EP3031613A1 - Felt tipped feeding assembly and writing instrument fed from a standard disposable cartridge of aqueous ink - Google Patents
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- a reference direction X referred to as being longitudinal corresponds to the length dimension of the writing instruments and components described. Terms such as front or tip / rear or back are relative thereto.
- the longitudinal direction X is deemed to be either the symmetry center line or included in a symmetry plane of the writing instruments and components.
- the stem feeder 19 is treated beforehand to be able to function in accordance with the water based ink physical characteristics.
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- The invention concerns a felt tipped feeding assembly and a writing instrument fed from a standard disposable cartridge of aqueous ink.
- The broadest technical domain of the invention is the one of writing instruments and more precisely of so-called felt tipped writing instruments. The term writing is indeed not limited to scriptural language. But it encompasses writing, drawing, marking or the like. The following provides some definitions relating to the domain of writing instruments.
- Usually, a writing instrument is defined depending on the type of writing-point it has. The writing-point is the part of the instrument which comes into contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink. Classical types of writing-points are balls, nibs and felt tips.
- Ball writing instruments have a writing fluid feeding system based on a writing-point in the form of a rotatable ball writing tip mounted either in the instrument itself or in a detachable refill. In a fountain pen for instance, the writing-point is a nib, i.e. a metal part of the pen which deposits ink on the writing surface.
- The invention is both distinct from ball and nibs writing instruments. Distinctively, so called felt tipped writing instruments are e.g. pens having a writing-point comprising fibres, felt, or similar porous or capillary material. As is for nibs, felt tips material, shape and size vary depending on their purpose.
- Another distinction between writing instruments is whether it is disposable or can be refilled. When a writing instrument cannot be used again when no more writing is possible e.g when out of ink, it is called a disposable writing instrument or an instrument having a disposable refill.
- Three ways are commonly available for refill of a non-single use writing instrument.
- The older way is when the writing point of the writing instrument is dipped into a bottle of ink each time needed. Another way of refilling a writing instrument is when ink is fed or pumped into a reservoir fixedly integrated inside the writing instrument, from a larger recipient like a bottle.
- Other writing instruments (mostly felt, ball or roller typed) comprise a disposable unitary assembly, usually called a refill, including the writing-point and an ink chamber integrated together. When the ink chamber is empty or the ink no more usable / convenient, the whole disposable unitary assembly is separated from the writing instrument and possibly exchanged with another new disposable unitary assembly.
- Another way of refilling a writing instrument is to exchange an older ink cartridge for a new one. Although first introduced in the late 19th century, ink cartridges were not widely used until the advent of plastic ink cartridges in the early 1950s. Today, the most widespread ink cartridges are called "international" cartridges. These ink cartridges are for nib pens and form each a disposable, generally cylindrical, sealed recipient, slightly tapered towards a tip end. Distinctively from refills, the ink cartridges are depraved from a writing point.
- To sum up, disposable unitary assemblies are typically used for ball pens and felt tipped pens. Ink cartridges are only used for ball pens and nib pens.
- Another discriminant difference among writing instruments is whether the writing-point is fed with so called aqueous ink or with solvent based ink. The aqueous ink comprises a water based carrier medium, pigment dispersion or dye and limited quantities of additives e.g. aiming to enhance longevity of ink availability and / or eliminate film formation. Most of the times, water based inks are quite safe for health (if ingested or inhaled) and hardly dangerous for environment.
- Other writing instruments (mostly felt, ball or roller typed) use so called non-aqueous ink, i.e. comprising non water based carrier medium. E.g. for ball pens, the non-aqueous ink is generally a writing fluid with a dynamic viscosity greater than 1000 mPa × s at 23 °C +/- 2 °C. Some solvent based inks may contain chemical products that can be harmful for health and / or deleterious for environment.
- From the prior art documents below, it appears that no felt tipped writing instrument is fed from a standard disposable cartridge of aqueous ink.
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FR2462274 - The document
FR2552703 - The document
GB802504 - The document
GB1039667 - The document
JP2005007740 - The document
US4966480 describes how to wash a tubular nib pen. A washing liquid cartridge removably is positionable in the tubular nib pen and is of the type of a removable ink container. The washing liquid container has an engagement portion at one end that is removably engaged with an inner element of the tubular nib pen and an opening seal adjacent to the engagement portion. When the seal of the cartridge is opened and the cartridge is snugly fitted in position within the tubular nib pen in place of the ink container, the washing liquid washes the ink passage within the writing instrument. - The document
US6276860 describes a liquid applicator. The liquid applicator has a front sleeve in a front barrel, by which a collector is inserted into front sleeve. A pen core forming the writing point is separated from a trunk core and connected to it for ink communication. The trunk core is tightly inserted in a communication passage while its rear end is loosely fitted to communication passage of a cylindrical projection formed on a rear sleeve side of a front barrel so as to create a gap. This collector is retained loosely with respect to an inner peripheral surface of front sleeve so as to allow air communication with the atmosphere. Formed in a central shaft of this collector is a communication passage that opposes and is in communication with communication passage of the cylindrical projection. - The document
WO2002076762 describes a cylindrical nib type pen. The cylindrical nib pen is coupled with an integrated ink-storing cartridge. The cylindrical nib pen comprises an adjusting part coupled to an ink storing part to maintain it in a sealed state, and accommodating a cylindrical, rigid and hollow nib that forms a capillary duct. The hollow nib uses capillary action in accordance with an air balance. A holder secures the hollow nib that can be of various sizes, to an end of the adjusting part. A cap with a ventilation hole is coupled to a case for exposing the holder to outside. Only the whole unitary assembly including the integrated ink-storing cartridge, the hollow nib and the adjusting part together is replaceable. The ink-storing cartridge is not possibly replaceable. - Now, major weak points and drawbacks of the prior art are discussed.
