EXPLANATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE USE AND CARE OF PARKER PENS.
The following information is something that we urge all dealers to read carefully. It is important that Parker Pen dealers understand the construction of the different types of pens so that they will be in a position to service them properly.
I. Explanation of Different Types and How to Identify Them.
Two main types of Parker Pens are manufactured, namely «self-filling» and regular. By regular is meant a pen filled with a dropper. Each of these types has two modifications:
I. Self-Filling: II. Regular:
- Jack-Knife Safety. 1. Jack-Knife Safety
2. Slip Cap 2. Slip Cap
Therefore, before attempting to clean your pen, or in writing about re pairs for it, determine what type it is, also its catalog number and the size of the pen point.
The self-filling type is identified by the presence of a small blind cap on the end of the barrel, which, when removed, exposes the presser button of the self-filling mechanism.
The regular type (non-self-filling) has a single piece barrel with no blind cap on the end.
The Jack Knife Safety model (self-filling or regular) is identified by the safety cap which screws on. «JACK KNIFE SAFETY» is stamped on the cap.
The Slip Cap model (self-filler or regular) is identified by the cap which slips on over the nozzle. being secured by friction, not by threads.
The pen point number, denoting the size of the point, is stamped thereon.
Transparent barrel pens are made both in self-filling and regular types, and in both Jack Knife Safety and Slip Cap models.
The ink contained in the barrel can only be seen, however, in the regular type.
Ivorine Pens (pens with colored barrels) are supplied only as Jack Knife Safety self-fillers.
II. Technical Description of Sell-filling Type.
The Parker Self-filling pen is unlike any other self-filling pen in the world. Its mechanism is entirely enclosed within the barrel. Why? Successful and safe self-filling pens are necessarily equipped with soft rubber sacks on the inside to hold the ink. Soft rubber, by nature, is not as durable as hard rubber. Therefore, sometime, maybe i n one year, maybe in five years, the soft rubber sac will burst. When this happens with ordinary pens, the ink is free to come out through the opening in barrel through which the self-filling lever protrudes, thus, staining the surroundings the clothing or handbag, etc. With the Parker Pen no ink can possibly escape under any circumstances because there is no opening. Furthermore, it does not necessarily mean an interruption of service. The self-filling mechanism can be removed, and the pen used as a drop filler until some time when repairs can conveniently be made.
The Parker self-filling pen is thus the one and only safe pen under all circumstances. (See illustrations 4 and 5 on Page – showing operation of self-filling mechanism.)