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(No Model.)

G. J. RENZ. FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT TOR PBNHOLDBRS.

' Patented June 28,1898.

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FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR PENHOLDERS.

SPECIFI-[CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,360, dated June 28, 1898. Application tiled August 19, `1897. Serial No. 648,767. (N0 model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern; i

Be it known that I, CARL J. BENZ, of New? York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a `new and Improved Fountain Attachment for Penholders, of l which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a` ing a substitute for the clamp usually provided to hold a pen in a holder, the attach-` ment serving to hold the pen in theholder.

vide a fountain attachment for penholders so constructed that when the pen is not in use the attachment may be reversed and the pen introduced entirely in the holder, providing for its protection.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and economic fountain attachment for penholders which at one dipping of the pen and attachment in the ink will take up and retain sufficient ink to enable an ordinary letter to be replenishin g the pen.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying I drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a penholder having the improved fountain attachment applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fountain attachment applied to a penholder, a porl tion of the penholder being in section. Fig.

3 is a longitudinal section through the fountain attachment, the section being drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the tion through a further modiiication of the attachment; and Fig. 9 is a bottom plan View thereof, Figs. 8 and 9 being also enlarged.

written without Fig. 6 is a lon? Each form of the attachment consists in a springbody A and a tip-section or feeder B. Under the form of construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4L, and 5 the spring-body consists of a horizontal bar 1O and aspring-arm 11 at the bottom of the said bar, the said spring-arm being attached at its center to the bar 10, its ends 11a and 1lb being carried in opposite directions and curved downwardly and then upwardly, the end l1" more or less closely approaching the under face of the bar 10 at its rear end, while the opposite end 11L is made f to approach more or less closely the under A further object of the invention is to pro-` face of thetip-section or feeder B near its rear end. The end 1la of the spring-body is made to terminate in claws 12, as shown in Fig.. 5 These claws serve as reservoirs for the ink and also to hold the feederV in such position that the feeder will not leave the pen to any appreciable extent while the pen is in use. The under face of the tipsection or feeder is more or less smooth, while upon its upper face series of transverse cells 14c are produced, and the tip-section or feeder at its bottom portion is usually curved slightly in an upwardly direction, and the tip of the fingers being connected at the forward or outer end of the tip or feeder, this portion of the tip being more or less pointed, and in the upper face of the pointed end of the tip channels 16 are made, which are in longitudinal alinement with the opening between the fingers 13. Preferably slight recesses 15 are made in the body-bar 10 where it connects with the tip or feeder. These recesses are adapted to receive and hold ink, but are not necessary and maybe dispensed with, the ink being held in the cells 14. and .in the spaces between the fingers 13.

The claws 12 at the forward end of the spring member of the spring-body are so lo cated that one claw will extend along each finger 13 for a greater or a less distance. The only difference in the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and that shown in the other views is that the claws 12a. on the spring member l1 of the body are made shorter and are more abrupt, and the central finger is not connected with the outer or side fingers, being separated therefrom a slight distance, as

in its entirety consists of three ngers 13, all

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the fingers are substantially in parallel alinement the outer fingers are connected at their forward ends and inclose the intermediate Enger. Under the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the claws of the spring member of the body are designated as 2l and are even shorter than the claws shown in the other views. The construction of the tip or feeder differs from the construction shown in the other views in that while all three fingers approach each other.to a greater or a less extent' at their outer ends all of the fingers are independent at said outer ends, as best shown in Fig. 9-that is to say, the fingers at the outer end of the tip or feeder are separated. The tip or feeder is provided upon its upper face with transverse cells 19, and in the form of the tip or feeder shown in Figs. and G the cells also appear, bearing the same numerals 13 as the cells in thetip or feeder illustrated in Figs. 8, 4,and 5.

The penholder C is made tubular at its pen-receiving end, and when the spring-body is forced into the penholder the spring member 1l will be compressed to a greater or less extent, and the tip will be firmly held in position in said holder. The pen is likewise held in the holder by the spring-body as the upper surface of the attachment is brought in engagement with the under surface of the pen, and the rear end of the shank of the pen is introduced into the penholder together with the spring-body of the attachment.

Vhen the pen is not required, the springbody and pen are drawn from the holder and the point introduced into said holder, and the spring-body can act to hold the attachment and pen in position, it being immaterial which end of the spring-body is entered first into the holder.

An attachment constructed as above set forth is adaptable to any style of pen and may be used in `connection with any holder having a tubular receiving end portion, and

will take up and hold sufficient ink to write" a very lengthy letterat only one dipping of the pen.

I desire it to be understood that while the two members lO and 11 are shown as integral or made from one piece of material the two members may be independently constructed and secured togetherin any approved manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secu-re by Letters Patentv l. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, comprising a body, a fingered tip at the forward end of the body and having transverse cells in its upper face, and a spring secured to the under side of the body and having its forward end curved upwardly and eX- tending into close proximity to the under face of the tip, substantially as described.

2. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, comprising a body, a tip integral with the body and provided with three fingers having transverse cells on their upper faces, the central finger being disconnected from the side fingers at the outer end, and a spring sey cured to the under side of the body and having its forward end curved upwardly under the tip and formed with claws, substantially as described.

'3. A fountain attachment for pens, comprising a body, a tip integral with the body and provided with three fingers the side fingers being connected at the outer ends and the intermediate finger being disconnected at said outer end with the side fingers, the fmgers being provided with transverse cells in their upper faces, and a spring secured at about its center to the body and having its ends curved upwardly, the forward end being provided with claws, substantially as described.

et. In a fountain attachment for pens and penholders, a spring-body consisting of abar, and a spring member attached to the bar, the ends whereof are curved in opposite directions, the. forward end terminating in claws, and a tip or feeder forming a continuation of the said bar and extending over and beyond the claws of the spring member of the body, the tip or feeder being slotted and cellular, for the purpose specified.

5. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, comprising a body provided at the under side with a spring, the ends whereof are curved in opposite directions, and a tip integral with the body and consisting of fingers having transverse cells in their upper faces, substantially as described.

6. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, consisting of a body, a tip integral with the body and formed of a plurality of fingers having cells in their upper faces, and a spring on the under side of the body, the

. said spring being securedto the body at about its center and having its forward end formed with claws, substantially as described.

CARL J. RENZ. Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

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