Pelikan 100

feed

                                                                 1929-1944

 

The feed is the part, on which the nib is mounted. The task of the feed is to transport the ink to the nib and to bring the air into the barrel for pressure compensation.

 

On this image you can see the feed with bush, but without the mounted nib

top-view

From 1929 to 1937, the middle lamella of the feed shows a slot.

bottom-view

1929-1937

There a some differences between the feed produced for the modell 100 and 100N

Diameter
  • 100N : 5.5 mm 
  • 100    : 5.0 mm 

Feed 100N     

 

  Feed 100        

The bushes, that fixes the nibs on the feeds differ in some details as shown on the images

Diameter                                    

  • 100N   : 7.3 mm 
  • 100     : 6.8 mm 

Length

  • 100N    : 12.6 mm
  • 100       : 12.0 mm

Bush 100N

 

 

 

Bush 100

Over the years, three different combinations of bush and feed have been produced

  • feed with slot
  • bush 17mm in length

1929 - June/1931

  fitting to the barrels made of bakelite

  • feed with slot
  • bush 12mm lenght

June 1931 - 1937

  • feed without slot
  • bush 12mm length

1937 - 1944

last update 19.02.2009
© Martin Lehmann