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Pen points for writing instruments
Assignee: Aubex Corp
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Filing: 1976-05-10
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Granted: 1978-02-28
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Expires: 1996-05-10
Abstract
Abstract Pen point for writing instruments which is a rod-shaped wick composed of synthetic resin filaments and in which narrow slots defined by said filaments extend longitudinally in said wick and form ink passageways, comprising in the cross-section (A) A CIRCULAR PORTION TO FORM THE OUTER PERIPHERY PORTION OF THE PEN POINT, (B) A PLURALITY OF STEM PORTIONS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE INNER PERIPHERY PORTION OF SAID CIRCULAR PORTION AND BEING ARRANGED AT A MODERATE DISTANCE WITH ONE ANOTHER, (C) BRANCHES PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM AT LEAST TWO STEM PORTIONS, SAID STEM PORTIONS AND BRANCH PORTIONS BEING CONSTITUTED WITH A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED MONOFILAMENTS, EACH HAVING SAME OR DIFFERENT DIAMETER, (D) STANDING TREE-FORMED PROJECTIONS CONSISTING OF SAID STEM PORTIONS AND SAID BRANCH PORTIONS, WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN A FOLD AXIS SYMMETRY AGAINST THE CENTER OF THE PEN POINT, AND (E) THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROJECTIONS BEING MUTUALLY CROSSED OR THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROJECTIONS AND THE ABOVE DESCRIBED STEM PORTIONS ARE CROSSED TO FORM NARROW SLOTS FOR CONVEYING INK.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyuki Otake
- 👤 Kozo Ando
- 👤 Hironobu Hori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-04 20:19
CPC Classifications
B; B43; B43K; B43K1/00; B43K1/12; B43K7/00; B43K7/10; B43K7/105; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2929; Y10T428/2931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
345 words
In pen point for writing instruments which is a rod-shaped wick formed by uniting molten synthetic resin monofilaments, wherein radially curved narrow slots extend toward the center of the wick from an outer periphery portion (ring portion) in the cross-section and the radial narrow slots are defined by a plurality of segments projected from the ring portion, an improvement comprises that the rod-shaped wick is provided in the cross-section with curved narrow slots extending not only in the substantially radial direction toward the center from the inside of the ring portion but also in the other directions, said narrow slots are defined by the components of the pen point consisting of the ring portion forming the outer periphery of the rod-shaped wick, a plurality of trunk portions or trunk portions and stem segments which are projected inwardly from the inner periphery of the ring and partition the inner space of the ring and a plurality of branch portions, which are branched and projected from every trunk and additionally partition the remainder of the above described space, said components of the trunks, the trunks and stems and branches are adjacently arranged so that the top portions, the end portions and the sides of these components are not connected with one another and that these components constitute 2 - 6 fold axis symmetry wherein the center axis of the ring is the rotary axis, every component of the ring, the trunks, the stems and the branches has at least one size and shape, every trunk provided with branches form at least one of standing tree-formed projections in the inside of the ring, the trunks or the stems of the number corresponding to the fold number of the above described fold axis symmetry are opposed at the center portion to form a center passage, every side of the narrow slots is formed by connection of circular arcs of a large number of monofilaments, which constitute the elementary components and said center passage and the narrow slots extend from one end to the other end of the pen point.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
345 words
In pen point for writing instruments which is a rod-shaped wick formed by uniting molten synthetic resin monofilaments, wherein radially curved narrow slots extend toward the center of the wick from an outer periphery portion (ring portion) in the cross-section and the radial narrow slots are defined by a plurality of segments projected from the ring portion, an improvement comprises that the rod-shaped wick is provided in the cross-section with curved narrow slots extending not only in the substantially radial direction toward the center from the inside of the ring portion but also in the other directions, said narrow slots are defined by the components of the pen point consisting of the ring portion forming the outer periphery of the rod-shaped wick, a plurality of trunk portions or trunk portions and stem segments which are projected inwardly from the inner periphery of the ring and partition the inner space of the ring and a plurality of branch portions, which are branched and projected from every trunk and additionally partition the remainder of the above described space, said components of the trunks, the trunks and stems and branches are adjacently arranged so that the top portions, the end portions and the sides of these components are not connected with one another and that these components constitute 2 - 6 fold axis symmetry wherein the center axis of the ring is the rotary axis, every component of the ring, the trunks, the stems and the branches has at least one size and shape, every trunk provided with branches form at least one of standing tree-formed projections in the inside of the ring, the trunks or the stems of the number corresponding to the fold number of the above described fold axis symmetry are opposed at the center portion to form a center passage, every side of the narrow slots is formed by connection of circular arcs of a large number of monofilaments, which constitute the elementary components and said center passage and the narrow slots extend from one end to the other end of the pen point.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1 wherein the narrow slots formed in the inside of the ring are defined by the standing tree-formed projections constituted with at least 2 trunks and not more then 8 of branches branched and projected from one side of each trunk.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 2, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the side of the trunk and the end portion of the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are opposed and the narrow slots are formed between the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 2, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the side of the trunk and the side of the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are opposed and the end portion of said branches and the inner periphery of the ring are opposed and the narrow slots are formed between the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the narrow slots formed in the inside of the ring are defined by the standing tree-formed projections constituted with at least 2 trunks and not more than 16 of branches branched and projected from both sides of each trunk.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 5, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the end portions of the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are opposed and the narrow slots are formed between the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
