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Anyway the [[Carter]] pens were of excellent quality (with nothing to envy to the most famous ones done by [[Waterman]], [[Sheaffer]] and [[Parker]]). The [[De Witt-La France]] owned also some significant patents, one for a very functional and easy to produce spring clip, then called ''[[Rocker Spring Clip]]'', ({{Cite patent|US|1350412}}), another one for a tethered [[lever filler]] system ({{Cite patent|US|1209978}}), that allowed to limit vertically the travel of the lever, and another one for an efficient feeder ({{Cite patent|US|1340277}}), all these features can be found on [[Carter]] pens.

Anyway the [[Carter]] pens were of excellent quality (with nothing to envy to the most famous ones done by [[Waterman]], [[Sheaffer]] and [[Parker]]). The [[De Witt-La France]] owned also some significant patents, one for a very functional and easy to produce spring clip, then called ''[[Rocker Spring Clip]]'', ({{Cite patent|US|1350412}}), another one for a tethered [[lever filler]] system ({{Cite patent|US|1209978}}), that allowed to limit vertically the travel of the lever, and another one for an efficient feeder ({{Cite patent|US|1340277}}), all these features can be found on [[Carter]] pens.

[[Image:Carter-Flattop-Coral.jpg|thumb|A [[Carter]]'s [[lever filler]] [[flattop]] model]]

[[Image:Carter-Flattop-Coral.jpg|thumb|A [[Carter]]'s [[lever filler]] [[flattop]] model]]

Even the production beginning of the [[Carter]] pens is not clear, someone set this back to [[1924]],<ref>according to what said  [http://www.richardspens.com/?page=coll/col_20.htm here] and [http://kamakurapens.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=266&mode=threaded&pid=1271 here], bat this last one repeat the 1926 date, also reported [http://www.pensandwatches.com/_pages/pen_company_photos/Carter_pen_company.htm here].</ref> when it seems that the first pens marketed by [[Carter]] appeared, but it seems that they were manufacturing residues of  [[Laughlin]], others set the beginning in [[1926]]. The first pens marked [[Carter]] were launched under the slogan ''You know the ink''. These models were hard rubber ''[[flattop]]s'', with the the [[De Witt-La France]] patented spring-loaded clip, probably obtained from the materials inherited from [[Laughlin]]. These pen did not have a model name, and they are called simply [[The Carter Pen]].

Even the production beginning of the [[Carter]] pens is not clear, someone set this back to [[1924]],<ref>according to what said  [http://www.richardspens.com/?page=coll/col_20.htm here] and [http://kamakurapens.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=266&mode=threaded&pid=1271 here], bat this last one repeat the 1926 date, also reported [http://www.pensandwatches.com/_pages/pen_company_photos/Carter_pen_company.htm here].</ref> when it seems that the first pens marketed by [[Carter]] appeared, but it seems that they were manufacturing residues of  [[Laughlin]], others set the beginning in [[1926]]. The first pens marked [[Carter]] were launched under the slogan ''You know the ink''. These models were hard rubber ''[[flattop]]s'', with the the [[De Witt-La France]] patented spring-loaded clip, probably obtained from the materials inherited from [[Laughlin]]. These pen did not have a model name, and they are called simply [[The Carter Pen]].