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Chronology

Year Event
1908 Walter A. Sheaffer get the first patent (nº US-896861) for his lever filler
1912 the first fountain pens marked Sheaffer were produced[1]
1913 the company is founded by Walter A. Sheaffer in Fort Madison as W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
1917 the company create Morrison Plow Works plants
1918 the company absorbs the Kraker Pen Company after winning the patent infringement lawsuit
1920 the company introduces the Lifetime life arranty
1920 the company introduces the Lifetime Flattop with the Lifetime life warranty
1922 the company replaces the imprint "SHEAFFER-CLIP" on clips with "Sheaffer'S"
1922 the company introduces the Skrip ink
1924 the company introduces the White dot
1924 the company starts converting the production of its Flattop models to celluloid
1928 the company introduces the Pigmy
1929 the company introduces the Balance starting the streamlined style
1930 the company introduces the blue Marine Green for Balance
1931 the company introduces the blue color for Balance
1931 the company introduces the Feathertouch nib
1931 the company introduces the Autograph version (see this advertisement)
1932 the company stops production of the blue Balance model
1933 the company patents (nº US-1926405) its plunger filler later called Vacuum-Fil
1934 the company introduces the Vacuum-Fil sub-brand
1934 the company introduces the Wasp sub-brand
1935 the company introduces the Skrip-Well
1935 the company introduces the Vacuum-Fil on the primary production (on Balance model)
1936 the company introduces the Visulated system for ink visibility
1936 the company introduces the radius clip on the Balance
1937 the company introduces the Wasp Clipper
1937 the company introduces the 47 model, that will be named Crest
1939 the company introduces the Chem-o-pure ink
1939 the company introduce the Carmine Red color for the striped Balance
1939 the company introduces the Flo-rite feed
1940 the company introduces the Skyboy
1940 the company dismiss (?) Wasp sub-brand production
1940 the company introduces the Tuckaway
1941 the company introduces military clip models: Commandant, Defender, Vigilant, Valiant
1942 the company retires some Balance models
1942 the company introduces the Triumph Pen
1942 the company introduces the conic Triumph Nib
1945 the company introduces the wire-band
1945 the company introduces the short nib on the Tuckaway
1946 the company introduces first ball pens
1946 the company retires the Balance in the remaining version
1947 the company introduces the Fineline
1949 the company introduces the Touch Down filler
1949 the company introduces the Touchdown
1950 the company introduces the Sheaffer TM
1950 the company retires the Tuckaway
1952 the company introduces the Snorkel Pen
1952 the company introduces the snorkel filling system
1953 the company introduces the TIPdip system in the nib group as an economical variant of the Snorkel for clean filling
1953 the company retires the Fineline
1958 the company introduces the Lady Sheaffer as a Skripsert model
1959 the company retires the Snorkel Pen
1959 the company introduces the PFM
1961 the company introduces the Imperial
1963 the company reduce PFM production to III and V models
1963 the company retires the TIPdip system
1963 the company dismiss the "Sheaffer'S" logo
1968 the company retires the PFM
  1. the most part of the Sheaffer chronology take as reference the article: A HISTORY OF SHEAFFER PEN AND WALTER A. SHEAFFER ITS FOUNDER, published by the company itself; until noted otherwise this should be considered the source of the info.