US PATENT SUBCLASS 222 / 576
INKWELL

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222 /   HD   DISPENSING

576INKWELL {5}
577  DF  .~> With support (i.e., inkstand)
578  DF  .~> Including nongravity feed to dip well {2}
583  DF  .~> Including dip well filled by immersion into supply
584  DF  .~> Tiltable to fill dip well
585  DF  .~> Barometric {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 222/576

(under the class definition) Dispenser in which the supply container is adapted to store ink and in which the trap chamber is a dip well accessible to the penpoint of a pen for the removal of a quantity of ink therefrom.

(1) Note. Related subject matter, as between dispensing inkwells (in this, and in the indented subclasses) and dispensers of general utility (in existing subclasses therebelow), is tabulated as follows:

Inkwell subclass

General utility dispenser subclass

576

424.5+ (except 457)

577 160+, 173+

578

205

583

361+

585

457

(2) Note. A patent to a dispensing inkwell, the original of which is classified in subclasses 576+, as a rule, has been added as a cross-reference in the appropriate subclass, from 129+ to 424, if it is not included in the above-listed loci for general dispensers. It is expected that this procedure will be followed as to future placement.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

257.07+, for an inkwell which includes a supply of ink and a chamber or zone accessible to a penpoint for removal of ink, which inkwell is not a dispenser because the chamber or zone is not a trap chamber; see, particularly, subclass 257.072 for an inkwell including a diaphragm-type discharge assistant for moving ink from the supply to such a nontrapping chamber or zone, and subclass 257.076 for such a nontrapping chamber or zone formed along the bottom wall of the inkwell. 108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces,

26.2, for an inkwell which is not a dispenser and which is attached to a desk.

141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means,

20.5, for the fluent-material-handling combination of a source of supply (e.g., ink) and a coacting receiver which is a dispenser (e.g., fountain pen), which, upon being supplied with ink, is removed from the source for independent use remote from the receiver; and see (1) Note thereto for the distinction between comparable combinations of that class (141) and Class 401, Coating Implements With Material Supply.

215, Bottles and Jars, and 220, Receptacles, appropriate subclasses, for ink receptacles which are not dispensers for this class (222) nor include means facilitating loading of a pen for Class 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

257.07+,.