Stretch vacumatic
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Hoover 827
Hoover (along with Orion, London, and Gefion) was one of the sub-brands of the Danish Miller Pen Co., started by Johannes Iversen in 1908, although the Hoover name didn’t appear...
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Miller 649
The Miller Pen Company was established in 1908 by Johannes Iversen and was located in Copenhagen. The company was initially called “Johannes Iversen”. The name was changed to the “Orion...
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Stretch Vacumatic patent
Johannes Iversen patented the “Stretch Vacumatic” filling system for fountain pens in 1939 in the USA. I’ve made a posting that describes how to repair such a pen which can...
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Miller Royal 408
This Royal 408 was made in Denmark by the Miller Pen Company. It has a somewhat unique filling system called a stretch vacumatic which I’ve described in this posting. The...
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Repairing a Miller stretch vacumatic fountain pen
I just acquired a Danish Miller Royal 408 today and started dismantling it – this reminded me of the problems I went through fixing a Miller 698 some time ago....
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Miller 698
Johannes Iverson owned the Miller Pen Company in Copenhagen (see this document) and patented a filling system called a “stretch-vacumatic”. The patents are here (in English), here (in Danish), and here (in German). This 698 is...