- From the above, appears that there is no available writing system or writing block able to equip any type of writing instrument barrel, e.g. of metal and / or plastic, composed of an acrylic tip working in conjunction with a short ink cartridge of international standard, for water based ink.
- There is no available writing instrument that allows developing a wide range of felt type tip sizes and shapes, while assuming a perfect air/ink exchange to allow the regulation by capillarity of the water based ink output, through a single and simple guide forming an integral stem feeder incorporating a conducting fiber pipe and the writing point, this stem feeder extending from the ink cartridge to the writing point.
- The above shows remaining limits and drawbacks pertaining to feeding assemblies and corresponding felt tipped writing instruments. Also, the use of harmless and environment friendly water based inks with felt tipped pens, would need to be made possible.
- Therefore, a wide demand exits for enhanced felt tipped writing instruments compatible with water ink cartridges, because of their use comfort, clean behavior and variety of writing possibilities.
- At least one of the following improvements would be useful: reduction of items number into the structure, of recurring costs and of manufacturing time. Besides, enhancing the feeding flow of water based ink and writing smoothness performances of felt tipped writing instruments would be useful. Increasing the range variety of felt type tip ends (shape and size) for writing instruments would be also highly beneficial.
- The invention is therefore useful by offering a wide range of feeding assemblies, sizes and shapes of writing points and making felt tipped writing instruments compatible with water based ink from a cartridge, e.g. of the so-called "international standard" type.
- An object of the invention is a feeding assembly for a felt tipped writing instrument as defined by
claim 1. Another object of the invention is a felt tipped writing instrument as defined byclaim 14. Yet another object of the invention is a method of fabricating a felt tipped writing instrument as defined byclaim 15. - In an embodiment, the feeding assembly (1) for a writing instrument of the felt tipped type, comprising at least:
- a writing point, a feeder and a hollow core having a connection for connecting the writing point to an ink container;
- the hollow core having outer attaching means for securing the feeding assembly to a front barrel of the writing instrument ; and
- an ink flow regulator, longitudinally between the attaching means and the connection to the ink container.
- In an embodiment, the writing point is integrated to a stem feeder and forms a frontwards stem end thereof, the ink container being a water based ink cartridge of standard size and a rear end of the hollow core having a cylindrical rearwards projection forming the connection to the ink container with the stem feeder extending axially inside the cylindrical rearwards projection to have a water based ink to flow from the ink cartridge to the writing point frontward extending out of the hollow core, through the stem feeder.
- In an embodiment, the front end of the stem feeder forming the writing point is beveled and slanted with a wide straight contact line; the writing point being a straight line extending on 1 mm to 9 mm millimeters and forming an angle of a less than 10-20 degrees, relatively to radial directions of the feeding assembly.
- In an embodiment, the stem feeder forming the writing point has a uniform transverse diameter perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction.which generally equals to the inner diameter a traversing canal of the hollow core.
- In an embodiment, the front end of the stem feeder forming the writing point is spherical shaped with a wide rounded contact area; the stem feeder having a ring abutment fixedly attached to and around the stem feeder and longitudinally backwards the writing point along a longitudinal direction, the ring abutment being rigidly secured to an outer diameter of the stem feeder at 2-6 mm from a front-most end of the writing point.
- In an embodiment, the front end of the stem feeder forming the writing point is arrow shaped with a thin dot contact area; the stem feeder having a ring abutment fixedly attached to and around the stem feeder longitudinally along a longitudinal direction and rigidly secured to an outer diameter of the stem feeder at 2-8 mm from a front-most end of the writing point.
- In an embodiment, the front end of the stem feeder forming the writing point is tubular shaped with a medium disk contact area; the stem feeder being fixedly attached to a ring abutment with an extension distance that goes frontwards ahead of a front-most surface of the ring abutment.
- In an embodiment, the feeding assembly is adaptable to various types of writing instruments; the front barrel and / or rear barrel chosen among at least one of: metal, plastic, wood, stone, glass; in conjunction with an ink cartridge of international standard.
- In an embodiment, the front end of the stem feeder forming the writing point has a maximal transverse dimension at its front-most end that is chosen among: 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm.
- In an embodiment, the stem feeder is made from capillary fibers grouped and unified by a resin substrate; the capillary fibers of the stem feeder being porous pressed fibers or filaments, wherein the size and shape of the writing point is formed and smoothened.
- In an embodiment, the capillary fibers are made from at least one composition of fibers chosen among: felt, acrylic, polymer, textile, recycled filaments, natural fibers.
- In an embodiment, the resin substrate is made from at least one composition of resin chosen among: acrylic, polymer, poly-acetate, natural resin and wax.
- In an embodiment, the stem feeder including the writing point has a cross section perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction arranged with a series of peripheral resin concentrates each filled with a resin substrate; the regularly spaced apart peripheral resin concentrates (having a transverse section chosen among: round, triangle and rectangular; the stem feeder having a number of peripheral resin concentrates chosen between: 1 to 15.
- In an embodiment, the stem feeder including the writing point has a surrounding envelope that comprises merged capillary fibers and a resin substrate; at an outmost periphery of the surrounding envelope a surface protective layer being cylindrical shaped and peripherally / longitudinally to surround the stem feeder, except at its rear and front ends.
- Another object of the invention is a felt tipped writing instrument. In an embodiment, the writing instrument of the felt tipped type includes a feeding assembly comprising at least: a writing point, a stem feeder and a hollow core for connecting the feeding assembly to an ink container. An ink flow regulator including a cylindrical lengthwise bore being formed inside a front barrel of the writing instrument to leave a narrow air clearance from an inner surface defined by a crenel design defined together by radial disk-shaped shoulders longitudinally spaced apart on the hollow core and by radial round-shaped gaps along the hollow core; and the writing point being integrated to the stem feeder to form the frontwards end thereof; the ink container being a water based ink cartridge and the rear end of the hollow core connecting the feeding assembly to the ink cartridge.
- Yet another object of the invention is a method of fabricating a felt tipped writing instrument. An embodiment of the method provides assembling a writing instrument with a feeding assembly as exposed above. This method comprises:
- a stem feeder plus ring tube abutment longitudinally inserting step;
- a subsequent step of mounting the feeding assembly into the hollow core ;
- a subsequent step of attaching the core plus stem-abutment longitudinally into the front barrel ;
- a subsequent step of receiving via a longitudinally insertion an ink cartridge; and
- optionally, a writing point covering step.
- Presently preferred embodiments of the invention are presented in the following description, with reference to the attached drawings.
- A short description of the drawings now follows.
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Figure 1 is a schematic outer overall view of a felt tipped writing instrument of an example of embodiment of the invention, provided with a closing cap for protecting the semi-spherical shaped felt tip and avoiding spillage of the water based ink. -
Figure 2 is a schematic perspective part split-view of an example of embodiment of the invention, showing the ink cartridge plugged into the feeding assembly, and the ring shaped ink collecting vanes and vanes spacing gaps. -
Figure 3 is a partly longitudinally radially cut-out planar view of an embodiment of feeding assembly for a felt tipped writing instrument with an ink cartridge in phantom lines. -
Figure 4 is a schematic longitudinally radially split planar view showing an example of an method of fabricating a feeding assembly for a felt tipped writing instrument according to the invention, with a stem feeder plus ring tube abutment longitudinally inserted into a feeding assembly hollow core, the core plus stem-abutment being longitudinally inserted into a front barrel of the writing instrument, the later receiving via a longitudinally insertion an ink cartridge. -
Figures 5 to 8 show examples of stem feeder writing points end shapes, the stem feeder end offigure 5 being beveled and slanted with a wide straight contact line, the stem end offigure 6 being spherical shaped with a wide rounded contact area, the stem end offigure 7 being arrow shaped with a thin dot contact area and the stem end offigure 8 being tubular shaped with a medium disk contact area. -
Figure 9 is a schematic outer longitudinally radial planar view showing details of an example of a feeding assembly with a screw molding for secured attachment to a front barrel for a felt tipped writing instrument according to the invention. -
Figure 10 is an overall schematic outer longitudinally radial planar view showing an example of a feeding assembly according to the invention. -
Figure 11 is a perspective partial view of an embodiment of the stem feeder incorporating the writing tip end, this conducting stem being made of acrylic fibers arranged in a lemon slice shape defining a surrounding envelope, radial extensions and an inner envelope, these envelopes and extensions delimiting hollow areas filled with resin. -
Figure 12 is a planar transverse section of an embodiment of the stem feeder similar to the one ofFigure 11 , but showing an example of shapes of the surrounding envelope, radial extensions, and inner envelope, the hollow areas filled with resin and including a central hollow duct. - A detailed description of illustrated embodiments follows. In figure drawings, elements that are similar are given the same reference numerals.
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figures 1-12 show three mutually orthogonal directions X, Y and Z. The directions X, Y and Z together define a referential XYZ. - A reference direction X referred to as being longitudinal corresponds to the length dimension of the writing instruments and components described. Terms such as front or tip / rear or back are relative thereto. The longitudinal direction X is deemed to be either the symmetry center line or included in a symmetry plane of the writing instruments and components.
- Another direction Y, said to be "transverse", corresponds to the thickness or lateral dimension of the structures described. The terms "radius" or "radially" are relative thereto. Another direction Z is referred to as the elevation direction. The direction Z corresponds to another radial / transverse of the structures described.
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figures 1-3 , is shown afeeding assembly 1 according to the invention. The feedingassembly 1 is part of awriting instrument 2. Thewriting instrument 2 is of the felt tipped type and is compatible with anink cartridge 3 which feeds with water based ink the feedingassembly 1. The feedingassembly 1 has a felt tippedwriting point 4. - The
writing instrument 2 comprises afront barrel 5, arear barrel 6 and in the example offigure 1 , aclosing cap 7. - As seen on
figures 3-4 , the plastic ink cartridge is a typicalplastic ink cartridge 3 of the standard format called "international" cartridge. - The
plastic ink cartridge 3 is an originally sealed recipient, intended to be opened for use, which is slightly tapered towards atip end 8. At abottom end 9 is longitudinally opposed to thetip end 8. Before use, theplastic ink cartridge 3 is closed by aradial barrier 10 most of the times integral with aperipheral wall 11 of theplastic ink cartridge 3. At tip end, the plastic ink cartridge has aneck extension 12 of reduced diameter compared to the peripheral wall, integral with it. - A shutting
operculum 13 closes the neck extension. The shuttingoperculum 13 is molded integrally with theneck extension 12 but is detachable from it by tearing of a weak seal (not shown). When severed from theneck extension 12, the shuttingoperculum 13 is displaced inside the generally cylindrical slightly tapered recipient, to let water basedink 14 contained therein to flow outside the plastic ink cartridge towards he feedingassembly 1. - So called "international" plastic ink cartridges as e.g. 3 are approximately 38-40 mm (1.5 inches) long and approximately 6.35 mm (0.25 inches) in diameter water based
ink 14 has a dynamic viscosity far lower than 1000 mPa × s at 23 °C +/- 2 °C, i.e. than most solvent based inks for felt pens. - The feeding
assembly 1 and thewriting instrument 2 have a mutual securing system called attaching means. Onfigure 3 , an example of attaching means include on the feedingassembly 1 anouter screw 15 made by molding and complementary to aninner screw 16 molding of thefront barrel 5. The attaching means (15, 16) allow secure but detachable securing of the feedingassembly 1 to thefront barrel 5 i.e. with thewriting instrument 2. Of course, in other embodiments, the feedingassembly 1 and thewriting instrument 2 are fixedly attached together by other kind of attaching means, e.g. non reversible, gluing, clipping or the like. - Similarly, the
front barrel 5 is rigidly attached to therear barrel 6 by securing means (17, 18) always detachable to allow access to theink cartridge 3. On example offigure 4 , thefront barrel 5 has detachable attaching means in the form of outer fastenings 17, dedicated to cooperate by screwing with complementary screwing ofinner fastenings 18 of the rear barrel 6 (cf.figure 2 ). - As shown on
figures 1 and 2 , theink cartridge 3 is both connected to the feedingassembly 1 and covered by therear barrel 6 when thewriting instrument 2 is ready for use, as shown onfigure 1 . - Also, depending on embodiments the
front barrel 5, therear barrel 6 and theclosing cap 7 are made of various materials and from different production processes, e.g. chosen from molding plastics, molding metals, machined metals, and machined wood. Though, in shown embodiments, thefront barrel 5 is made from molding plastics. - Similarly, the size and shape of the
writing point 4 is formed and smoothened from thestem feeder 19, by at least one operation of: machining, grinding, polishing, molding, and press-forming. - As per
figure 3 , the feedingassembly 1 comprises from its front end to its read end thewriting point 4, astem feeder 19, a ring tube abutment 20 (though being optional in embodiments) and ahollow core 21, rearwardly terminated by a cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22, that forms a connection for the feedingassembly 1 with theink cartridge 3. - The
hollow core 21 has the outer attaching means (15) for securing the feeding assembly to thefront barrel 5. Longitudinally between the attachingmeans 15 and the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22, thehollow core 21 has a major part of an ink flow regulator 36 (described in details below). - The rear end of the
hollow core 21 has the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22, made for connecting the feedingassembly 1 to theneck extension 12 of theink cartridge 3. Thestem feeder 19 extends axially rearwardly inside the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22. The water basedink 14 therefore flows from theink cartridge 3 to thestem feeder 19, via the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22. - Classically, the cylindrical rearwards
projection 22 is having a rearmostsharp end 23, capable of separating the shuttingoperculum 13 from theneck extension 12 of theink cartridge 3, when the later is forced onto the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22. - From
figures 1 to 10 , it appears that according to the invention, thewriting point 4 is integrated to thestem feeder 19 and forms the frontwards end thereof. This means that the invention is depraved form an additional writing point that would be connected to a feeder arrangement. - Besides, with the invention, the
writing point 4 is made from a peculiar and dedicated shaping of the material of thestem feeder 19. Otherway speaking, as visible onfigure 3 for instance, thestem feeder 19 extends from itsintegrated writing point 4 to the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22. -
Figures 5 to 8 show examples of stem feeder writing points end shapes. - The stem end forming the
