The Fountain Pen Patent Archive

The instruments that put ink under pressure

Dip pen accessory

Patent drawing showing five small views (A through E) of a metal pen-fountain device: elongated tapered tongue pieces with perforated, dotted textured surfaces labeled with letters a, b, c, e, f, illustrating front, rear, side, bottom, and top views of the fountain clasped around a pen nib and shank.IMPROVEMENT IN PENS.E. L. Pratt · May 11, 1869Two line drawings show a quill-like pen nib with a curved spoon-shaped ink reservoir hinged along its upper back, labeled A for the pen and B for the spoon, with a cross-section below showing the internal ink channel.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENS.Jonathan Sprague Bard · November 25, 1879Patent drawing of a fountain pen attachment showing a spiral coil-shaped ink reservoir wrapped around the pen shaft near the nib, secured by a collar labeled B, with a detailed close-up of the perforated coil in Figure 3.FOUNTAIN-PENAndrew M. Fox · August 27, 1889Line drawing of a metal reservoir clip clasped around a dip pen's nib, shown in perspective, cross-section, and underside views, with labeled parts a, a2, a3, a4, and A.RESERVOIR ATTACHMENT FOR PENS.George W. Dally · August 27, 1895Patent drawing showing an ink-well with brackets connected via a curved rubber tube to a penholder whose handle has a sliding sleeve with finger recesses, alongside a hand holding the pen and detail views of the tubular cap and sleeve.COMBINED INK-WELL AND PENHOLDER.William B. North · July 13, 1897Line drawing of a dip pen with a clamp-like metal fountain reservoir clipped over the nib, shown from several angles including a full pen view, top, bottom, edge, and cross-section.DETACHABLE FOUNTAIN OR RESERVOIR FOR PENS.James K. Young · February 14, 1899