63 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 5 wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections are opposed at both sides and the end portions of the branches opposed to the inner periphery of the ring, and the narrow slots are formed between the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 5, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are engaged at the sides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1 wherein the narrow slots formed in the inside of the ring are defined by the standing tree-formed projections constituted with at least 3 trunks and not more than 8 of branches branched and projected from one side of each trunk, and the stems the number of which is by 1 less than the number of the branches.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
73 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 9, said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the side of the trunk and the side of the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are opposed, the end portion of the branches and the inner periphery of the ring are opposed and the side of the branches and the side of the stems are engaged.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1 wherein the narrow slots formed in the inside of the ring are defined by the standing tree-formed projections constituted with at least 2 trunks and not more than 16 of branches branched and projected from one side of each trunk, and the stems of the same number as or more than the number of said trunks.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
72 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 11, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the trunks of said projections and the same number of the stems as the trunks are mutually in the adjacent relation and the end portion of the branches of the trunk opposes to the side of the stem and narrow slots are formed between the branches of the respective standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 11, said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the branches of the standing tree-formed projections, which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are engaged in the side and there are one or more stems between the sides of the standing tree-formed projections.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
65 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the narrow slots formed in the inside of the ring are defined by the standing tree-formed projections constituted with at least 2 trunks and not more than 16 of branches branched and projected from both sides of each trunk, and the stems, the number of which is by 2 less than the number of the branches.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
51 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 14, wherein said standing tree-formed projections are formed in such a state that the branches of said projections which are mutually in the adjacent relation, are opposed in the side and the side of the branches and the side of the stems are engaged.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trunks consist of hollow trunks, each of said hollow trunks being formed by cross-linking a pair of trunks which are projected from the ring at a moderate distance, at the top portion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
47 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trunks or stems of the number corresponding to the fold number of the fold axis symmetry are united at the top portions thereof through the circumstance of a monofilament arranged at the center axis of the ring.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring is triangular, tetragonal, pentagonal, hexagonal or circular.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, the trunks or stems have at least one different height and the height of the trunks is fundamentally different from that of the stems.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trunk or stem has straight line-, curve-, wave- or polygonal line- form.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the branch has straight line-, curve- or L-shaped form.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monofilament has a diameter of 0.02 - 0.30 mm and the monofilaments having different diameter may be combined.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
20 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein a width of the narrow slot is 0.02 - 0.15 mm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monofilament is composed of polyolefin, polyamide or polyacetal resin.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the pen point has a more elongated tapered end than the writing tip.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
21 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 25, wherein one end of the pen point is provided with a concave portion.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
Use of the pen point as claimed in claim 26 for an ink supplying element of a water soluble ink ball pen.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein a shoulder portion is provided behind the tapered portion of the writing tip.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
28 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one circular groove is provided at an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion between both the ends.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
The pen point as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the pen point is provided with a conical writing tip.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
14 words
Use of the pen point as claimed in claim 30 for a writing instrument.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-02-27 | 1981-08-29 | 1982-02-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-02-27 | 1985-08-29 | 1986-02-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-02-27 | 1989-08-29 | 1990-02-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |