7) Vaccuumfiller, Wahl-Eversharp 1935 back
A rubber seal, mounted on a rod is pushed down the tightly sealed upper part of the barrel, thus creating a vacuum behind the rubber seal.
When reaching the final position short before the grip section, the inner diameter of the barrel widens, and the vacuum draws the ink.

 

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The A.W. Faber Wertfüller, equipped with a variation of the Vacuumfilling system.
A Plunger Filler, as it has been made by Wahl Eversharp and Sheaffer. Today, Visconti uses this principle.