EP3274189A2 - Pièce de stylo - Google Patents
Pièce de styloInfo
- Publication number
- EP3274189A2 EP3274189A2 EP16713387.5A EP16713387A EP3274189A2 EP 3274189 A2 EP3274189 A2 EP 3274189A2 EP 16713387 A EP16713387 A EP 16713387A EP 3274189 A2 EP3274189 A2 EP 3274189A2
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- pen
- sleeve
- lining element
- stone
- piece according
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- B43K5/005—Pen barrels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
- B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
- B43K7/00—Ball-point pens
- B43K7/005—Pen barrels
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- 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
- B43K8/003—Pen barrels
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a pen piece and may especially apply to the constitution of at least a portion of a pen among a cap and a pen body. It also relates to a method for manufacturing such a pen piece.
- pen a stylo apocope
- pen is understood in the present application as an accessory for writing in the broad sense.
- the invention thus covers in particular ballpoint pens, pen or felt or graphite.
- pens there is a very wide range of pens available on the market. In particular, the prices and qualities of the pens are particularly variable. For the most luxurious pens, they generally include a body at which the writing tip is located and a cap attached to the body so as to close the pen.
- Such pens are generally in the form of a main elongated element geometrically assimilable to a tube for example of plastic or metal material.
- a tip is usually attached to the distal end of this elongate member so as to cap the body of the pen.
- a head is generally reported head at the end of which the writing tip protrudes.
- This assembly is hollow so as to receive all or part of the writing means and in particular a cartridge connected to the writing tip. In the framework of graphite mine, the hollow part can be used to store a plurality of mines.
- a cap may be attached as appropriate and has itself an internal cavity allowing the passage of a body portion of the pen from the writing tip and to protect it.
- tubular design of the pen bodies and caps generally limits the processes usable for their manufacture and the materials employable.
- An object of the present invention is to solve all or part of the disadvantages of the techniques known hitherto.
- a first aspect of embodiments of the invention relates to a pen part comprising a hollow tube having an outer surface and an inner wall defining a cavity.
- the hollow tube comprises a stone sleeve whose outer surface forms at least in part the outer surface of the hollow tube, and a lining member whose outer surface is applied to an inner surface of the sleeve .
- Another aspect of the invention is a pen comprising at least one pen part according to the invention.
- Another aspect of embodiments of the invention relates to a manufacturing method comprising a step of forming the hollow tube, characterized in that the step of forming the hollow tube comprises, preferably successively:
- FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of an example of the invention at a pen body.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a longitudinal section of a pen cap implementing the invention.
- FIG. 3 represents an illustration of an assembly of a pen body and a cap
- the lining element covers the entire inner surface of the sleeve
- the lining element is a hollow cylinder
- the lining element is preferably made of metal, (aluminum, brass, etc.);
- the lining element comprises, at at least one of its ends, an assembly area configured to fix an additional member
- the assembly zone preferably comprises a screw thread
- the sleeve is a hollow cylinder with a thickness of less than 3 millimeters, preferably less than 2.5 millimeters;
- the pen piece forms a pen cap
- the pen piece forms a pen body.
- the machining of the inner surface and / or the outer surface of the block of stone is operated by water jet drilling under pressure, to obtain a sleeve.
- the finishing machining operation of the outer surface of the stone cylinder comprises a polishing phase of the roll, preferably by successive polishing phases using diamond tools
- This piece of pen may for example take the form of a cap as illustrated in Figure 2 under the reference 2 or a pen body such as that illustrated in reference 1 in Figure 1.
- a pen is formed by combining such a body 1 and such a cap 2, although this is not limiting.
- the pen body 1 is in a conventional manner, configured to house writing means which comprise a cartridge 6 disposed in a substantially elongate cavity, for example a substantially cylindrical cavity of the body 1, and a tip writing 7 protruding from the proximal end of the pen body 1.
- writing means which comprise a cartridge 6 disposed in a substantially elongate cavity, for example a substantially cylindrical cavity of the body 1, and a tip writing 7 protruding from the proximal end of the pen body 1.