writing point 4 onfigure 5 is beveled and slanted with a wide straight contact line. Thewriting point 4 is a straight line extending on a few millimeters, that is forming an angle of a few degrees, e.g. less than 10-20°, relatively to the radial directions Y and Z, going from a summit spot (on the right) to a rearmost spot (on the left). To be noticed that thestem feeder 19 is depraved from anyring abutment 20, distinctively from thestem feeders 19 offigures 6-8 . Besides, thestem feeder 19 offigure 5 has a transverse diameter, i.e. perpendicularly to the direction X, which generally equals to the diameter of thering abutments 20 shown onfigures 6-8 . - The stem end forming the
writing point 4 onfigure 6 is spherical shaped with a wide rounded contact area. Thestem feeder 19 offigure 6 has aring abutment 20, fixedly attached to and around thestem feeder 19. Longitudinally along the direction X, thering abutment 20 is rigidly secured to the outer diameter of thestem feeder 19, backwards by a few millimeters, e.g. 2-6 mm, from the front-most end of thewriting point 4. Onfigure 6 , from the front-most end of thering abutment 20 and rearwards from thewriting point 4 per se, the stem feeder is locally conical shaped with its diameter diminishing from thering abutment 20 to thewriting point 4 per se. - The stem end forming the
writing point 4 onfigure 7 is arrow shaped with a thin dot contact area. Thestem feeder 19 offigure 7 also has aring abutment 20, fixedly attached to and around thestem feeder 19. Longitudinally along the direction X, thering abutment 20 is rigidly secured to the outer diameter of thestem feeder 19, a few millimeters, e.g. 2-8 mm, from the front-most end of thewriting point 4. Onfigure 7 , from the front-most end of thering abutment 20 and rearwards from thewriting point 4 per se, thestem feeder 19 is locally cylindrical. - The stem end forming the
writing point 4 onfigure 8 is tubular shaped with a medium disk contact area. Thestem feeder 19 offigure 7 is also fixedly attached to aring abutment 20. The extension distance that goes frontwards ahead of the front-most surface of thering abutment 20 is similar to the one shown onfigure 7 . - From the
figures 5-8 , appears that the invention offers a feeding assembly 1 (also called writing block) that is adaptable to many types ofwriting instruments 2, e.g. with metal or plasticfront barrel 5 and / orrear barrel 6, possibly combined with various shapes, material and sizes of writingpoints 4, in conjunction with a short ink cartridge of international standard. - In embodiments, the maximal transverse dimension of the
writing point 4 at its front-most end is chosen among: 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm. - Notwithstanding the shape and size of the
writing point 4, thestem feeder 19 is made fromcapillary fibers 24 grouped and unified by aresin substrate 25, e.g. synthetic, as illustrated onfigures 11-12 . Usually, thestem feeder 19 is made of porous, pressed fibers. - Depending on the intended type of writing
instrument 2 to be made from a feedingassembly 1 and stemfeeder 19 according to the invention, thecapillary fibers 24 are made from at least one composition of fibers chosen among: felt, acrylic, polymer, textile, recycled filaments, natural fibers. - Depending on the intended type of writing
instrument 2 according to the invention, theresin substrate 25 is made from at least one composition of resin chosen among: acrylic, polymer, natural resin. In embodiments, theresin substrate 25 is a poly-acetate resin. - This feeding
assembly 1 allows developing a wide range of tip diameters and shapes. This is thanks to the insertion and setting inside a winged plastic tube structure, which serves as an air/ink exchange chamber and therefore allows the regulation by capillarity of the water based ink output through e.g. an acrylic cylinder stem feeder from the ink cartridge at one end of the stem, down to the other stem end in contact with the paper. - The
stem feeder 19 is treated beforehand to be able to function in accordance with the water based ink physical characteristics. - Now referring to
figure 11 , an embodiment ofstem feeder 19 that incorporates integrally the writingtip end 4, has a cross section perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction X, arranged with a series of peripheral resin concentrates 26. Each peripheral resin concentrate 26 is filled with theresin substrate 25 and generally depraved fromcapillary fibers 24. - On the
figure 11 , thestem feeder 19 has height (8) peripheral resin concentrates 26, regularly spaced apart one from the others. Onfigures 11 and 12 , the peripheral resin concentrates 26 have each a lemon slice shape. - In other embodiments, the regularly spaced apart peripheral resin concentrates 26 have a transverse section chosen among: round, triangle and rectangular. Depending on embodiments, the
stem feeder 19 of the invention has a number of peripheral resin concentrates 26 chosen between: 1 to 15. - On
figure 11 , the embodiment of thestem feeder 19 includes a surroundingenvelope 27 that comprises mergedcapillary fibers 24 andresin substrate 25. At the outmost periphery of the surroundingenvelope 27 is a surfaceprotective layer 28 of concentrated resin. The surfaceprotective layer 28 is cylindrical shaped and peripherally / longitudinally surround thestem feeder 19, except at its rear and front ends. In embodiments, the resin of the surfaceprotective layer 28 is a wax. - This embodiment of the
stem feeder 19 also includes a series ofradial extensions 29 that comprises mergedcapillary fibers 24 andresin substrate 25. Eachradial extension 29 separates two neighboring peripheral resin concentrates 26 and extends radially and longitudinally within thestem feeder 19. - This embodiment of the
stem feeder 19 further includes aninner envelope 30 of concentrated resin. These envelopes and extensions delimiting hollow areas filled with resin. - The
