EP0375890A2 - Porte-plumes à cartouches - Google Patents

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EP0375890A2
EP0375890A2 EP89120531A EP89120531A EP0375890A2 EP 0375890 A2 EP0375890 A2 EP 0375890A2 EP 89120531 A EP89120531 A EP 89120531A EP 89120531 A EP89120531 A EP 89120531A EP 0375890 A2 EP0375890 A2 EP 0375890A2
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Batto Madaus
Bruno Künzler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K29/00—Combinations of writing implements with other articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K23/00—Holders or connectors for writing implements; Means for protecting the writing-points
    • B43K23/08—Protecting means, e.g. caps
    • B43K23/12—Protecting means, e.g. caps for pens
    • B43K23/128—Protecting means, e.g. caps for pens with spring means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K5/00—Pens with ink reservoirs in holders, e.g. fountain-pens
    • B43K5/02—Ink reservoirs
    • B43K5/10—Ink reservoirs with reserve ink chambers

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  • the invention relates to a cartridge fountain pen with a writing tip that can be covered by a first cap and a reserve space formed in the rear end of the holder housing facing away from the nib, into which a reserve cartridge or a container with an application element can be inserted, which protrudes from a rear opening of the holder housing. which can be closed by an attachable cap.
  • a cartridge fountain pen of the specified type is known from DE-AS 24 41 610. It has the advantage that it has, in addition to the actual ink application element, for example a spring, a different application element provided at the other end, which can be designed, for example, as a capillary body, fiber tip, ball, tube or the like, in order to place another medium on a base to be able to apply.
  • the container may contain an erase or erase fill with which corrections can be made. His application organ is then expediently a fiber tip.
  • the reserve room can also hold a reserve cartridge with ink, if desired.
  • the reserve space and the container are therefore adapted in shape to the ink cartridge shape, so that the container and reserve cartridge can be held equally securely in the reserve space.
  • a cartridge fountain pen with an interchangeable erasing part which is located at the end of the holder housing opposite the nib and consists of an erasing cartridge with a tip on which a sealing cap can be placed in a form-fitting and frictionally locking manner.
  • the sealing cap and the end of the tip on the extinguishing cartridge side are each provided with an identical external thread, and the open end of the holder housing and an end cap adapted to the holder housing each have an internal thread corresponding to the external thread.
  • This known configuration allows a larger diameter in the area of the application member and also ensures that the holder housing is closed by an end cap. Due to the design of the fastening thread, the production is comparatively complex. In addition, the extinguishing part cannot be replaced by a spare cartridge.
  • the writing instrument In the area of the writing tip, the writing instrument has an annular bead which engages in sealing engagement with the inner bore of the sealing insert. A second ring bead is provided for attaching the sleeve.
  • the sealing insert When the cap is placed on the writing instrument, the sealing insert is first pushed over the first annular bead until a stop is reached, then the annular bead is pressed into the sealing insert in a sealing manner and finally the sleeve snaps onto the second annular bead of the writing instrument, causing the entire Arrangement is held in this position.
  • a signal slide is connected to the sealing insert and can be extended from the end of the sleeve facing away from the writing instrument in order to indicate the correct fit of the cap on the writing instrument in the extended state.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a cartridge fountain pen of the type mentioned, in which the rear opening of the holder housing can be closed regardless of the content of the reserve room and in which it is visible from the outside whether the reserve room contains a container with an application member.
  • the second cap contains an axially movable inner cap against the force of a spring, which can be placed over the applicator tightly on the container, that the inner cap when the second cap is attached through the from the rear opening of the Holder housing projecting portion of the container is pressed deeper into the cap under compression of the spring, that the axial position of the inner cap through a window in the cap at least in one of its possible positions is visible from the outside, and that the second cap on a stepped end of the holder housing can be fastened by detents or form-fitting means.
  • the cartridge fountain pen according to the invention has the advantage that the rear end of the holder housing can be closed with a cap adapted to the holder housing, regardless of whether or not there is a container or a reserve cartridge in the reserve space.
  • the cap can connect harmoniously to the holder housing and can be designed in any shape that corresponds to the respective taste requirements.
  • a relatively large diameter is available for the application element, since the container connects directly to the wall of the reserve space and no additional space is required between the holder housing and the container.
  • the cartridge fountain pen according to the invention even when the cap is closed, the user is shown whether or not the reserve space contains a container with extinguishing liquid, for example.
  • the inner cap is held in an intermediate position when the cap is attached by a reserve cartridge, which differs from its position when the reserve space is empty and from its position when the container is inserted and which is indicated by a special color ring on the window .
  • a user can see from the outside whether the reserve space is empty or whether it contains a reserve cartridge or a container with an application element.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment is achieved according to the invention in that the second cap can be connected to the holder housing by a bayonet lock, which is held in its locking position by the spring supported by the inner cap on the container or on the holder housing.
