JP3143929U - Chopstick pen - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a chopstick pen capable of connecting disposable chopsticks or reusable chopsticks.
A pen shaft 10 includes a hollow body 11 in which a pen core 12 can be accommodated. A pen tip 13 having a writing function and a pen bottom 15 are formed at an end corresponding to the pen tip 13. The one-touch joint 20 has a concave groove 22 at its upper end, and can fix any one end of the pen tip 13 or the pen bottom 15 of the pen shaft 10. The bottom end of the one-touch joint 20 has an insertion hole 23 through which chopsticks can be connected with one touch. As a result, it can be used as both a writing instrument and chopsticks.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a pen, and more particularly, to a disposable chopstick or a chopstick pen that can be connected to a reusable chopstick.

  Manufacture of bamboo chopsticks or wood chopsticks requires logging a large amount of trees, and therefore, the forest area on the earth is rapidly decreasing and has a great influence on the global environment and climate. Therefore, spreading energy saving and emission reduction is one of the effective ways to protect the global environment. It's not enough to leave governments and companies to make significant achievements in energy conservation and emission reductions, and even greater results from energy conservation and emission reductions from various small parts of our daily lives. Can be obtained. In other words, the concept that each individual does it himself and starts from a small place is necessary.

Taking disposable chopsticks as an example, disposable chopsticks are convenient and hygienic in their use, but once used, they are not suitable for environmental conservation. In particular, with the rapid increase in the restaurant population, the amount of disposable chopsticks used has increased significantly. As a result, logging of bamboo and trees has greatly increased, making it impossible to ignore the environmental impact.
Further, the disposable chopsticks that are generally used at present are about 17 cm in total length, but the portion that actually comes into contact with food is about 5 cm, and the grip portion is about 12 cm. For this reason, a lot of waste is generated in an invisible place.

  However, even if you understand the above reasoning, the most important thing from the standpoint of eating out is that the more convenient you are, the better. Therefore, it is easy for a person who eats out to wear chopsticks of about 17 cm to be inconvenient and troublesome to carry. However, if you can modify the length of the chopsticks to some extent, you can improve the problem of being inconvenient to carry. For example, the part of chopsticks that is in contact with the actual food is generally about 5cm, and if we modify the original length of about 17cm to about 8cm, the chopsticks are too long and inconvenient to carry. It is possible to improve such a problem.

Furthermore, since the writing instrument is often worn on a daily basis, if these two can be combined into one, it is not only convenient for carrying but also easy to use.
Therefore, how the present invention is to be solved is how to tie chopsticks and writing utensils together and make them convenient to carry and use.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick pen that can be connected to disposable chopsticks or reusable chopsticks with a single touch.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick pen that can be conveniently carried with a writing instrument, with the hollow body in the pen shaft accommodating plastic or metal chopsticks.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick pen that can be easily attached and detached.

In order to achieve the above object, the technology adopted by the present invention is as follows.
The pen shaft has a hollow body and can accommodate a pen core. A pen tip having a writing function and a pen butt are formed at a corresponding end. The one-touch joint has a concave groove at the upper end, and can fix any one end of the pen tip or the pen bottom of the pen shaft, and the bottom end of the one-touch joint can be connected with one touch. Thus, it can be used as a writing instrument and as a chopstick.
According to the chopstick pen of the present invention, the purpose of energy saving and emission reduction is achieved, and the hollow body in the pen shaft can store plastic or metal chopsticks. The chopstick pen of the present invention has a new configuration that can be conveniently carried as a writing instrument.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIGS. 1 to 5 show a chopstick pen according to a first embodiment of the present invention, which includes the following.
The pen shaft 10 is a hollow body 11 inside. The pen shaft 10 accommodates a pen core 12 and is formed with a pen tip 13 having a writing function and a pen bottom 15 at a corresponding end.
The one-touch joint 20 has a concave groove 22 at the upper end thereof, and can fix one end of the pen tip 13 or the pen bottom 15 of the pen shaft 10. The bottom end of the one-touch joint 20 has an insertion hole 23 for the end 31 of the chopsticks 30 that can be connected by one-touch. Thereby, it can be used as a writing instrument and chopsticks.

The pen shaft 10 includes a pen base 15 that is fitted and fixed in the concave groove 22 of the one-touch joint 20, and a pen cap 14 is provided on the pen tip 13.
In response to the above, the one-touch joint 20 of the embodiment of the present invention includes the following.
The joint body 21 has a concave groove 22 at the upper end thereof, and is connected and fixed to the pen bottom 15 of the pen shaft 10, and has an insertion hole 23 with the mouth facing downward at the bottom.

The outer ring cover 25 is provided at a part of the outer peripheral edge of the joint body 21, and the first spring 24 is provided between the inner edge and the recessed surface of the outer peripheral edge of the joint main body 21.
At least one stopper element 27 is provided in the insertion hole 23.
The stopper 28 is fitted into the outer peripheral wall of the insertion hole 23 and is used at the lower end of the outer ring cover 25.

The bottom surface in the insertion hole 23 further has a second spring 29. The free end of the second spring 29 has a spring top 291.
Furthermore, the stopper element 27 has a ball, which is mounted in a mounting hole 26 on the wall surface of the joint body 21. The mounting hole 26 is wide outside and narrow inside, and the ball of the stopper element 27 protrudes from the insertion hole 23 at a portion smaller than ½ of the sphere. Further, the inner edge surface of the outer ring cover 25 has a convex surface 251 that presses the ball of the stopper element 27 corresponding to the outer surface of the mounting hole 26, and the chopsticks 30 in the insertion hole 23 are stopped by the ball of the stopper element 27. . Of the chopsticks 30, the disposable chopstick 30 </ b> A has a positioning portion 32 which is a concave groove into which the ball enters at the position of the ball of the stopper element 27 in the insertion hole 23.