figure 12 shows in a planar transverse section another embodiment of thestem feeder 19, similar to the one ofFigure 11 , but having centrally in theinner envelope 30, another hollow area filled withresin substrate 25 and forming ahollow duct 31. Thehollow duct 31 of resin extends longitudinally along thestem feeder 19 and has a transverse cross section that is generally circular and that is by the center of thestem feeder 19 and of theenvelope 30. - Now referring to
figures 2 ,9 and 10 in particular, the specific structural and dimensional characteristics of the invention that allows a perfectly constant flux delivery of water based ink to thewriting point 4 is explained. This offers the invention optimized writing / drawing / marking comfort, allied to minimum leaking and evaporating issues in thewriting instrument 2 according to the invention. - The
writing point 4 of thestem feeder 19 is polished to provide a smooth and easy sliding of thewriting instrument 2 with the writing surface (illustrated as 32 onfigure 9 ). - As told above, the
stem feeder 19 is rigidly and definitively secured to thering abutment 20 by crimping / forced setting. This setting is calculated to resist the consistent rearwards forces that are applied to thestem feeder 19 thus having thisstem feeder 19 tightly maintained in a static position relative to thehollow core 21, thefront barrel 5 and therefore thewhole writing instrument 2. - The
stem feeder 19 is inserted in a traversingcanal 33. The traversingcanal 33 shown onfigure 10 comprises a frontenlarged bucket 34 for longitudinal positioning of thering abutment 20 and also for rigid holding of it within thehollow core 21. The traversingcanal 33 extends from one longitudinal end to the opposed longitudinal end of thehollow core 21, making the later opened on both sides.* - The front
enlarged bucket 34 is rearwardly continued by anarrow canal section 35 that extends inside thehollow core 21 to the rearmostsharp end 23 of the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22. - The
narrow canal section 35 extends and opens at the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22, to offer an end-to-end guiding path to the water based ink from thecartridge 3 to thewriting point 4, through thestem feeder 19 that is housed inside the traversingcanal 33. - From embodiment of
figures 2 and10 , longitudinally between the attaching meansouter screw 15 and the cylindrical rearwardsprojection 22, thehollow core 21 has a major part of theink flow regulator 36. Thisink flow regulator 36 includes radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 that are integrally formed from the structure of thehollow core 21. Typically, the radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 come from molding / machining of thehollow core 21. - The radial disk-shaped
shoulders 37 are longitudinally spaced apart one from the other by radial round-shapedgaps 38. Along thehollow core 21, are formed series of radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 alternating and longitudinally distanced by intermediate location of radial round-shapedgaps 38. - Another part of the
ink flow regulator 36 is a cylindrical lengthwise bore 39 formed inside thefront barrel 5. The cylindrical lengthwise bore 39 of theink flow regulator 36 leaves anarrow air clearance 40 having an outer surface of a smooth cylindrical shape defined by thefront barrel 5. - The
narrow air clearance 40 has an inner surface defined by the crenel design defined together by the radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 longitudinally spaced apart by the radial round-shapedgaps 38 along thehollow core 21. The shapes, lengthwise dimension and radial thickness of thenarrow air clearance 40 are calculated to ensure an optimized ink flow regulation for the feedingassembly 1 and thewriting instrument 2 of the invention. - This optimized ink flow regulation is specific for each type of water based ink contained in the
cartridge 3. E.g. the radial dimension of thenarrow air clearance 40 is calculated as a function of fluidic parameters of the water basedink 14, such as its dynamic viscosity. Similarly, the longitudinal dimensions along the direction X and / or the dimensions radial dimensions along the directions Y / Z of the radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 alternating and longitudinally distanced by intermediate location of radial round-shapedgaps 38 are calculated as a function of fluidic parameters of the water basedink 14, such as its dynamic viscosity. - In embodiments of the invention, the
hollow core 21 comprises at least one series of longitudinally spaced apart alternative radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 and radial round-shapedgaps 38. - In the embodiment of
figure 10 , thehollow core 21 comprises two series of longitudinally spaced apart alternative radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 and radial round-shapedgaps 38. The two series of longitudinally spaced apart alternative radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 and radial round-shapedgaps 38 are longitudinally spaced apart by anintermediate partition wall 41 integrated to thehollow core 20 between each series. - Each radial disk-shaped
shoulder 37 has a longitudinal dimension i.e. thickness, comprised between 0.2 mm and 0.8 mm. Each radial round-shapedgaps 38 has a longitudinal dimension i.e. thickness, comprised between 0.3 mm and 0.9 mm. In this embodiment, all the radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 and all the radial round-shapedgaps 38 have respectively the same longitudinal dimension, while the longitudinal dimension of the radial disk-shapedshoulders 37 is smaller than the one of the radial round-shapedgaps 38. - Each radial disk-shaped
