Marking device

Claim 1

A MAKING DEVICE COMPRISING A RESERVOIR MEMBER HAVING PREDETERMINED TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS, END MEANS TRAVERSING ONE OF SAID RESERVOIR MEMBER, AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID RESERVOIR MEMBER BEING CLOSED, SAID END MEANS INCLUDING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING ANNULAR END WALL AND AN ELONGATED TUBULAR ELEMENT EXTENDING THROUGH AND CONNECTED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AT AN ANNULAR JUNCTION TO SAID WALL, SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT INCLUDING AN ELONGATED INNER END PORTION EXTENDING AXIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID JUNCTION AND AN OUTER END PORTION PROJECTING FROM SAID ANNULAR JUNCTION, SAID RESERVOIR MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIAMETER CYLINDRICAL WALL SECTION, SAID END WALL TAPERING FROM A JUNCTION WITH A SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL SECTION TO SAID ANNULAR JUNCTION, A BODY OF ABSORBENT MARKING FLUID RETAINING MATERIAL DISPOSED IN SAID RESERVOIR MEMBER AND HAVING AN END SURFACE ADJACENT SAID JUNCTION BETWEEN THE TAPERING WALL AND THE CYLINDRICAL WALL SECTION LEAVING AN AIR SPACE ABOVE SAID END SURFACE, A WICK-LIKE MARKING ELEMENT SEPARATE FROM AND EXTENDING THROUGH AND SUPPORTED BY SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM TRANSVERSE CROSSSECTION SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENT THEREOF, THE INNER END PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY TRAVERSING THE SAID AIR SPACE WITH THE INNERMOST END THEREOF ADJACENT BUT ABOVE SAID END SURFACE, GRIPPING MEANS ADJACENT THE SAID INNERMOST END FOR ENGAGING AND RETAINING THE WICK-LIKE MAKING ELEMENT WHICH TRAVERSES THE REMAINING AIR SPACE TO A POSITION IN TRANSFER ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BODY OF ABSORBENT MARKING FLUID RETAINING MATERIAL, AND VENT PASSAGEWAY MEANS BETWEEN THE WICK-LIKE MARKING ELEMENT AND SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT.