1938
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This page contains the chronology for the year. We summarize in this page all the relevant events regarding fountain pens that happened in 1938. We also list, if present in our database, any patent applied in the year, and also the ads or document scans which publication date is in the same year.
Events
- Fabbrica Italiana Penne a Serbatoio Aurora retires the Etiopia (date uncertain)
- Fabbrica Italiana Penne a Serbatoio Aurora introduces the Optima
- Bayard introduces the Le 4 de Bayard (upper limit from this advertisement)
- Bayard introduces the Niveauclair with visible ink level
- Bayard introduces another band in the Special Luxe
- Byers & Hayes ceases operations
- Böhler is founded by Hermann Böhler in Heidelberg
- Chilton transfer activities to Summit, in New Jersey
- Columbus introduces the Columbus 10x
- Columbus introduces the piston filler
- Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co. retires the Endura Symetrik
- Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co. retires the Nozac
- all Conklin assets are sold to a Chicago investor group
- Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co. introduces the Glider
- Conway Stewart introduces the Conway 700
- Conway Stewart introduces the Conway 757
- japanese brands are forced to use steel nibs, called shiro nib
- Luxor transfers the production facilities in Cologne
- Montblanc introduces the Montblanc 132
- Montblanc starts producing piston fillers only
- Officine Meccaniche Armando Simoni introduces an arrow clip on the Extra Lucens model
- The Parker Pen Company introduces the Shadow Wave version of Vacumatic
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan retires the Pelikan 101
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan retires the Pelikan 11x
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan starts general use of palladium nibs (marked "Pd")
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan starts using the logo with two chicks (?)
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan introduces in the German market the 100N
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan introduces in the German market the 100N
- Günther Wagner - Pelikan introduces the 100N luxury versions 100N Gold, 101N Weisgold, 100N Toledo, 101N Gold
- the Pilot logo take the "P" letter instead of "N"
- Pilot is renamed as Pilot Pen Co., Ltd.
- Soennecken introduces the Soennecken 510
- Soennecken introduces the Soennecken 510S
- Soennecken introduces the Soennecken 506
- Soennecken introduces the Soennecken 507
- Stylomine patents the hooded nib (patent nº FR-850525), later used on the model 303D
- Tibaldi introduces the Tibaldi Lusso (guess date, refers to the end of the '30s)
- Wahl Eversharp introduces the Airliner the new top tier Doric variant
- Wahl Eversharp introduces the Pacemaker
- Wahl Eversharp introduces the Air-lite
ADs
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Patents
- Patent US-2141991, applied in 1938, by David Kahn, Wearever. Plaque holder and blank.
- Patent US-2200042, applied in 1938, by Jaque A. Salz, Salz. Fountain pen.
- Patent DE-689744, applied in 1938, by Heinrich Schwarting, Konrad Kressel, Montblanc. Füllfederhalterständer.
- Patent US-D110896, applied in 1938, by Alfonso Iannelli, Wahl Eversharp. Design for a pencil or similar article.
- Patent GB-511521, applied in 1938, by Arthur E. Andrews, Mentmore. Improvements in or relating to stylographic pens.
- Patent US-2189696, applied in 1938, by Arthur E. Andrews, William F. Johnson, Mentmore. Stylographic pen.
- Patent US-2208460, applied in 1938, by David Kahn, Mack Seyforth, Wearever. Pen point and method of making the same.
- Patent US-2144296, applied in 1938, by Ryosuke Namiki, Pilot. Fountain pen.
- Patent US-D112283, applied in 1938, by Benjamin W. Hanle, Eagle. Design for a fountain pen or similar article.
- Patent DE-689408, applied in 1938, by Ernest Wüller, Unbranded. Füllfederhalter mit in seinem Haupttintenraum vorgesehenem Hilfstintenraum.
- Patent GB-514513, applied in 1938, by Leslie William Johnson, Edward Stephen Sears, Swan. Improvements in or relating to self-filling fountain pens.
- Patent US-2148853, applied in 1938, by Homer J. Bessette, LeBoeuf. Fountain pen.
- Patent US-2222599, applied in 1938, by Leon Hehl Ashmore, Esterbrook. Penholder.
- Patent FR-840819, applied in 1938, Itala Cromograf. Stylographe à deux plumes.
- Patent US-D116005, applied in 1938, by Leon H. Ashmore, Esterbrook. Design for a pen and pencil clip.
- Patent US-D115868, applied in 1938, by Sydney E. Longmaid, Esterbrook. Design for a pen point.
- Patent US-D114095, applied in 1938, by Karl Weisser, Wearever. Design for a fountain pen and pencil clip.
- Patent DE-732603, applied in 1938, by Gregor Miltner et al, Faber-Castell. Kolben für Füllfederhalter.
- Patent US-2159002, applied in 1938, by Leon H. Ashmore, Esterbrook. Manufacture of metal stock.
- Patent US-2159003, applied in 1938, by Leon H. Ashmore, Esterbrook. Manufacture of writing pens.
- Patent US-2152161, applied in 1938, by Milford G. Sypher, Chilton. Inlaid article and method of inlaying.
- Patent US-D112401, applied in 1938, by Anatol N. Andrews, Unbranded. Design for a fountain pen or a similar article.
- Patent GB-517388, applied in 1938, by Eric Ernest Samuel Wade, Lang - Curzon - Summit. Improvements relating to Fountain Pens.
- Patent DE-689266, applied in 1938, by Emil Ghüne, Albert Schneider, Soennecken. Taschenklammer an Verschlusskappen für Füllfederhalter und Füllstifte.
- Patent US-2188662, applied in 1938, by David J. La France, De Witt-La France. Fountain pen.
- Patent DE-700837, applied in 1938, by Etienne Panici, Bayard. Fuellfederhalter mit einem Glasrohr und einer dieses umgebenden durchsichtigen Schutzhuelse.
- Patent US-2241846, applied in 1938, by William R. Cuthbert, W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company. Receptacle for liquids.
- Patent DE-696573, applied in 1938, by Albert Schneider, Soennecken. Kolbenfuellfederhalter mit einem auf der Schraubspindel des Kolbens axial verschiebbaren Drehknopf.
- Patent US-2186870, applied in 1938, by David Kahn, Wearever. Mechanical pencil.
- Patent GB-520445, applied in 1938, by Forrest Baird, Stephens. Improvements in and relating to closures for containers for liquids.
- Patent US-2177466, applied in 1938, by Herman K. Stempel, W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company. Pencil eraser.
- Patent US-2179727, applied in 1938, by William George Albert Mckay, Sengbusch Self-Closing Inkstand. Writing Pen.
Documents
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Notes
- ↑ date is taken from an article published on "Illustrazione Italiana", in an insert dedicated to autarkic productions, published as supplement to N. 17 of 1938, which reported the news that the production in the new plant in Arona would be starting in days.