The 50+ Fountain Pen Filler Types
. This is probably not an inclusive list - it is heavy on USA pens and weak on European and Asian models.
|
Type |
Company |
| Accordion Sac | Betzler, Eversharp |
| Aerofil | Esterbrook |
| Aerometric | Parker |
| Barrel End Lever | Aurora Novum |
| Barrel of Ink | Sager |
| Blow Filler | Crocker |
| Breather Tube | Dunn |
| Bulb Filler | Eagle, Postal |
| Button Filler | Parker, Camel, Hero |
| Capillary | Parker, Waterman |
| Cartridge/Converter | |
| Click Fill | Parker no. 24 |
| Coin Filler | Eagle |
| Crescent Filler | Conklin, Visconti, Stipula |
| Doctor Faber | Doctor Faber |
| Dual Reservoir | Visconti |
| Dual Tube | Geha |
| Dual Valve Piston | Waterman ( prior to 1890) |
| Eye Dropper | Waterman, AA Waterman, Parker, Rider, etc. |
| Hatchet Fill | Crocker, Holland, Servo |
| Hidden Reservoir | Aurora |
| Hump Fill | Wirt |
| Ink Battery | Ink Maker |
| Ink Pellet | Waterman, Aurora |
| Ink Vue | Waterman |
| Inverted Syringe | Ancora maxima |
| Lever | Sheaffer, Waterman, Wahl-Eversharp, Parker, Delta |
| Matchstick | Various |
| Medallion Filler | Waterman, Marlen |
| Nozac | Wahl-Eversharp |
| Onoto Plunger | DeLaRue |
| Piston | MB, Pelikan, Omas, Marlen, Sheaffer, Stipula, MG |
| Pneumatic | Chilton |
| Pull Filler | Holland |
| Pump Syphon | Ancora |
| Pump Vac | Tibaldi |
| Reservoir Pump | Stylomine |
| Rheingold | Sonnecken Rheingold |
| Safety | Various |
| Side Button | Hero 404 |
| Slide lever | Aurora Asterope |
| Sleeve Filler | Eureka, La Boeuf, Cross, Waterman, Stipula |
| Slide Lever | Schnell |
| Snap Fill | Houston |
| Snorkel | Sheaffer, Eversharp |
| Styolgraphic | Various |
| Syringe | Morrison, Post, Royal |
| Telescoping Piston | MB, Pelikan |
| Touchdown | |
| Twist Sac | AA Waterman, Mabie Todd, Conklin, Wasp, Ingersol |
| Vacoumatic | Osmia Progress |
| Vacumatic-Locking | Parker |
| Vacumatic-Speedline | Parker |
| Vacumatic- Plastic | Parker |
| Visofil | Mabie Todd |
| VP | Parker VP |
| Waterman Tip Fill* | Various Waterman Models |
| Wingflow** | Chilton |
*
Tip Fill has to do with only needing to put the tip of the
nib in ink
**- Wingflows are Pneumatics
Hardly Exhaustive
Also,Sheaffer lever was first, Waterman lever has a box, Eversharp lever hasJ-bars; each lever system is different enough to avoid patentinfringement.
On EDs - some are middle Joint, others Safety pens, J.G. Rider-removable nib - are they different enough to be different types - or just sub-groups?