  • This configuration enables a connection between the second cap and the holder housing that is easy to handle and secure against automatic loosening and allows a comparatively high clamping force on the Inner cap acting spring, so that a good sealing effect between the inner cap and the container is guaranteed.
  • the rear end of the holder housing can have at least one laterally projecting pin and the second cap can have at least one rib projecting inwards into the bore, the pin and the rib engaging with one another by rotating the cap and the pin into one lateral depression of the rib can be snapped into place.
  • the stepped end of the holder housing forms a shoulder in the reserve space, on which a container with application element or a reserve cartridge can be supported in the axial direction.
  • a sealing element can be arranged at the open end of the inner cap, which cooperates with a seat on the container.
  • the second cap preferably consists of a cup-shaped cap base made of transparent material and an opaque cap sleeve, which are firmly connected to one another. The end of the cap base can form a contact surface for the spring acting on the inner cap.
  • the replaceable container with application element can be sold as a separate part in the same way as the ink cartridge when its contents are exhausted.
  • a cover cap is provided to form an independent sales unit on the order member of the container, which is no longer required when the container is inserted into the cartridge fountain pen.
  • the container with the application element can contain an erasing liquid, a marking ink or another writing liquid or writing paste, with which writing can be done in a different way than with the fountain pen.
  • a liquid is preferably used as the erasing or erasing liquid, which after the erasing erase or erase with fountain pen ink.
  • FIG. 1 denotes the rear housing part of a cartridge fountain pen, which is screwed in a conventional manner to a front housing part, not shown, which contains the nib.
  • the housing part 1 contains a reserve space 2, in which there is a container 3 which is filled with an eraser liquid.
  • the container 3 is held in the axial direction by an ink cartridge 4 arranged in the front part of the cartridge fountain pen, wherein it rests with a collar 5 on a shoulder 6 of the housing part 1, which is formed by a constricted collar 7, which is at the open, rear end of the Housing part 1 is provided.
  • a neck-shaped section 8 of the container 3 protrudes through the collar 7 from the housing part 1 and has a wick tip 9 at its end, which is used to apply the eraser liquid.
  • a cap 10 is attached to the collar 7, the outer diameter of which is the outer diameter of the housing part 1 corresponds. Interlocking beads 11 releasably hold the cap 10 on the collar 7.
  • the cap 10 consists of a base part 12 made of transparent material and a non-transparent sleeve part 13, which are permanently connected to one another. Inside the cap 10 there is an inner cap 14 which surrounds the tip of the wick 9 and is pressed with a sealing lip 15 by a compression spring 16 against a seat 17 on the section 8 of the container 3. In this way, the tip of the wick 9 is tightly enclosed by the inner cap 14, so that the eraser liquid cannot escape from the container 3.
  • the inner cap 14 is pressed into the cap 10 by the section 8 of the container 3 against the action of the spring 16 to such an extent that it is clearly visible in the transparent bottom part 12 forming a window. If, on the other hand, there is no container 3 in the reserve space 2 but only a reserve cartridge, the inner cap 14 is held by the spring 16 in a position displaced to the cap opening, in which it rests with a collar 19 on a shoulder 18 in the cap bore. In this position, the inner cap 14 can no longer be seen in the base part 12. From this, the user recognizes that the reserve room 2 does not contain a container 3 with eraser liquid.
  • the cap 20 closing the rear end is detachably fastened to the housing part 21 with a bayonet catch 22.
  • the outermost end of the housing part 21, which is provided with a constricted collar 23, has two oppositely arranged knobs 24 on its outside. With the knobs 24 engage two ribs 25 which are located in the bore 26 of a sleeve 27.
  • the sleeve 27 forms, together with a cup-shaped cap base 28, the cap 20.
  • the shape of a rib 25 can be seen from the development shown in FIG. 3 see.
  • Its side surface 29 facing the cap bottom 28 has a depression 30 in the middle and is slightly inclined on both sides towards the rib ends. Between the ribs 25 there are free sections 31, the width of which is greater than the diameter of the knobs 24.
  • the knobs 24 slide through the sections 31 between the ribs 25.
  • the cap 20 is then rotated through an angle of 90 °, the side surfaces 29 sliding along the knobs 24 until the knobs 24 penetrate into the depressions 30.
  • the knobs 24 are pressed against the ribs 25 by a compression spring 32.
  • the compression spring 32 is arranged in the cap 20 and is supported on the one hand on the cap base 28 and on the other hand on an inner cap 33 which, when the cap 20 is put on, rests with its end face on the edge of the collar 23 and thereby compresses the compression spring 32 axially is pressed into the cap 20.
  • the knobs 24 are held in the recesses 30 by the force of the compression spring 32, as a result of which a locking position which is secure against automatic loosening is achieved.
  • the inner cap 33 takes the position shown in FIG. 2 in the locked position of the cap 20, in which the knobs 24 engage in the recess 30. It is therefore not visible from the outside in the cap base 28 made of a transparent material. If, on the other hand, the reserve space 34 contains a container with an application element, this protrudes, as shown in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, beyond the end edge of the collar 23 and presses with a seat surface against which the sealing edge 36 of the inner cap 33 bears Inner cap 33 into the cavity of the cap base 28. The inner cap 33, which is thereby visible from the outside, now shows the presence of the container in the Reserve room.
  • an opening 37 is provided in the cap base 28 and the inner cap 33 has continuous longitudinal grooves 38 in its outer surface. In this way, a continuous channel is formed inside the cap 20, through which a sufficient amount of air can pass.

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DE3841201 1988-12-07
DE3841201 1988-12-07
DE3920773 1989-06-24
DE3920773A DE3920773A1 (de) 1988-12-07 1989-06-24 Patronenfuellhalter

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DE3920773A1 (de) 1990-06-13
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