The Fountain Pen Patent Archive

The instruments that put ink under pressure

Antique writing instrument

Patent drawing showing four views of a 19th-century fountain pen holder: an assembled pen with nib and barrel labeled A, E, and I; a sectional cutaway showing internal tubes D, F, and G; an exploded view of separated parts B, C, E, F, G, H; and the pen with its protective cover I in place.FOUNTAIN-PENGeo. W. White · September 4, 1855Patent drawing of an 1856 fountain pen showing six figures: an assembled pen and case, a cutaway with internal piston and rod, separate case sections, and detailed close-ups of the nib and slide-valve mechanism at the pen tip.IMPROVED FOUNTAIN-PENHenry A. Brown and James Wiley · February 19, 1856Patent drawing of an 1861 fountain pen showing an external perspective view with a pointed nib and threaded grip attached to a small funnel, alongside a longitudinal cross-section revealing an internal conducting rod, valve, and piston mechanism running the length of the pen holder.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENSP. C. Clark · February 5, 1861A patent drawing showing a hand holding a fountain pen writing on paper, with detailed cross-section and valve component diagrams labeled with letters A through h.FOUNTAIN-PENG. J. Nolty · April 26, 1864Patent drawing of an 1865 fountain pen showing an exterior perspective view (Fig. 1) with a threaded cap, tapered barrel, and nib assembly, and a sectional side view (Fig. 2) revealing the internal ink fountain, pipe, lever, and spring mechanism labeled with letters A through S.FOUNTAIN-PEN.Levi M. Sandford, James P. Beebe · November 21, 1865Patent drawing showing a slender hard rubber fountain pen in cross-section with an internal piston rod, threaded valve mechanism, and a separate key and cap shown alongside.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENSG. A. Becker · January 25, 1870Patent drawing showing a hand gripping a cylindrical fountain pen while writing, with additional cutaway diagrams revealing the internal elastic ink reservoir, presser bar, thumb button, locking nut, and eccentric plug holding the pen nib.FOUNTAIN-PENJohn Raynald · October 21, 1890Patent drawing of a fountain pen showing the barrel, plug, tubular point section, nib, feed rod with feed-tongue, and several cross-sectional and perspective views labeled with reference letters.FOUNTAIN-PENLucien B. Woolfolk · April 18, 1893