JP4565894B2 - Liquid applicator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid applicator used as a writing instrument, a correction tool, or a cosmetic tool, in which a coating liquid such as ink or cosmetic liquid is built in the main body container, and the coating liquid flows out from the main body container to the application body side together with writing, The present invention relates to a liquid applicator provided with a valve mechanism for preventing outflow by releasing the writing pressure.

Shokai 57-171684 (Jokko Sho 61-12134) JP-A-6-286386 (Patent No. 3322717) In the writing instrument (applicator) of Patent Document 1, the valve portion opens against the spring of the spring accompanying the writing, and ink (application liquid) flows out, and the writing pressure is reduced. In a state where the valve portion is strongly opened and ink drops easily, it is shown that the valve portion is slidably contacted or brought into contact with the valve seat body to prevent ink from flowing out. However, it is not always stable that the ink in the main body container flows out to the coated body by the writing pressure at the time of writing, and there is a problem that the flow rate is excessive due to a strong writing pressure. By the way, in order to be able to write, it is necessary to conduct ink to the tip of the coated body, but this can greatly retreat the coated body, so the opening of the valve portion is large and the tip of the coated body is large. Ink can be conducted in a short time.

In addition, the writing instrument of Patent Document 2 uses a valve so that the spring pressure of the coil spring is substantially the same as the writing pressure at the time of writing, and an appropriate amount of ink is supplied to the tip side (applying body) to either the valve or the valve body. It is shown that a restricting portion for restricting the valve opening amount with respect to the valve is provided.
However, this can cause the ink in the main body container to flow out to the coated body by the writing pressure at the time of writing, there is no problem that the supply of ink is interrupted during writing, and a certain amount of ink can be stably supplied However, in order to enable writing, it is necessary to conduct ink to the tip of the coated body, and the valve portion is opened. The operation is performed at the time of manufacture or at the start of writing. However, since the valve opening amount suitable for writing is small, there is a problem that it takes time for the ink to pass. Further, since the backward movement of the application body is restricted, there is a possibility that the tip may be crushed or deformed when a strong writing pressure is applied, for example, when the application body is a soft body made of a fiber bundle or the like.

  Further, in the above conventional example, when the performance and quality in accordance with the specification of the applicator are changed, one of the members (usually resin molded products) constituting the valve mechanism section must be changed. Accordingly, it is necessary to change a plurality of types of molding dies and assembly processes, and it is not easy to change, and there is a problem that costs increase.

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention allows the application liquid to flow out and be supplied to the application body with the writing pressure during writing, and easily changes the performance and quality according to the specifications of the applicator. Make it possible.
Further, in order to be able to start writing, it is necessary to keep the ink conducted to the tip of the coated body, but the present invention can cope with a short time.
In addition, it is possible to prevent the tip of the coated body from being crushed or deformed even when a strong writing pressure or impact higher than the writing pressure adapted to writing is applied.
In addition, it is possible to prevent the problem that the application body rotates freely during application, and it is possible to flexibly follow the application direction with an appropriate resistance.

The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above-described problems.
The liquid applicator according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an applicator that can move back and forth, a valve mechanism that is normally closed by a pressing force of a coil spring behind the applicator, and further behind the valve mechanism. A liquid applicator comprising a main body container containing a coating liquid, wherein the valve mechanism includes a valve main body, a valve seat positioned at the front end of the valve main body, and a front end thereof accommodated in the valve main body by a coil spring. A valve stem provided so as to be pressed against and in close contact with the valve seat, the front end of the coil spring is engaged with the outer periphery of the valve stem, and the rear end of the coil spring is connected with the inner periphery of the valve body. provided so as to engage, by writing pressure at the time of writing, applied when the application body against the pressing force of the coil spring is moved rearward, the front end side of the main body container opens the valve mechanism portion The liquid can be supplied to the coated body side and the coated body Coil springs in retracted state becomes a total compressed state, retraction of the applicator is configured to be regulated.

  A liquid applicator according to a second aspect of the present invention is the liquid applicator according to the first aspect, wherein the compressible ridge portions of the coil spring are formed at substantially equal pitches.

  A liquid applicator according to a third aspect of the present invention is the liquid applicator according to the first aspect, wherein the compressible winding portion of the coil spring is compressed to an appropriate opening amount of the valve mechanism portion adapted for writing. -It is formed by the site | part to retreat and the site | part which compresses / retreats by a suitably stronger press than it.

