US4966480A
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Washing liquid cartridge for refill ink type writing instrument
Assignee: Pentel Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-09-01
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Granted: 1990-10-30
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Expires: 2008-09-01
Abstract
Abstract A washing liquid cartridge removably positionable in a writing instrument of the type having a removable ink container. The washing liquid container contains therein a washing liquid and has an engagement portion at one end removably engagable with an inner element of the writing instrument and an openable seal adjacent to the engagement portion. When the seal of the cartridge is opened and the cartridge is snugly fitted in position within the writing instrument in place of the ink container, the washing liquid in the cartridge flows and washes the ink passage within the writing instrument.
Inventors
- 👤 Hitosi Watanabe
- 👤 Ikuo Takagishi
- 👤 Toshinobu Kosaka
- 👤 Katsuhiko Kawabata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 21:10
CPC Classifications
B; B43; B43K; B43K5/00; B43K5/02; B43K5/14; B43K13/00; B43K13/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A washing liquid cartridge mountable in a hand-held writing instrument of the type having a writing tip, an ink passage connected at its one end to said writing tip and a removable ink container releasably connected to the other end of said ink passage, said ink container containing an ink having a resin as a component thereof, said washing liquid cartridge comprising: a cartridge body having a shape for fitting into the writing instrument in place of the ink container and containing therein a washing liquid for dissolving the resin in the ink, and an engagement portion on said cartridge body for releasably connecting to the other end of the ink passage, and an openable seal adjacent to said engagement portion openable by engagement with the other end of the ink passage, whereby when said washing liquid cartridge is snugly fitted in the writing instrument in place of the ink container to connect with the ink passage at said engagement portion, said seal of said washing liquid cartridge is opened and the writing instrument can be allowed to stand and the washing liquid in said cartridge will flow into the ink passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A washing liquid cartridge mountable in a hand-held writing instrument of the type having a writing tip, an ink passage connected at its one end to said writing tip and a removable ink container releasably connected to the other end of said ink passage, said ink container containing an ink having a resin as a component thereof, said washing liquid cartridge comprising: a cartridge body having a shape for fitting into the writing instrument in place of the ink container and containing therein a washing liquid for dissolving the resin in the ink, and an engagement portion on said cartridge body for releasably connecting to the other end of the ink passage, and an openable seal adjacent to said engagement portion openable by engagement with the other end of the ink passage, whereby when said washing liquid cartridge is snugly fitted in the writing instrument in place of the ink container to connect with the ink passage at said engagement portion, said seal of said washing liquid cartridge is opened and the writing instrument can be allowed to stand and the washing liquid in said cartridge will flow into the ink passage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A washing liquid cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the washing liquid contained in said washing liquid cartridge is selected from the group consisting of an alkaline liquid of N-alkanolamines, an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and ammonia, and alcohols.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A washing liquid cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the washing liquid contained in said washing liquid cartridge is an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alcoholic solvents, cellosolve solvents, aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents, ketone solvents, ester solvents, ether solvents, γ-butyrolactone, 2-pyrrolidone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N, N-dimethylformamide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A washing liquid cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said cartridge is made of a transparent material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A washing liquid cartridge according to claim 4, wherein said cartridge is made of a synthetic resin of polyolefin.
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