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But the first modern fountain pen produced by the [[Onoto|De La Rue]] was born in 1905. At that time ''Evelyn Andros De La Rue,'' great-grandson of the founder, who had a passion for inventions, was striving to build a fountain pen that was actually functional, and had already filed several patents for a primitive [[plunger filler]].<ref>like the {{Cite patent|GB|190502671}}.</ref>  But his pen was defective and required to be loaded a repeated pressure of the piston, whith a complex mechanism. During the same period ''George Sweetser'' made a pen based on the same principle but with an improved mechanism,<ref>''George Sweetser'' registered patents {{Cite patent|GB|190513768}} and {{Cite patent|GB|190704787}}.</ref> substantially identical to the present one. ''George Sweetser'' showed his invention to ''Evelyn De La Rue'' who bought it immediately, and managed to convince his father ''Thomas Andros De La Rue'', who was in the board of directors, about the validity of the investment, so that in 1905 was started a fountain pen production.  

But the first modern fountain pen produced by the [[Onoto|De La Rue]] was born in 1905. At that time ''Evelyn Andros De La Rue,'' great-grandson of the founder, who had a passion for inventions, was striving to build a fountain pen that was actually functional, and had already filed several patents for a primitive [[plunger filler]].<ref>like the {{Cite patent|GB|190502671}}.</ref>  But his pen was defective and required to be loaded a repeated pressure of the piston, whith a complex mechanism. During the same period ''George Sweetser'' made a pen based on the same principle but with an improved mechanism,<ref>''George Sweetser'' registered patents {{Cite patent|GB|190513768}} and {{Cite patent|GB|190704787}}.</ref> substantially identical to the present one. ''George Sweetser'' showed his invention to ''Evelyn De La Rue'' who bought it immediately, and managed to convince his father ''Thomas Andros De La Rue'', who was in the board of directors, about the validity of the investment, so that in 1905 was started a fountain pen production.  

La nuova penna venne chiamata semplicemente [[Onoto]]. L'origine del nome della penna è incerta e ne esistono diverse versioni. C'è chi lo fa risalire a ''Ono Tokusaburo'', un produttore di orologi giapponese i cui progetti erano stati usati per la precedente ''Onostyle'', c'é chi sostiene che venne scelto per la sua semplicità e perché facile da pronunciare e con lo stesso suono in molte lingue diverse. La potenza finanziaria dell'azienda consentì comunque un lancio in grande stile del marchio ''Onoto'', e la penna ebbe un grandissimo successo, tanto che in breve tempo venne chiamata ''Onoto the Pen''.

The new pen was called simply [[Onoto]]. That name origin is uncertain and there are different theories. Some people date it back to ''Tokusaburo Ono'', a Japanese watch manufacturer whose projects were used for the previous ''Onostyle'' pen, some others say it was chosen for its simplicity and because it is easy pronounced and with the same sound in many different languages. The financial strength of the company allowed a big launch of the new brand, and the new fountain pen was a huge success, so that in a short time was called: ''Onoto The Pen.''

[[Image:Onoto-3xxx-Open.jpg|left|thumb|Una delle prime [[Onoto]] ]]

[[Image:Onoto-3xxx-Open.jpg|left|thumb|Una delle prime [[Onoto]] ]]