- the invention does not make any assumptions about the writing technology used.
- the example shown with a tip type ballpoint pen and a cartridge 6 is purely indicative.
- the internal cavity defined in the body 1 and allowing for example the housing of a cartridge 6, an ink tank or mines may be defined at least in part by a hollow tube which in the illustration is in the form of a hollow cylinder portion.
- this hollow tube is advantageously made of a mineral material constituted by stone.
- the invention makes no assumption about the nature of usable stone according to the present invention, but it is obvious that one can vary the visual aspects depending on the type of stone used.
- the sleeve 8 of stone may be a cylinder of circular inner and / or outer section and whose thickness is substantially equal to 2 mm. It can thus be a stone casing at once strong and thin enough not to increase the weight of the pen.
- the lining element 9 it can be made from a cylindrical element of circular inner and / or outer section and / or thickness preferably of less than 1 mm and advantageously less than 0, 5 mm.
- the assembly thus constituted is, as indicated above, coherent and solidary.
- the lining element 9 can be held in contact with the sleeve 8 by a force fit with a slightly tight fit.
- additional securing means may be provided for example by means of a bonding.
- the hollow tube thus formed forms a part that can be used for the manual gripping of a user. This part cooperates with other organs of the body 1 of the pen.
- a tip 3 forms a plug piece at one end of the tube formed by the sleeve 8 and the lining element 9, and this endpiece 3 comprises in the example a non-through cavity.
- internal forming a seat 4 for receiving a spring 5 holding resilient support of the cartridge 6 housed in the body 1 of the pen.
- the tip 3 can be attached to the tube by contact at the inner surface of the lining member 9.
- the assembly can be achieved for example by gluing or by screwing , the tip 3 and the lining element 9 then comprising threaded elements cooperating at this level in the rear assembly zone marked 13 in Figure 1.
- the tube cooperates in the illustrated example with a connector 10 which can itself be secured to the tube via the lining element 9 at a front assembly zone 12 by means of which the lining element 9 and the coupling 10 cooperate as before by screwing or by gluing.
- the invention can be in various external forms and the example illustrated is therefore purely indicative.
- the head 1 1 has an elongated cylindrical shape of outside diameter less than that of the sleeve 8.
- the connector 10 may for example allow to accommodate this difference in diameter and have a conical connecting portion.
- a sleeve 15 is made of stone and cooperates with a lining element 16.
- the descriptive elements given for the embodiment of FIG. 1 with reference to the sleeve 8 and to the lining element 9 may be taken over. the application to the cap.
- the examples given above are reusable as are the choices of materials.
- the sleeve 15 is preferably entirely lined on its inner wall by the lining member 16 which is applied thereto.
- this portion forming a hollow tube cooperates with two other bodies at its ends.
- the tube thus formed is capped by a tip 17 constituting an upper plug at which a clip 18 may be formed in a conventional manner.
- a rear assembly zone 23 allows the joining between the lining element 9 and the cap 17, for example by gluing or by screwing.
- a lower finishing piece can be made in the form of a connector 19 which can itself be secured for example by gluing or screwing at a front assembly area 22 with the liner element 9.
- the connector part 19 has a through hole allowing access to an internal cavity 21 defined by the tube inside the inner surface of the lining element 16.
- the design composite of the tube composed of a stone element and a lining element makes it possible to use relatively high density materials (for example stone) with reasonable thicknesses so as to limit the weight of this part.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of an assembly between a first piece of pen constituted by the body 1 and a second piece of pen constituted by the cap 2.
- the two parts cooperate so as to close the pen and to protect the writing tip 7.
- This cooperation is effected by means of a thread 14 formed on the body 1 at the level of, for example, the connector 10 and cooperating with a tapping 20 made in the connector 19 of the cap 2.
- This method of cooperation is not limiting and other types of assembly can be provided, especially by obstacle without resorting to screwing.
- Figure 4 reveals the general appearance of the pen thus proposed from the outside with two parts 8, 15 formed of mineral material, stone, so as to offer a pen at the same time aesthetic and resistant to scratches. It is understood that the materials used for parts 8 and 15 are not necessarily the same. Several different stones can also be used to form a sleeve. By way of example, usable stones may include lapis lazuli, sodalite, jasper, tiger eye etc.
