft yielding bearing to be grasped by the fingers, and so that it will yield and spring longitudinally, the opening through the stopple being sufficiently large to permit the pen-staff to move freely in a 45 longitudinal direction, so that when the pen is placed in the inkstand with the stopple closing the mouth, and it is desired to use the pen, it is only necessary to push the pen-staff down to cause the pen to dip the ink, the 50 elasticity of the portion B returning the pen when it, with its hand-hold and stopple, mav be removed from the well and used, and be again placed in the well when not in use.