  A liquid applicator according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the liquid applicator according to the first aspect, wherein the ink flow path is formed between the inner hole portion of the liquid applicator and the outer peripheral portion of the application body. In this case, a predetermined length in front of the part where the valve mechanism portion opens and closes and a predetermined length on the side where the application body protrudes from the front end of the liquid applicator is set as a narrow flow path, and an appropriately wide ink holding path is formed between them. It is characterized by that.

The liquid applicator is an applicator used as a writing instrument, a correction tool, or a cosmetic tool.
The coating liquid may be either water-based or oil-based, and the main body container containing the ink may be a part of the main body of the applicator, or a refill that can be replaced behind the valve mechanism. Is also possible. The main body container is closed at the rear end side. Further, when the rear end of the main body container is opened, it is possible to provide a stopper that can move following the rear end of the coating solution. Furthermore, as the coated body, a material in which the coating liquid is derived by capillary action is used for any of the bundles of fiber bundles, the sintered body of fine particles, and the porous molded body.

The liquid applicator of the present invention can flow and supply the coating liquid to the application body by the writing pressure at the time of writing, and can change the opening amount of the valve mechanism section only by changing the total compression dimension of the coil spring. Therefore, it is possible to easily change the performance and quality according to the specifications of the applicator.
In addition, in order to be able to start writing, it is necessary to keep the ink conducted to the tip of the coated body, but the coil spring is compressed and retracted to the appropriate opening amount of the valve mechanism part adapted for writing, and from that By providing a portion that is compressed and retracted by an appropriately strong press, it is possible to cope with a short time by a strong press at the front end of the application body.
Furthermore, when a strong writing pressure that is higher than the writing pressure adapted to writing is applied, the coil spring can be further compressed and retracted to prevent the tip of the coated body from being crushed or deformed. It becomes.
Further, it is possible to prevent the problem that the application body rotates freely during application, and it is possible to flexibly follow the application direction with an appropriate resistance.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the liquid applicator of the present invention.
First, in FIG. 1, the coating liquid 9 contained in the main body container 1 is supplied to the coating body 7 through the valve mechanism unit 3, and the coating liquid 9 is conducted to the coating body 7 by capillary action and written (coating). A possible liquid applicator is shown.
In the present invention, the liquid applicator is a sign pen for writing aqueous or oil-based ink on the surface to be coated, a writing instrument such as a marker, or a white correction liquid is applied to the surface to be coated such as paper to correct typographical errors. For example, a correction tool or a cosmetic applicator using a fluid such as a cosmetic as a coating liquid is shown.
Moreover, although the main body container in which the coating liquid is incorporated is shown as a part of the applicator main body, it can also be mounted as a replaceable refill behind the valve mechanism. The main container is closed at the rear end, but the rear end of the main container is provided with a plug such as a grease-like or gel-like follower or silicone rubber that can move following the application liquid. It is also possible to make the end open.
Furthermore, as the coated body, a material in which the coating liquid is derived by capillary action is used for all of the bundles of fiber bundles, the sintered body of fine particles, and the porous molded body.

  2 and 3, when the front end of the application body 7 is pressed against the paper surface and the application body is pushed backward, the valve portion of the valve mechanism section 3 is opened and the application liquid 9 flows out to the application body side. Alternatively, a structure is shown in which the valve portion of the valve mechanism unit 3 is closed when the application body 7 is released from being pressed and the application liquid 9 is prevented from flowing out to the application body side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front shaft 2 is integrally provided with a valve body 3a behind the shaft portion 2a, and the side surface of the valve body 3a is hung from the front end to the rear end of the valve body at a required position. A window 3c is formed, and a wall 3b having a hole at the center is formed at the rear end. The coating liquid 9 can flow into the valve body 3a from the rear end or side surface of the valve body 3a through the window 3c.

On the other hand, the valve stem 4 is formed in a shaft shape, and a shaft portion 4a is formed in the rear via the step portion 4d, and a cylindrical holding portion 4b having a slightly larger diameter is formed in the front, and a hole portion of the holding portion 4b is formed. The rear end portion of the application body 7 is fixed to 4c. Further, the application body 7 has a shaft shape, a rear portion 7b is formed at the rear via a stepped portion 7c, and a front portion 7a having an appropriately large diameter is formed at the front, and a tip suitable for writing is provided at the front end of the front portion 7a. The part is formed.
The application body 7 is made of a material in which the application liquid is derived by capillary action, such as a bundle of fiber bundles as described above, a sintered body of fine particles, and a porous molded body.

