EP2529948A1 - Schreibinstrument mit Kartuschen und seitlichem Befüllsystem - Google Patents

Schreibinstrument mit Kartuschen und seitlichem Befüllsystem Download PDF

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EP2529948A1
EP2529948A1 EP12168903A EP12168903A EP2529948A1 EP 2529948 A1 EP2529948 A1 EP 2529948A1 EP 12168903 A EP12168903 A EP 12168903A EP 12168903 A EP12168903 A EP 12168903A EP 2529948 A1 EP2529948 A1 EP 2529948A1
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Arnaud Moenne-Loccoz
François Aznar
Julien Denis
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    • 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
    • B43K5/14—Exchangeable ink cartridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K7/00—Ball-point pens
    • B43K7/02—Ink reservoirs; Ink cartridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K8/00—Pens with writing-points other than nibs or balls
    • B43K8/02—Pens with writing-points other than nibs or balls with writing-points comprising fibres, felt, or similar porous or capillary material
    • B43K8/03—Ink reservoirs; Ink cartridges

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  • the present invention relates to an ink cartridge writing instrument, such as a fountain pen or a ballpoint pen. More particularly, this invention relates to such a writing instrument whose loading, that is to say the replacement of an empty ink cartridge with a new cartridge filled with ink, is facilitated by a mechanical system. equipping this writing instrument. Even more particularly, the invention is concerned with a writing instrument equipped with a so-called "lateral" loading system, that is to say allowing the extraction of the empty cartridge and the introduction of the new one. cartridge by the side of the body of this writing instrument.
  • the traditional fountain pens were equipped with an immovable ink tank, equipped with a pump device for reloading ink.
  • This old design has been replaced by disposable ink cartridges, which have already greatly facilitated the filling of writing instruments, especially fountain pens, since the user no longer had to fill a reservoir, and that it was enough for him to replace an empty ink cartridge with a new, already filled cartridge, acting as an ink tank.
  • the patent US 2919677 (SHEAFFER ) describes a writing instrument, more specifically a fountain pen, whose body opens laterally to give access to an empty cartridge to extract, and to allow the introduction of a new cartridge, the lateral extraction of the empty cartridge being facilitated by a leaf spring.
  • the percussion of the new cartridge is performed by moving axially this cartridge by screwing the terminal element of the body of the pen, which remains a long operation to achieve.
  • French patent FR 2407084 discloses a fountain pen which comprises a cartridge holder or "charger”, which is a kind of carriage mounted sliding axially in the body of the pen, the cartridge being thus guided in translation.
  • the movement of the magazine being purely axial, nothing is provided to facilitate the extraction of an empty cartridge, this extraction resulting from a purely manual action, exerted after leaving the charger out of the body of the pen.
  • This document recommends the use of special cartridges, of flattened or oval section.
  • the European patent application EP 0299804 A1 (HELIX ) describes a fountain pen with lateral loading of the cartridges through a lateral opening of the body of the pen.
  • the lateral loading system is here a system operating by rotation, which releases or closes the lateral opening of the body but which does not participate in the extraction of the empty cartridge. By a helical movement, this system performs the percussion of a new cartridge.
  • the European patent EP 1535753 B1 proposes a fountain pen with lateral loading of the cartridges, and with percussion device housed in the body of the pen.
  • the percussion device according to this document is a relatively complex mechanism, this mechanism being cumbersome in the axial direction, which causes an increase in the total length of the pen if it is desired to keep the same useful length, that is to say the same capacity of ink storage, while users and especially children want compact writing instruments, for easy storage and transport.
  • a lateral loading device for writing instrument with a pen body made in two parts, namely a main body and a movable rear body articulated to the main body about a transverse axis, the body movable rear housing having a housing adapted to receive an ink cartridge, and thereby constituting a cartridge holder.
  • a lateral loading device for writing instrument with a pen body made in two parts, namely a main body and a movable rear body articulated to the main body about a transverse axis, the body movable rear housing having a housing adapted to receive an ink cartridge, and thereby constituting a cartridge holder.
  • the display of the ink level in the cartridge used is delicate. To visualize the ink level, open the pen which causes the cartridge to separate from the block with the pen and promote the phenomenon of ink leakage, resulting in a significant risk of contamination of the cartridge. .
  • the present invention aims to remedy all of the previously mentioned disadvantages, and therefore aims to provide an ink cartridge writing instrument that provides both an easy grip of the empty cartridge to extract with warranty of a cleanliness of use, and also a guarantee of the percussion of the new cartridge introduced, so as to facilitate in all respects the replacement of a cartridge even by a child, while maintaining a simple, economical and compact structure , as well as the possibility of using standard type cartridges, with an easier visualization of the ink level in the cartridge used, this in the context of a lateral loading system.
  • the subject of the invention is an ink cartridge writing instrument, such as a fountain pen or a ball point pen, the instrument comprising a hollow fixed body provided with an oblong lateral opening, an pen or writing tip unit located at the front of the fixed body, and an internal cartridge holder movable substantially longitudinally in the internal recess of the fixed body, said writing instrument being characterized in that it comprises, slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction in the rear part of its fixed body, a pull, the front end of which is connected to the rear end of the cartridge holder, so as to move the cartridge holder between an advanced percussion position and use of the cartridge and a retracted position of extraction or introduction of the cartridge, position in which the cartridge holder is located opposite the opening side of the fixed body, means being provided for, in this retracted position, causing the tilting of a cartridge to extract with the cartridge outlet by said lateral opening, these means being constituted by an inclined ramp internal fixed body, projecting in the internal recess of this fixed body, facing the oblong
  • the pull tab is shaped so as to close itself the oblong lateral opening of the fixed body, in the advanced position of this pull tab and the door -cartridge.
  • the puller itself comprises a housing adapted to receive at least one spare cartridge, this housing being made accessible in the retracted position of the pull tab, for the introduction and removal of a spare cartridge.
  • the pen represented Figures 1 to 7 is a fountain pen, represented without its cap.
  • This pen comprises in its front part a block 2 provided with a writing pen 3, this sub-assembly being designated as a pen-block.
  • the pen 2-3 is extended towards the rear by a fixed body 4 hollow, generally cylindrical, provided with a lateral opening 5 of form oblong extending in the longitudinal direction of this fixed body 4.
  • the rear end 6 of the fixed body 4 is open.
  • the fixed body 4 receives, in its inner recess 7, a cartridge holder 8 movable in translation in the longitudinal direction.
  • the cartridge holder 8 is itself provided to receive an ink cartridge 9 which can be of standard type.
  • the cartridge holder 8 has two parallel and opposite elastic tabs 10 which bear respectively two lugs 11 directed laterally opposite each other.
  • a pull tab 12 is slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction in the rear part of the fixed body 4 so as to cover more or less the lateral opening 5 of this body.
  • the inner recess 7 of the fixed body has on its wall, on either side of the lateral opening 5, two longitudinal rails 13 which cooperate with two complementary lateral parts 14 formed on the pull tab 12, to ensure the translational guidance of this zipper 12 relative to the fixed body 4.
  • the two lateral portions 14 of the pull tab 12, located towards the front end of this pull tab, have two opposite grooves or slots 15 in which the two pins 11 carried by the rear end of the door are slidably engaged respectively. 8.
  • the elasticity of the lugs 10 which bear the lugs 11 allows the engagement of these lugs in the corresponding grooves or slots.
  • the rear end of the pull tab 12 forms a pusher 16 of generally circular shape which, in the most advanced position of this pull tab 12, closes the open rear end 6 of the fixed body 4, as shown by the Figures 1 and 2 .
  • the pull tab 12 is recessed and thus comprises a housing 17, dimensioned so as to be able to receive a reserve ink cartridge 18, of the same format as the ink cartridge 9 received in the cartridge holder 8.
  • the lateral edges thereof have respective beaks 19 which, cooperating with the rear edges of the lateral portions 14 of the drawbars, serve as stops limiting the retreat of this pull tab 12 relatively to the fixed body 4, thus defining the maximum retracted position of this zipper 12 (see Figures 6 and 7 ) while avoiding its separation from the fixed body 4.
  • the pusher 16 of the pull tab 12 has small bosses 20 which, in the most advanced position of the pull tab 12, cooperate with corresponding formations provided at the rear of the fixed body 4, so as to obtain a reversible snap of the zipper on the body, to keep the pen in its closed state for use.
  • the fixed body 4 internally comprises an inclined ramp 21, constituted by a triangular thin wing, which projects from the wall of the inner recess 7 facing the lateral opening 5 of the fixed body 4.
  • the door the cartridge 8 has, on its bottom, a longitudinal slot 22 which allows the recoil movement of said cartridge holder 8, the inclined ramp 21 then passing through the longitudinal slot 22 to project inside the cartridge holder 8.
  • the user grasps the zipper 12 and moves it backwards, which progressively releases the lateral opening 5 of the body fixed. After a certain dead stroke corresponding to the length of the grooves or slots 15 (see the intermediate position of the Figures 4 and 5 ), the pull tab 12 carries with it to the rear the cartridge holder 8, which itself pulls back the used ink cartridge 9 by separating it from the pen 2-3.
  • the inclined ramp 21 will engage through the slot 22 of the cartridge holder 8 and lift the used ink cartridge 9 by its rear end.
  • the used ink cartridge 9 engages through the lateral opening 5 and it gradually leaves the fixed body 4, in an inclined position (see also figure 8 ). The user can then enter the used ink cartridge 9 by its rear end and remove it completely from the pen, without getting dirty fingers.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates the possibility of also applying the invention, without modification of the lateral loading system, to a pen with ballpoint 24.