shoulder 37 has a radial dimension i.e. extension size, comprised between 0.5 mm and 2 mm, from acentral trunk 42 of thehollow core 21 to thenarrow air clearance 40. - With the above arrangement, the air inlet that is necessary to an optimized ink flow regulation by the means of the
ink flow regulator 36, is thus obtained by the concentric free space defined between thehollow core 21 and the inside surface of thefront barrel 5, with an air feeding junction at a circular core-barrel transition 43 shown onfigures 1-3 and9-10 . - Now the structural characteristics of the feeding
assembly 1 and of thewriting instrument 2 are defined, the inventive method of assembling the feedingassembly 1 with the felt tipped writinginstrument 2 is described, referring tofigure 4 . - As explained before, the
stem feeder 19 is crimped / set into thering abutment 20. The group of thestem feeder 19 with thering abutment 20 is then inserted into the traversingcanal 33 of thehollow core 21. Then the group of thestem feeder 19, thering 20 plus thehollow core 21 is attached to thefront barrel 5, e.g. by screwing them together. Then, anink cartridge 3 is inserted onto thecylindrical projection 22 of the core 21, thus feeding the water based ink through thestem feeder 19 to its front end that forms thewriting point 4 of thewriting instrument 2 obtained by assembling to the above group, therear barrel 6 that covers theink cartridge 3. Should this be needed, then or before attaching therear barrel 6 to thehollow core 21 plusfront barrel 5 group, theclosing cap 7 is mounted on thefront barrel 5 so as to protect thewriting point 4 integral to thestem feeder 19. - This is illustrated on
figure 4 by the steps of the method according to the invention, with astem feeder 19 plusring tube abutment 20 longitudinally inserting step S1, a subsequent step S2 of mounting the feeding assembly 19-20 into thehollow core 21, a subsequent step S3 of attaching the core plus stem-abutment longitudinally into thefront barrel 5, a subsequent step S4 of receiving via a longitudinally insertion anink cartridge 3. The writing point covering step S5 is also shown. - The following table T1 is listing the references signs in the drawings.
Table T1. REF. DESIGNATION X Longitudinal direction Length dimension of instrument Y Transverse direction A radial dimension of instrument Z Elevation direction Another radial dimension A Method of Assembling See figure 4 S1 Longitudinal inserting step S2 Stem-core mounting step S3 Attaching front barrel step S4 Cartridge receiving step S5 Covering step 1 Feeding assembly Part of writing instrument 2 Writing instrument Felt typed tipped 3 ink cartridge e.g. "international standard" 4 writing point Feeding assembly 5 front barrel Writing instrument 6 rear barrel Writing instrument 7 closing cap Writing instrument 8 tip end Cartridge 9 Bottom end Cartridge 10 radial Barrier Cartridge 11 Peripheral wall Cartridge 12 Neck extension Cartridge 13 shutting operculum Cartridge 14 water based ink in cartridge 15 outer screw of attaching means (15, 16) 16 inner screw of attaching means (15, 16) 17 outer fastenings of attaching means (17, 18) 18 inner fastenings of attaching means (17, 18) 19 stem feeder Feeding assembly 20 ring abutment Feeding assembly 21 hollow core Feeding assembly 22 cylindrical rearwards projection Feeding assembly 23 rearmost sharp end Feeding assembly 24 capillary fibers Feeding assembly 25 resin substrate Feeding assembly 26 peripheral resin concentrates Feeding assembly 27 surrounding envelope Feeding assembly 28 surface protective layer Feeding assembly 29 radial extensions Feeding assembly 30 inner envelope Feeding assembly 31 hollow duct Feeding assembly 32 writing surface e.g. paper. 33 traversing canal Feeding assembly 34 front enlarged bucket Feeding assembly 35 narrow canal section Feeding assembly 36 ink flow regulator Writing instrument 37 radial disk-shaped shoulders Feeding assembly 38 radial round-shaped gaps Feeding assembly 39 cylindrical lengthwise bore Writing instrument 40 narrow air clearance Writing instrument 41 intermediate partition wall Feeding assembly 42 central trunk Feeding assembly 43 circular core-barrel transition Writing instrument - The invention may be subjected to variations as to its implementation, e.g. by combining various features of distinct embodiments described herein, said variations not being possibly identified exhaustively.
- The invention offers e.g. a writing system (writing block) able to equip any type of writing instrument, either metal, plastic, wood, stone or glass, composed of an acrylic tip working in conjunction with a short ink cartridge of international standard.
- This system allows developing a wide range of tip diameters and shapes. The invention provides insertion and setting inside a winged plastic tube that serves as an air/ink exchange chamber and therefore allows the regulation by capillarity of the water ink output through the
stem feeder 19 from theink cartridge 3 at one end of the stem, down to another longitudinally opposed stem end in contact with the writingsurface 32, e.g. paper, cardboard or the like. - The
stem feeder 19 is treated beforehand to be able to function in accordance with the water ink physical characteristics. One of these physical characteristics or fluid parameter, is the dynamic viscosity that is fairly lower than 1000 mPa x s at 23°C +/- 2°C, e.g. about 500-800 mPa x s. - Among numerous advantages and useful applications of the invention, comes the possibility to buy a writing instrument first and then to be free of choosing which color of water-based ink it will be fed with. For scholar people this also allows to feed the inventive writing instrument with erasable ink, scriptural markings being thus erasable with the same standard eraser pen than the one used for a fountain pen.