- the lining element 9 can be made of metallic material which makes it possible to obtain a state of the surface final of the inner surface of the assembly generally of better quality than the surface condition that can be obtained for stone worked at reasonable cost and risk of breakage.
- the internal cavity delimited by the tube formed by the association of the lining element 9 and the sleeve 8 is greater than that which would be obtained with a single stone sleeve.
- an example of a manufacturing method that can be used to produce such a part is given in this context.
- An important step in the manufacture of the pen piece is the realization of the tube formed by the sleeve 8 and the lining element 9.
- This passage can be produced preferably using a high-pressure machining technique (Generally at least 4000 bar) in which a jet of water and abrasive elements is applied to the block to be machined so as to produce accelerated erosion thereof for drilling the block of stone. It is thus possible to produce an interior passage constituting the inner surface of the final sleeve 8.
- the outer surface of the stone block is also preferably machined to form an unfinished outer surface of the sleeve 8, preferably by water jet and abrasive elements as well.
- the lining member 9 is applied to said inner surface.
- the lining element 9 is for example a hollow metal tube, for example brass, advantageously made to measure. This assembly can be performed with a bonding or simply be made by a press fit, the relative dimensions of the passage in the stone block and the cylinder of the lining element being configured to allow a slightly tight fit in this case .
- the outer finishing machining of the sleeve is preferably produced by the use of diamond tools which will be directly applied to the sleeve in rotation, the axis of rotation being provided by the lining element.
- the lining element 9 as a reference element in the machine tool.
- the invention has a stable reference element whose geometric tolerances and surface condition are high to allow cooperation, for example, with a device for fixing a machine.
- machining comprising a centering member around which can be fixed the lining element 9. The outer machining is therefore made in correspondence of the inner surface of the lining element.
- a hollow tube has been obtained in which the sleeve 8 and the lining element 9 cooperate with a suitable surface condition both from the inside and the outside of the tube.
- Subsequent manufacturing steps may include right-angled cuts of the ends of the mineral sleeves to coincide with the dimensions of the liner member 9.
- the presence of screwing elements on the ends of the lining element 9 make it possible to cooperate with other members of the pen part considered, such as those indicated above with reference to the cap pieces 17, connector 19, d tip 3 and connector 10.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR1552585A FR3034042B1 (fr) | 2015-03-27 | 2015-03-27 | Piece de stylo |
PCT/EP2016/056675 WO2016156252A2 (fr) | 2015-03-27 | 2016-03-24 | Pièce de stylo |
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EP3274189A2 true EP3274189A2 (fr) | 2018-01-31 |
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EP16713387.5A Withdrawn EP3274189A2 (fr) | 2015-03-27 | 2016-03-24 | Pièce de stylo |
Country Status (4)
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US (1) | US20180093523A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP3274189A2 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR3034042B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2016156252A2 (fr) |
Family Cites Families (2)
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DE8629277U1 (de) * | 1986-11-03 | 1987-02-12 | Windisch, Walter Wolf, 7750 Konstanz | Handschreibgerät |
DE202008003040U1 (de) * | 2008-03-04 | 2008-05-15 | Eitel, Manfred Armin | Kugelschreiber mit integriertem Audiomodul |
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2015
- 2015-03-27 FR FR1552585A patent/FR3034042B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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2016
- 2016-03-24 US US15/560,655 patent/US20180093523A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2016-03-24 WO PCT/EP2016/056675 patent/WO2016156252A2/fr active Application Filing
- 2016-03-24 EP EP16713387.5A patent/EP3274189A2/fr not_active Withdrawn
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WO2016156252A2 (fr) | 2016-10-06 |
US20180093523A1 (en) | 2018-04-05 |
WO2016156252A3 (fr) | 2016-11-24 |
FR3034042B1 (fr) | 2018-07-13 |
FR3034042A1 (fr) | 2016-09-30 |
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