EP0274991A1 - A kit of pens, pencils and similar writing instruments in a rigid casing equipped with retainer devices having two operation positions - Google Patents

A kit of pens, pencils and similar writing instruments in a rigid casing equipped with retainer devices having two operation positions Download PDF

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EP0274991A1
EP0274991A1 EP87830118A EP87830118A EP0274991A1 EP 0274991 A1 EP0274991 A1 EP 0274991A1 EP 87830118 A EP87830118 A EP 87830118A EP 87830118 A EP87830118 A EP 87830118A EP 0274991 A1 EP0274991 A1 EP 0274991A1
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pens
sleeves
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bridge member
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Marco D'ottavio
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ITALFINA Srl
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • B43M99/001—Desk sets
    • B43M99/007—Stands for pens with tubular or porous writing-points
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/36—Cases for drawing or like instruments

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  • This invention relates to a kit of pens, pencils and similar writ­ing instruments housed in a rigid casing equipped with retainer devices having two operation positions and more particularly and substantially it concerns a rigid casing wherein a plurality of seats are defined a­dapted to house a corresponding plurality of pens or similar writing in­struments, which will be all referred to as pens in the following speci­fication and in the claims.
  • a device is provided in each of said pen hous­ing seats which is adapted to be shifted to and stopped in two stable op­eration positions to which the retracted or rest and the release positions of said pens respectively correspond.
  • a further well known construction provides a rectangular case, gen­erally designed as a plastic or leather envelope and intended to house a plurality of side-by-side arranged pens. Some casings of this kind are also longitudinally divided so as to define a plurality of compartments.
  • a disadvantage of the casings of this latter kind is that the pens are free standing in their own compartments and, therefore, when the casing is overturned or jerkinly moved, they are ejected and often lost or penetrate into hardly accessible folds of the pockets or of the bags.
  • the casing comprises two rigid half-shells, which can be snap coupled or welded together and define in their front side a plurality of pen introducing ports and a series of partition diaphragms which co­operate to partially define the pen housing seats.
  • a first transverse bridge member having a plurality of rearwardly enlarged through holes and a second transverse bridge member having a plurality of inner re­cesses are provided in said casing.
  • a plurality of stud tailed sleeves are arranged between said two bridge members with their respective stud tails being slidably but not-withdrawably extended in the internal re­cesses of the second bridge member and are inwardly urged by a coil spring.
  • Retainer devices are arranged in the recesses of said second bridge member so as to cooperate with the stud tails of the sleeves to pass from a retracted position to a withdrawal position and vice versa by means of successive pressure actions exerted upon said sleeves by the pens, in a way which is strictly similar to the operation by which a re­tractable ball-point pen is operated.
  • the pens are inserted through said front ports of the casing, extend through the holes provided in the first transverse bridge member and are frictionally en­gaged in said sleeves.
  • the casing 10 contains five pens 11 which can be pens of various kinds, such as a ball-point pen, a fiber-point pen, and so on, or pens of a single kind, for instance all ball-point pens or all pencils, but of various colours, as well as pens of mixed kinds.
  • pens 11 can be pens of various kinds, such as a ball-point pen, a fiber-point pen, and so on, or pens of a single kind, for instance all ball-point pens or all pencils, but of various colours, as well as pens of mixed kinds.
  • the casing consists of two rigid half-shells 12 and 13 which de­fine in the front side of the casing nearly circular openings or ports 14 wherein pens 11 are inserted.
  • a series of longitudinal partial parti­tion diaphragms 15 are provided in said casing so as to define the first portions of the seats wherein pens 11 are housed.
  • a transverse bridge member 16 is provided having a plurality of rearwardly enlarged through holes, the number of which is the same as the number of the pens and having an inner diameter cor­responding to the diameter of the pens, so that the pens can be ex­tended there through without noticeable clearance.
  • a similar transverse bridge member 17 is provided in the bottom section of casing 10 and receives a plurality of devices 18 which co­operate with a plurality of stud tailed sleeves 19 as it will be herein­ after explained.
  • the stud tails 20 of said sleeves 19 are slidably but not-withdrawably received in recesses provided in transverse bridge member 17, by means of tooth-spline couplings (not shown) in order that sleeves 19 can effectively be moved according to arrow F in Fig­ure 3 between two positions: an internal and an external position, with respect to bridge member 17.
  • Coil springs 21 are arranged so as to act between a circumferential step formed by a restriction of the outer diameter of sleeves 19 and the shoulders formed in the holes of the intermediate transverse bridge 16 by the enlargement of their inner diameter; said springs urge the stud tailed sleeves 19 inwardly in the recesses provided in bridge member 17, that is to the left side in Fig­ures 2 and 3.
  • a plurality (under the term "plurality” in this specification a number is to be understood equal to the number of the pens forming the kit) of retainer devices 18 are received in said bridge 17.
  • the retainer devices 18 have a structure per se known; in fact said devices are of the same type as already used in conventional pens or pencils equipped with snap-retractable points; they cooperate, therefore, with said stud tails 20 in order to define two set or stop positions for sleeves 19, an internal and an external position, so that when an inward pressure is exerted upon each sleeve 19, it is inwardly moved and is retained in this internal position and when a further pres­sure is again inwardly exerted upon said sleeve 19 it is released and returned to its external position under the action of a small coil spring (not shown) included in each retainer device 18.
  • Coil spring 21 is arranted so as to slightly urge sleeve 19 out­wardly and it can be mainly considered as a positioning and stabilizing spring designed to prevent useless back-lashes for sleeve 19.
  • Pens 11 are introduced into their respective housing seats through the inlet holes 14 of said casing and then they are extended through the holes provided in bridge 16 and finally their point portions are in­serted into sleeves 19.
  • the inner diameter of sleeves 19 is such as to enable a slight friction or force fit engagement between the point portion of a pen and the inner surface of the associated sleeve 19.
  • ribs can be provided in the sleeve or on the pen to this effect, so as to enable such a slight force fit engagement which can anyway be released by means of a simple tensile action exerted on the pen.
  • pens 11, according to the positions, the movements and the engagements of said sleeves 19, can take a retracted or internal position wherein they are retained, in view of the fact that the sleeves 19 themselves are retained, and wherefrom it is difficult for them to be withdrawn by disengaging them from said sleeves 19 (for instance, pen 11A in Figure 2) and an external or with­drawal position, wherein sleeves 19 are displaced to the right and it is easy to withdraw the pens by disengaging them from sleeves 19 for instance, pens 11 and 11B in Figure 2).
  • such devices in­clude as an essential component a small compression coil spring that is compressed by the pressure action exerted to move to the retracted po­sition and remains in the compressed condition until it is released by a subsequent pressure action exerted thereon, thereby returning, in this invention, the sleeve and the related pen to the withdrawal posi­tion.