The valve stem 4 is inserted into the inner hole of the valve main body 3a from the front of the front shaft 2, and the rear end of the shaft portion 4a of the valve stem appropriately protrudes from the center hole of the wall 3b formed at the rear end of the valve main body. . At that time, a coil spring 8 is laid between the inner surface side of the wall 3b and the step 4d of the valve stem. Next, a ring-shaped valve seat 6 made of an elastic material such as silicone rubber is mounted with the rear end in contact with the inner step portion 2b of the front shaft 2, and the inner peripheral portion of the front shaft of the outer peripheral portion of the valve seat Is made liquid-tight. Further, the front end 2 of the front shaft 2 is fixed to the front shaft inner hole by elastically engaging the concave and convex engaging portions provided in the crimping and mutual pipes. It is fixed in a state of being constricted at the step portion 7c of the front shaft and the rear end portion of the lip portion 5. The rear portion 7b of the application body 7 is mounted in the inner hole 4c of the holding portion at the front end of the valve rod 4, and the valve rod 4 moves back and forth in conjunction with the back-and-forth movement of the application body 7. Further, the front end of the valve rod 4 comes into close contact with the rear end surface of the valve seat 6 by the forward biasing force of the coil spring 8. Further, the front end surface of the window portion 3c is provided so as to be located on substantially the same plane as the rear end surface of the valve seat 6.
By the way, the valve mechanism part 3 is comprised by the valve main body 3a, the valve rod 4, the coil spring 8, and the valve seat 6. FIG. Further, the opening amount of the valve mechanism is defined by the gap between the front end of the valve stem 4 and the rear end of the valve seat 6.
The liquid applicator of the present invention is configured by fixing the shaft portion 2a of the front shaft 2 in a liquid-tight manner to the front end hole of the main body container 1 in which the coating liquid 9 is contained. The assembly order described above is not limited.

(Function)
As for the coil spring 8, the winding part is fundamentally formed by equal pitch, and the end winding part which is not compressed is formed in both ends as needed. Moreover, in order to prevent the entanglement of the spring, an end turn part may be provided at a key part of the intermediate part.
The front end of the application body 7 is pressed against the paper surface or the like with a writing pressure to write or apply characters, so that the application body 7 moves backward against the urging force of the coil spring 8, and the front end of the valve stem 4 The coating liquid 9 is supplied to the application body 7 side through the opening A defined by the gap between the rear end of the valve seat 6.
At that time, the coil spring 8 is fully compressed in a state where the application body 7 is appropriately retracted, and the application body 7 is prevented from retracting. (Refer to Fig. 3) Although the appropriate value varies depending on the ink characteristics and the specifications of the applicator, the opening amount of the normal valve mechanism is about 0.5 mm, avoiding the problem of the conventional application liquid dropping off. The Further, since the front end surface of the window portion 3c is provided so as to be substantially flush with the rear end surface of the valve seat 6, ink can be conducted to the tip of the application body in a short time when writing is started. Become. When the opening amount of the valve mechanism is small, it is desirable not to provide a narrow ink flow path in front of the opening, particularly when pseudoplasticity is imparted to the ink.
In addition, since the opening amount of the valve mechanism can be changed simply by changing the total compression dimension of the coil spring, the performance and quality in accordance with the specifications of the applicator can be easily changed.

4 to 7 show a second embodiment of the liquid applicator of the present invention.
Since most of the configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, differences will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 5, a coil spring 11 is laid between the inner surface of the wall 3 b at the rear end of the valve body 3 a and the step 4 d of the valve stem 4.
The winding portion of the coil spring 11 has a first winding portion 11a in which the pitch to be compressed / retracted to the appropriate opening amount of the valve mechanism portion adapted for writing is set small and the pitch to be compressed / retracted by an appropriately stronger press. It is formed by the second winding portion 11b set to be large. In addition, the first and second ridge portions 11a and 11b are not necessarily limited to the illustrated form, and the positions may be interchanged, and either one may be located at the center in the longitudinal direction. It can be changed depending on the design. Moreover, the end winding part which is not compressed is formed in both ends as needed.