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US2919677A (en) 1957-02-25 1960-01-05 Sheaffer W A Pen Co Writing instrument
FR2407084A1 (fr) 1977-10-26 1979-05-25 Interlight Stylos a recharge a encre
EP0299804A1 (de) 1987-07-16 1989-01-18 Helix Group Limited Schreibgerät
EP1535753B1 (de) 2003-11-25 2006-02-15 OMAS Srl Schreibgerät mit teleskopischer Patronenaufnahme
FR2880583A1 (fr) 2005-01-07 2006-07-14 Bic Soc Instrument d'ecriture a chargement par articulation

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2919677A (en) 1957-02-25 1960-01-05 Sheaffer W A Pen Co Writing instrument
FR2407084A1 (fr) 1977-10-26 1979-05-25 Interlight Stylos a recharge a encre
EP0299804A1 (de) 1987-07-16 1989-01-18 Helix Group Limited Schreibgerät
EP1535753B1 (de) 2003-11-25 2006-02-15 OMAS Srl Schreibgerät mit teleskopischer Patronenaufnahme
FR2880583A1 (fr) 2005-01-07 2006-07-14 Bic Soc Instrument d'ecriture a chargement par articulation
EP1843902B1 (de) 2005-01-07 2008-05-07 Société BIC Gelenkig ladbares schreibgerät

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