The Fountain Pen Patent Archive

The instruments that put ink under pressure

Hard rubber holder

Patent drawing showing a fountain pen labeled 'READY WRITER' in full assembled view, plus cross-sections and detail views of the internal rod, conical valves, spring, and slide mechanism inside the hollow pen holder.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN PEN-HOLDERSCharles Cleveland · June 1, 1852Three technical line drawings of an elongated pointed metallic pen shaft attached to a holder, with one view sliced open to reveal an internal spiral spring and plates, and small projecting lips labeled c near the tip.PEN.W. R. Glover · August 1, 1854Technical patent drawing showing a slender fountain pen with an internal sliding feed-tube mechanism, valve-seat, and metallic nib, illustrated in six labeled cross-sectional and external views.IMPROVED FOUNTAIN-PENAustin G. Day · July 29, 1856Patent drawing showing a cylindrical fountain pen with an internal rod-and-valve mechanism, a sliding outer sleeve, a screw-in nib holder with two pivoted side plates, and a protective cap tube, along with detail views of the serrated cut-off valve and the nib assembly.FOUNTAIN-PEN.A. F. Warren · October 6, 1857Patent drawing showing a hollow cylindrical pen holder labeled A above, and below it an assembled writing implement with a brush labeled B inserted into a holder labeled A, tapering to a pen point labeled C with nib details e and g.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENSEbenezer Mathers · December 4, 1860Technical patent drawing of a nineteenth-century fountain pen holder showing a nib labeled A, a tubular holder B, and an adjustable spoon-shaped tongue C with a convex guide g, illustrated from side, top, and bottom views along with a detached close-up of the tongue mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN RULING-GUIDES FOR FOUNTAIN-PENS.Isaac H. Hobbs · February 19, 1861A sequence of six technical line drawings showing the underside plan and longitudinal cross-sections of a 19th-century fountain pen holder, each labeled with letters marking the reservoir, elastic tube, distributing tube, nib, and thumb-plate components.RESERVOIR PEN-HOLDERJohn Darling · September 3, 1867Technical patent drawing showing six figures of a dip pen holder with two nibs joined back to back to form a small ink reservoir between them, alongside a single ordinary pen nib for comparison.Pen-HolderD. D. Foley · December 17, 1867Two technical line drawings of a fountain pen: Figure 1 shows a longitudinal cross-section revealing an internal glass ink cistern, central air tube, and spring valve with a thumb button, while Figure 2 shows the same pen's exterior side view with a tapered nib and cylindrical barrel.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENS.George Kneip · October 6, 1868Patent drawing showing a slender cylindrical fountain pen holder with a pointed nib assembly at one end featuring a small hinged flap and spring mechanism labeled with letters A, B, C, and E, shown in five different views including full-length side views and close-up details of the nib and flap components.IMPROVEMENT IN PENSE. Palmer Tiffany · March 1, 1870Patent drawing of a slender fountain pen holder with a knobbed cap, showing four figures: full-length exterior views (Figs. 1 and 2) with an internal elastic strip and finger slide near the nib, and two cross-sectional close-ups (Figs. 3 and 4) illustrating the valve strip in closed and open positions.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENS.Francis C. Cone · October 11, 1870Patent drawing showing a cylindrical fountain pen holder in longitudinal section with internal spring, valve, and piston mechanisms, alongside eight small perspective views of a four-sided pen point labeled Figures 3 through 11, each showing a different facet or angle of the nib used for varying handwriting styles.IMPROVEMENT IN PENSRichard H. Chinn · December 20, 1870Line drawing of a dip pen holder with a nib and a small curved metal ink-retaining attachment shown both installed and removed, labeled with letters A, B, C, C1, and C2.IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENSWilliam H. Sprague · October 31, 1876Patent drawing showing four views of a 19th-century fountain pen: an open front view with labeled nib and internal parts (A, B, C, G, I, a), a longitudinal cross-section revealing the internal glass feed-tube and reservoir, a closed side view with cap, and an enlarged detail of the holder's end mechanism with rubber sleeve and glass tube.Fountain-PensJohn W. Stanton · October 9, 1877Patent drawing of a slender tapered pen holder with a nib at one end, a thumb-catch slot along its side, a hand gripping it in writing position, and a cutaway sectional view revealing an internal ink rod and sliding tube mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN SOLUBLE-INK PENSJoseph Perkins · January 1, 1878Patent drawing showing a hand dipping a fountain pen's feeder tip into an inkstand while compressing a rubber bulb at the pen's top, alongside smaller cutaway diagrams of the pen barrel, ink-regulator bar and spring, rubber filling bulb, and protective cap.FOUNTAIN-PEN.Parke P. Flournoy · April 11, 1882Patent drawing sheet showing multiple elongated wooden pen-holders with metal collars, various flat-shanked steel nibs with shoulders and slots, and small circular end-view diagrams illustrating different slit and hole patterns for centering the nib.COMBINED PEN AND PEN-HOLDERGeorge Henry Holland Clement · December 24, 1889Patent 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 a long cylindrical holder with a screw cap at top, an internal reservoir tube, and an enlarged detail of a split nib with rearward projections connected to a small elastic tube.FOUNTAIN-PEN.Iwan Golwer · March 5, 1895Patent drawing showing a tapered fountain penholder in side and sectional views, with a detailed close-up of the tubular feeder featuring a slotted tongue and a cross-section of the pen tip assembly.PENHOLDER.James Martin, Joseph McCarty, Thomas Craft · March 17, 1896Patent 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, 1897