  When eating, the end 31 of the disposable chopsticks 30A is inserted into the pen butt 15 or the one-touch joint 20 of the pen cap 14. Then, the spring top 291 is raised. At this time, the ball of the stopper element 27 of the one-touch joint 20 rolls inward, the disposable chopsticks 30A can be stopped by the positioning portion 32, and the disposable chopsticks 30A can be connected by one-touch positioning. At this time, the outer ring cover 25 receives the force thrust by the first spring 24 and moves downward. Further, the convex surface 251 holds the ball of the stopper element 27, and it has an effect of being fixed and not falling off.

  After using for a meal, the outer ring cover 25 in the one-touch joint 20 is moved upward, and the convex surface 251 is separated from the ball 27. At this time, the ball of the stopper element 27 automatically rolls outward, and at the same time, the disposable chopsticks 30 </ b> A are opened by receiving the reaction force of the second spring 29 and the spring top 291 and separated from the one-touch joint 20 with one touch. After this, the disposable chopsticks 30A can be discarded, and can be returned to a state where it can be used as a general writing instrument. At this time, the spring top 291 returns to the position of the ball of the stopper element 27 to facilitate insertion when the disposable chopstick 30A is used next time.

(Second Embodiment)
The schematic diagram which shows the chopstick pen by 2nd Embodiment of this invention is shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. The pen shaft 10 is fixed to the concave groove 22 of the one-touch joint 20 after the pen cap 14 is provided on the pen tip 13. The pen bottom 15 has a mouth 16. The hollow body 11 is short and houses a reusable chopstick 30B. A lid 17 is provided on the mouth 16. The reusable chopsticks 30B are made of one or a combination of plastic and metal.
When having a meal, the reusable chopsticks 30B can be taken out, assembled to the pen bottom 15 or the one-touch joint 20 of the pen cap 14 with one touch, and used immediately. After the meal is finished, the reusable chopsticks 30 </ b> B can be washed and stored in the hollow body 11 in the pen shaft 10.

Thus, the features of the chopstick pen of the present invention are as follows.
(1) It can be connected to disposable chopsticks or reusable chopsticks with one touch, and has an ecological effect of energy saving and emission reduction.
(2) A general writing instrument and disposable chopsticks or reusable chopsticks are used in combination, which is convenient for carrying and using.

As described above, the posted structure of the present invention has novelty, can surely improve the effect, and has industrial applicability.
However, the figures and explanations pointed out above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those that are generally familiar with this technology are modified or equivalent changes made within the spirit of the present invention. It should be included within the scope of the claims.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a chopstick pen according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the structure of the chopstick pen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the use condition of the chopstick pen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the use condition of the chopstick pen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the use condition of the chopstick pen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the use condition of the chopstick pen by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the use condition of the chopstick pen by 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  10: pen shaft, 11: hollow body, 12: pen core, 13: pen tip, 14: pen cap, 15: pen buttocks, 16: mouth, 17: lid, 20: one-touch joint, 21 joint body, 22: Concave groove, 23: insertion hole, 24: first spring, 25: outer ring cover, 251: convex surface, 26: mounting hole, 27: stopper element, 28: stopper, 29: second spring, 291: spring top, 30: Chopsticks, 30A: Disposable chopsticks, 30B: Reusable chopsticks, 31: End, 32: Positioning unit

Claims (9)

A pen shaft having a pen tip at the other end corresponding to the pen tip and the pen tip, and the inside of the pen shaft is a hollow body;
A pen core housed in the hollow body;
A one-touch joint having an insertion hole for connecting a chopstick to the bottom end by one-touch with a concave groove for fixing one end of the pen tip or the pen butt,
With
A chopstick pen that can be used as both a writing instrument and a chopstick.   2. The chopstick pen according to claim 1, wherein the pen shaft has the pen butt fitted into the concave groove of the one-touch joint, and a pen cap is provided on the pen tip. The one-touch joint is
A joint main body provided with a concave groove for connecting and fixing the pen butt at the upper end, and an insertion hole with the mouth facing downward at the bottom,
An outer ring cover provided on a part of the outer peripheral edge of the joint body, and provided with a first spring between an inner edge and a recessed surface of the outer peripheral edge of the joint body;
At least one stopper element provided in the insertion hole;
A stopper that is fitted into the outer peripheral wall of the insertion hole and used at the lower end of the outer ring cover;
The chopstick pen according to claim 1.   The chopstick pen according to claim 3, wherein the bottom surface in the insertion hole further has a second spring, and the free end of the second spring has a spring top.   The stopper element has a ball, and the ball is mounted inside a mounting hole on the wall surface of the joint body. The mounting hole is wide outside and narrow inside, and the ball is smaller than 1/2 in the insertion hole. A portion protrudes, the inner edge surface of the outer ring cover has a convex surface for pressing the ball corresponding to the outer surface of the mounting hole, and the ball is stopped by a chopstick in the insertion hole. 3. The chopstick pen described in 3.   6. The chopstick pen according to claim 5, wherein the chopstick has a positioning portion at the position of the ball in the insertion hole.   The chopstick pen according to claim 1, wherein the chopstick is configured by one of a disposable chopstick and a reusable chopstick.   The pen shaft is fixed to the concave groove of the one-touch joint after the pen cap is provided on the pen tip, the pen bottom has a mouth, the hollow body stores a chopstick that can be reused shortly, The chopstick pen according to claim 1, further comprising a lid on the mouth.   The chopstick pen according to claim 8, wherein the reusable chopsticks are made of one or a combination of plastic and metal.

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