(Function)
The application body 7 moves backward against the urging force of the first winding part 11a of the coil spring 11 by pressing the front end of the application body 7 against the paper surface or the like with writing pressure, writing or applying characters. The coating liquid 9 is supplied to the application body 7 side through the opening B defined by the gap between the front end of the valve stem 4 and the rear end of the valve seat 6. At that time, the first ridge portion 11a is fully compressed with the applicator 7 retracted appropriately, and the applicator 7 is prevented from retracting with a pressure appropriately stronger than the writing pressure, and an appropriate opening amount of the valve mechanism is ensured. Thus, an appropriate amount of coating solution is supplied to the coated body. In addition, the problem of the coating liquid dropping off is also avoided. (Refer to FIG. 6) In this state, the second winding portion 11b is not substantially compressed. From this state, when the applied body 7 is moved backward by a stronger pressure, the second ridge portion 11b is fully compressed to form a large opening C. (See Figure 7)
Therefore, in order to be able to start writing, it is necessary to conduct ink to the tip of the application body. However, since the opening amount of the valve mechanism portion increases, the application liquid can be conducted to the application body in a short time. It becomes possible. Furthermore, when a strong writing pressure higher than the writing pressure is applied, the coil spring is further compressed and retracted, so that the tip of the application body is crushed or deformed as if the application body was forcibly prevented from retreating. There is no fear of it.

FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the liquid applicator of the present invention.
Since most of the configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, differences will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 8, the liquid applicator is provided with a flange portion at the front and rear ends of the coil spring 13, and the inner peripheral portion of the front flange portion is closely attached to the outer peripheral portion 4 e of the valve stem 4. The back end side seating portion is provided in close contact with the inner peripheral portion 3d at the rear end of the valve body 3.
In addition, an ink passage 5a formed by the inner hole of the liquid applicator, that is, the inner hole of the valve seat 6 and the outer peripheral part of the applicator 12, and a groove provided in a required portion of the inner hole of the lip 5 In the rear ink flow path 5b and the front ink flow path 5c formed between the outer peripheral part of the application body 12, the ink flow path 5a and the ink flow path 5b in front of the part where the valve mechanism part opens and closes. And a predetermined length of the ink flow path 5c formed between the groove of the tip portion 5 on the side where the application body 12 protrudes from the front end of the liquid applicator and the front portion 12a of the application body is defined as a narrow flow path. In the middle, an ink holding path 14 having a wide width is formed by thinning the shaft diameter of the coated body.

(Function)
The front end of the application body 12 is pressed against the paper surface or the like with writing pressure, and the application body 12 moves backward against the urging force of the coil spring 13 by writing or applying characters. The coating liquid is supplied to the coating body through an opening defined by a gap between the rear end of the valve seat 6.
At that time, the coil spring 13 is fully compressed in a state where the applying body 12 is appropriately retracted, the retracting of the applying body 12 is prevented, and an appropriate amount of coating liquid is supplied to the applying body.
As described above, the liquid applicator is provided with the flange portion at the front and rear ends of the coil spring 13, the inner peripheral portion of the front flange portion is in close contact with the outer peripheral portion 4 e of the valve rod 4, and the valve body 3. Since the back end side seating portion is provided in close contact with the inner peripheral portion 3d of the rear end, and the application body 12 is fixed to the valve stem 4, the application body 12 is appropriately disposed with respect to the valve body 3a. Rotation is prevented by a high frictional resistance. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a problem that the application body 12 rotates freely during application, and it is possible to flexibly follow the application direction with an appropriate resistance, and the usability is improved. Further, as described above, the predetermined lengths of the ink flow path 5a and the ink flow path 5b in front of the part where the valve mechanism part opens and closes, the groove of the mouth part 5 on the side where the application body 12 protrudes from the front end of the liquid applicator, and the application body A predetermined length of the ink flow path 5c formed between the front part 12a and the front part 12a is a narrow flow path. Even if the opening amount of the mechanism part is small, the ink retained in the ink retaining part 14 quickly penetrates into the application body 12, so that the application liquid can be applied in a relatively short time when the writing is not performed for an initial writing or for a long time. It is possible to conduct. In addition, it is possible to prevent ink dropping by setting a narrow ink flow path before and after the wide ink holding path, and to make the ink more stable by giving weak pseudoplasticity to the ink. Is possible.

