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A.T. Cross Company, LLC is an American manufacturing company of writing implements, based in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest pen manufacturers in the world. Cross' products include fountain, ballpoint, and rollerball pens, mechanical pencils and refills.
The Fountain Pen Shop was founded by the grandfather of Fred Krinke and one partner. Krinke's father inherited the business in 1940, subsequently turning it over to Krinke in 1975. [ 3 ] Krinke, who was born in 1928, [ 4 ] had helped his father at the shop since World War II , during which time the business was backlogged with pen repair orders.
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He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. [3] In 1894, Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" fountain pen feed, [4] which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen barrel when the pen was not in use. The company's first successful pen, released in 1899, was the Parker Jointless. The Lucky Curve feed was used in ...
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A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an inkwell during use.
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