Claims (15)
- Feeding assembly (1) for a writing instrument (2) of the felt tipped type, comprising at least:- a writing point (4), a feeder and a hollow core (21) having a connection for connecting the writing point (4) to an ink container;- the hollow core (21) having outer attaching means for securing the feeding assembly (1) to a front barrel (5) of the writing instrument (2); and- an ink flow regulator (36), longitudinally between the attaching means and the connection to the ink container;characterized in that the writing point (4) is integrated to a stem feeder (19) and forms a frontwards stem end thereof, the ink container being a water based ink cartridge (3) of standard size and a rear end of the hollow core (21) having a cylindrical rearwards projection (22) forming the connection to the ink container (3) with the stem feeder (19) extending axially inside the cylindrical rearwards projection (22) to have a water based ink (14) to flow from the ink cartridge (3) to the writing point (4) frontward extending out of the hollow core (21), through the stem feeder (19).
- Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the frontwards stem end of the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) is beveled and slanted with a wide straight contact line; the writing point (4) being a straight line extending on 1 mm to 9 mm millimeters and forming an angle of a less than 10-20 degrees, relatively to at least one of radial directions (Y, Z) of the feeding assembly (1). - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 2,
characterized in that the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) has a uniform transverse diameter perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction (X); the uniform transverse diameter being generally equal to the inner diameter of a traversing canal (33) of the hollow core (21). - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the front end of the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) is spherical shaped with a wide rounded contact area; the stem feeder (19) having a ring abutment (20) fixedly attached to and around the stem feeder (19) and longitudinally backwards the writing point (4) along a longitudinal direction (X), the ring abutment (20) being rigidly secured to an outer diameter of the stem feeder (19) at 2-6 mm from a front-most end of the writing point (4). - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the front end of the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) is arrow shaped with a thin dot contact area; the stem feeder (19) having a ring abutment (20) fixedly attached to and around the stem feeder (19) longitudinally backwards the writing point (4) along a longitudinal direction (X) and rigidly secured to an outer diameter of the stem feeder (19) at 2-8 mm from a front-most end of the writing point (4). - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the front end of the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) is tubular shaped with a medium disk contact area; the stem feeder (19) being fixedly attached to a ring abutment (20) with an extension distance that goes frontwards ahead of a front-most surface of the ring abutment (20). - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the feeding assembly (1) is adaptable to various types of writing instruments (2); the front barrel (5) and / or rear barrel (6) being chosen among at least one of: metal, plastic, wood, stone, glass; in conjunction with an ink cartridge of international standard. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the front end of the stem feeder (19) forming the writing point (4) has a maximal transverse dimension at its front-most end that is chosen among: 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the stem feeder (19) is made from capillary fibers (24) grouped and unified by a resin substrate (25); the capillary fibers (24) of the stem feeder (19) being porous, pressed fibers or filaments; the size and shape of the writing point (4) being formed and smoothened from the stem feeder (19), by at least one operation of: machining, grinding, polishing, molding, press-forming. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 9,
characterized in that the capillary fibers (24) are made from at least one composition of fibers chosen among: felt, acrylic, polymer, textile, recycled filaments, natural fibers. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 9,
characterized in that the resin substrate (25) is made from at least one composition of resin chosen among: acrylic, polymer, poly-acetate, natural resin and wax. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the stem feeder (19) including the writing point (4) has a cross section perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction (X) arranged with a series of peripheral resin concentrates (26) each filled with a resin substrate (25); the regularly spaced apart peripheral resin concentrates (26) having a transverse section chosen among: round, triangle and rectangular; the stem feeder (19) having a number of peripheral resin concentrates (26) chosen between: 1 to 15. - Feeding assembly (1) of claim 1,
characterized in that the stem feeder (19) including the writing point (4) has a surrounding envelope (27) that comprises merged capillary fibers (24) and a resin substrate (25); at the outmost periphery of the surrounding envelope (27) a surface protective layer (28) being cylindrical shaped and peripherally / longitudinally to surround the stem feeder (19), except at its rear and front ends. - Writing instrument (2) of the felt tipped type, characterized in that the writing instrument (2) includes a feeding assembly (1) comprising at least: a writing point (4), a stem feeder (19) and a hollow core (21) for connecting the feeding assembly (1) to an ink container; an ink flow regulator (36) including a cylindrical lengthwise bore (39) formed inside a front barrel (5) of the writing instrument (2) to leave a narrow air clearance (40) from an inner surface defined by a crenel design defined together by radial disk-shaped shoulders (37) longitudinally spaced apart on the hollow core (21) and by radial round-shaped gaps (38) along the hollow core (21); and the writing point (4) being integrated to the stem feeder (19) to form the frontwards end thereof; the ink container being a water based ink cartridge (3) and the rear end of the hollow core (21) connecting the feeding assembly (1) to the ink cartridge (3).
- Method (A) of assembling a writing instrument (1) with a feeding assembly (1) according to one of claims 1-13,
characterized in that the method (A) comprises: a stem feeder (19) plus ring tube abutment (20) longitudinally inserting step (S1); a subsequent step (S2) of mounting the feeding assembly (19-20) into the hollow core (21), a subsequent step (S3) of attaching the core plus stem-abutment longitudinally into the front barrel (5,) a subsequent step (S4) of receiving via a longitudinally insertion an ink cartridge (3) and optionally a writing point covering step (S5).
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