(About other embodiments)
In the above-described embodiment, the valve main body 3a is integrally formed behind the front shaft 2. However, the valve main body 3a can be provided so as to be joined to each other. At that time, the tip portion 5 can be integrated with the tip shaft.
In addition, an elastic member such as silicone rubber is selected as the valve seat 6, but it goes without saying that other elastic bodies or resin members may be used. Further, the close contact surface between the valve stem front end and the valve seat rear end can be tapered.
Further, the rear end portion of the application body 7 is fixed to the hole 4c at the front end of the valve stem 4, but the application body and the valve stem are interlocked by bringing the rear end of the application body into contact with the front end of the valve stem. It is also possible to provide it.
In the second embodiment, the coil spring 11 includes a weak first spring adapted to the writing pressure and a strong second spring arranged in series, and if necessary, a seat member is provided between the contact surfaces. Can also be achieved.
In addition, by providing the front end of the coil spring to be engaged with the outer periphery of the valve stem and the rear end of the coil spring being engaged with the inner periphery of the valve body, the application body can be used freely during application. It is possible to prevent the problem of rotating and to follow the application direction flexibly with an appropriate resistance. That is, it is possible to form a protrusion, a deformed portion, a hook, or the like at both ends of the coil spring and frictionally engage the valve stem or the valve body. Further, even when locked in a fixed state, it is possible to follow the application direction by giving an appropriate resistance by the elasticity in the rotation direction of the coil spring.
Further, in the ink flow path formed between the inner hole portion of the liquid applicator and the outer peripheral portion of the applicator, the predetermined length in front of the site where the valve mechanism portion opens and closes and the applicator from the front end of the liquid applicator. The means for forming a narrow flow path with a predetermined length on the protruding side and forming a suitably wide ink holding path in the middle thereof is not limited to the above-described embodiment. That is, the narrow ink channel and the wide ink channel can be set not only by adjusting the thickness of the coated body but also by changing the width and depth of the groove provided in the inner hole of the tip. . Furthermore, the grooves can be provided in a zigzag shape, a spiral shape, or the like along the inner hole. In addition to providing a wide ink flow path in the middle of the front and rear narrow ink flow paths, if necessary, a narrow ink flow path can be provided at the key points of the wide ink flow path to ensure rapid ink conduction. Balances the safety of preventing ink dropout. Also, it is set in consideration of ink characteristics and the like.

It is a longitudinal section showing the whole liquid applicator which is a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front-end part of the liquid applicator which is 1st Embodiment, and has shown the state which the valve mechanism part closed. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front-end part of the liquid applicator which is 1st Embodiment, and has shown the state which the application body was pressed and the valve mechanism part opened. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the whole liquid applicator which is the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front end part of the liquid applicator which is 2nd Embodiment, and has shown the state which the valve mechanism part closed. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front-end part of the liquid applicator which is 2nd Embodiment, and has shown the state which the application body was pressed by the writing pressure and the valve mechanism part opened suitably. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front end part of the liquid applicator which is 2nd Embodiment, and has shown the state which the application body was pressed strongly and the valve mechanism part opened largely. It is sectional drawing which shows the writing front end part of the liquid applicator which is 3rd Embodiment, and has shown the state which the valve mechanism part closed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body container 2 Lead shaft 2a Shaft part 2b Inner step part 3 Valve mechanism part 3a Valve main body 3b Wall part 3c Window part 3d Inner peripheral part 4 Valve rod 4a Shaft part 4b Holding part 4c Hole part 4d Step part 4e Outer peripheral part 5 Tip Part 5a Ink flow path 5b Ink flow path 5c Ink flow path 6 Valve seat 7 Application body 7a Front part 7b Rear part 7c Step part 8 Coil spring 9 Coating liquid 10 Tail plug 11 Coil spring 11a 1st winding part 11b 2nd winding Part 12 Application body 12a Tip part 13 Coil spring 14 Ink retention path A Opening part B Opening part C Opening part

Claims (4)

Liquid applicator comprising an applicator that can be moved back and forth, a valve mechanism that is normally closed by a pressing force of a coil spring behind the applicator, and a main body container that contains the application liquid behind the valve mechanism Because
The valve main body and the valve seat located at the front end of the valve main body, and the valve rod housed in the valve main body and provided so that the front end is pressed and in close contact with the valve seat by the coil spring, The front end is engaged with the outer periphery of the valve stem, and the rear end of the coil spring is engaged with the inner periphery of the valve body. The writing pressure during writing resists the pressing force of the coil spring. When the application body moves to the rear side, the valve mechanism is opened, and the application liquid can be supplied from the front end side of the main body container to the application body side. A liquid applicator characterized in that the applicator is configured to be in a fully compressed state so that retreat of the applicator is restricted. The liquid applicator according to claim 1, wherein the compressible winding portions of the coil spring are formed at substantially equal pitches. The compressible winding portion of the coil spring is formed by a portion that is compressed / retracted to an appropriate opening amount of a valve mechanism portion adapted for writing, and a portion that is compressed / retracted by a force stronger than that. Item 2. A liquid applicator according to Item 1. In the ink flow path formed between the inner hole of the liquid applicator and the outer periphery of the applicator, the predetermined length in front of the site where the valve mechanism opens and closes and the applicator projects from the front end of the liquid applicator. The liquid applicator according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined length on the side is a narrow flow path, and an appropriately wide ink holding path is formed in the middle thereof.

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