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Filling System Of The "standard" Pen?


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At the moment I do get always "Error This upload failed" even with files <90kB. Don't know why. But because of this, I can show you the ad only via a neighbor forum. It is the third ad in that thread:

http://www.penexchange.de/forum_neu/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=12822

 

This ad is from 1905 from a New York newspaper.

 

"IT FILLS ITSELF; IT CLEANS ITSELF automatically.

No ink dropper.

No stained fingers.

No over-flew. Can't fill too full.

No hump or projections.

No valves or pistons to leak.

No extra parts - no extra costs.

No openings of any kind in barrel.

SIMPLICITY ITSELF."

 

"Fills itself instantly at any ink-well, THIS WAY."

Showing a hand holding a pen into an ink-well.

 

The only filling mechanism which comes to the mind is capillary, but 1905 would be quite early for that and "IT CLEANS ITSELF" does not really fit. Any ideas or better knowledge about the filling mechanism of this pen?

 

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Squeeze-filler (barrel splits).

 

--Daniel

"The greatest mental derangement is to believe things because we want them to be true, not because we observe that they are in effect." --Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Daniel Kirchheimer
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The advertisement does not really give the impression of an eyedropper.

 

Daniel, is this knowledge or guess?

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The advertisement does not really give the impression of an eyedropper.

 

Daniel, is this knowledge or guess?

 

Not sure what you mean; I didn't say it was a dropper filler. It has a sac and a squeeze mechanism that are exposed when the barrel is unscrewed.

 

--Daniel

"The greatest mental derangement is to believe things because we want them to be true, not because we observe that they are in effect." --Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Daniel Kirchheimer
Specialty Pen Restoration
Authorized Sheaffer/Parker/Waterman Vintage Repair Center
Purveyor of the iCroScope digital loupe

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The eyedropper comment was in response to David.

 

Do you know that it was a squeeze filler or do you just guess?

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The eyedropper comment was in response to David.

 

Do you know that it was a squeeze filler or do you just guess?

 

David didn't say it was a dropper-filler, either. He clarified my description by pointing out that the barrel unscrews (as contrasted with a squeeze filler that has a barrel that pulls apart generally in its middle).

 

I don't guess, and I'm confident that David Nishimura doesn't, either.

 

--Daniel

"The greatest mental derangement is to believe things because we want them to be true, not because we observe that they are in effect." --Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Daniel Kirchheimer
Specialty Pen Restoration
Authorized Sheaffer/Parker/Waterman Vintage Repair Center
Purveyor of the iCroScope digital loupe

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Here are some photos of three Bolles pens I own. Notice that each nipple is different. The small mottled pen has what appears to be the original sac. In raised letters on one side there is "Pat. Sept. 03.05." and on the other side "No. 09." It looks like there may be two bars fused to the inside of the sac, but I don't want to risk breaking the sac to find out more.

 

 

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You're most welcome. Do note, however, that these three all require the removal of the threaded section before filling--including the black one, which has a slip cap, and is likely earlier than the other two.

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