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EP87830118A 1986-12-24 1987-03-27 A kit of pens, pencils and similar writing instruments in a rigid casing equipped with retainer devices having two operation positions Withdrawn EP0274991A1 (en)

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IT4878886 1986-12-24
IT8648788A IT8648788A0 (it) 1986-12-24 1986-12-24 Corredo di penne,matite e simili organi di scrittura in astuccio rigido con dispositivi di ritegno a due posizioni di funzionamento

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GB2190662B (en) * 1986-05-20 1989-12-13 Platinum Pen Co Ltd Article storage container
US5163549A (en) * 1991-10-25 1992-11-17 Leon Hayduchok Pocket container and stand for writing implements

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FR1251343A (fr) * 1959-12-08 1961-01-20 Dispositif de magasin distributeur pour crayons de couleur et analogues

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FR1251343A (fr) * 1959-12-08 1961-01-20 Dispositif de magasin distributeur pour crayons de couleur et analogues

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2190662B (en) * 1986-05-20 1989-12-13 Platinum Pen Co Ltd Article storage container
US5163549A (en) * 1991-10-25 1992-11-17 Leon Hayduchok Pocket container and stand for writing implements
WO1993008100A1 (en) * 1991-10-25 1993-04-29 Leon Hayduchok Pocket container and stand for writing implements

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