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US3203403A
US3203403A US249002A US24900263A US3203403A US 3203403 A US3203403 A US 3203403A US 249002 A US249002 A US 249002A US 24900263 A US24900263 A US 24900263A US 3203403 A US3203403 A US 3203403A
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Yanagita Seikichi
Ishida Hajime
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    • 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
    • B43K5/16—Pens with ink reservoirs in holders, e.g. fountain-pens with retractable nibs
    • B43K5/17—Pens with ink reservoirs in holders, e.g. fountain-pens with retractable nibs with closing means

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  • This invention relates to ink-storing writing instruments commonly known as fountain pens, and more particularly to a new fountain pen of the capless type.
  • fountain pens of conventional type have heretofore required caps for protecting the pen nib (or pen point), preventing drying of ink by evaporation from parts around the pen nib, and preventing the ink from soiling outside objects such as clothing.
  • Such conventional fountain pens have had the disadvantage of requiring, at the time of use, the removal of the caps to expose the pen nib and, upon completion of use, the fitting of the caps again onto the barrels.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view, in longitudinal section, showing a preferred embodiment of the fountain pen of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevational view showing the writing end (left end as viewed in FIG. 1) of the fountain pen shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3. is a cross sectional view taken along the line IIIIII of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is an elevational view, in longitudinal section, showing a front barrel in which a guide cylinder is fixed;
  • FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along the line VIVI of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a side elevational view showing a shutter blade
  • FIG. 8 is an end elevational view of the left end of the shutter blade shown in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a side elevational view, with a portion deleted, showing a rotating cylinder
  • FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the rotating cylinder of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fixed cylinder
  • FIG. 12 is a cross sectional view taken along the line XIIXII of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 13 is a side elevational view, of a movable writing unit consisting of an integral assembly of a nib, a feed stem, a sleeve, and an ink reservoir;
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are side elevational views, partly in longitudinal section, for a description of the operation of the fountain pen of this invention.
  • FIG. 16 is a side elevational view, in longitudinal section, of a front barrel in which a guide cylinder provided with a cover is fixed, and which illustrates another embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 17 is a cross sectional view taken along the line XVII-XVII of FIG. 16;
  • FIG. 18 is a side elevational view, in longitudinal section, showing the principal parts of a movable writing unit in the case wherein a protruding pin is fixed to the nib;
  • FIG. 19 is a side elevational view, in longitudinal sec tion, showing the principal parts of a movable writing unit in the case wherein a protruding pin is fixed to a nib feed cover;
  • FIG. 20 is a side elevational view, in longitudinal section, showing the principal parts of a movable writing unit in the case wherein a protruding pin is fixed to one end of the ink cylinder.
  • the external structure of the fountain pen of this invention consists of a front barrel 1 and a rear barrel 16.
  • the front barrel 1 is provided at its front end with an aperture 2 and contains, at its front end, a guide cylinder 6 fitted against its inner wall and a fixed cylinder 3 which ha a longitudinal guide slot 4 at its lower part and a front end part 5 which is fitted into the near end part 7 of the said guide cylinder 6.
  • a guide groove 8 is formed at the lower part by the front barrel 1 and the guide cylinder 6.
  • a flexible shutter blade 9 which has a pin 9a at its rear end, and which, by means of its front end 10, opens or shuts the aperture 2 of the front barrel 1.
  • a rotating cylinder 11 is fitted in a freely rotatable manner in close contact with the inner wall of the front barrel 1, to the rear of the guide cylinder 6, and encompassing the fixed cylinder 3.
  • This rotating cylinder 11 is provided with a front cam slot 12, a rear cam slot 13, and a short slot 14 communicating with the slots 12 and 13.
  • the front cam slot 12 has the function of actuating the shutter blade 9
  • the rear cam slot 13 has the function of actuating a movable writing unit which comprises a nib 24, a feed stem 18, a sleeve 25, and an ink reservoir 26 and moves longitudinally along the interior of the holder barrel.
  • the rotating cylinder 11 is fitted rotatably between the inner wall of the front barrel 1 and the outer surface of the fixed cylinder 3, and the rear end 15 of this rotating cylinder 11 is fitted into the inner wall of the open end 17 of the freely rotatable, rear barrel 16.
  • a key 1711, which is fixed to the inner wall of the open end 17 of the rear barrel 16 is fitted in and engaged with the short slot 14 of the rotating cylinder 11, whereby the rotating cylinder 11 is caused by the rotation of the rear barrel 16 to rotate in the same direction.
  • the store-mentioned feed stem 18 is provided on its outer periphery with several capillary cells 19 for retaining overflowing ink tending to drip and with an ink feed slit 20 and an air slot 21 in its longitudinal direction.
  • the sleeve 25 is fitted into the open end 27 of the cylindrical ink reservoir 26 for storing ink therein.
  • the rear end 28 of the ink reservoir 26 is constantly pressed toward the front end of the pen by a coil spring 31 retained at its rear end by a rear screw-cap 30 which is secured by threads to the rear end 29 of the rear barrel 16.
  • the pin 9a of the shutter blade 9 is at one end 12a of the front cam slot 12 of the rotating cylinder 11 and, at the same time, is extending into the guide slot 4 of the fixed cylinder 3. Furthermore, the front end of the shutter blade 9 is in its position of closure of the aperture 2 of the front barrel 1, and the pin a of the sleeve 25 is extending through the guide slot 4 of the fixed cylinder 3 and, at the same time, is at one end 13a of the rear cam slot 13 of the rotating cylinder 11.
  • the fountain pen of the present invention of the above described construction is operated in the following manner.
  • the rear barrel 16 is manually rotated axially in the direction indicated by the arrow (A) in FIG. 1 relative to the front barrel 1, whereupon the rotating cylinder 11 is caused by the key 17a fixed to the inner wall of the open end 17 of the rear barrel 16 to rotate integrally with this rear barrel 16, and since the pin 25a of the sleeve 25 is engaged with the rear cam slot 13 of the rotating cylinder 11, the pin 25a is caused by this rear cam slot 13 to move simultaneously in a straight line longitudinally along the guide slot 4 of the fixed cylinder 3 toward the aperture 2. Consequently, the movable writing unit also moves in a straight line in the same direction.
  • the pin 9a of the shutter blade 9 Since the pin 2a of the shutter blade 9 is engaged with the front cam slot 12 of the rotating cylinder 11, the pin 9a is caused by this front cam slot 12 to move, simultaneously with the shifting movement of the movable Writing unit, along the guide slot 4 of the fixed cylinder 3 toward the interior of the pen, that is, in the direction away from the aperture 2, whereby the shutter blade 9 to which this pin 9a is fixed is caused to move rearwardly in a straight line in the longitudinal direction.
  • the rear barrel 16 is manually rotated in the direction opposite that indicated by arrow (A) in FIG. 1 relative to the front barrel 1, whereupon the rotating cylinder 11 also rotates integrally therewith, and the pin 25a of the sleeve 25 is caused by the rear cam slot 13 of the rotating cylinder 11 to shift longitudinally in a straight line along the guide slot 4 of the fixed cylinder 3 toward the interior of the front barrel 1.
  • the nib 24 is retracted through the aperture 2 into the front barrel 1, and, simultaneously, the pin 9a is caused by the front cam slot 12 to move longitudinally in a straight line along the guide slot 4, and when it reaches the end 12a of the slot 12, the front end 10 of the shutter blade 9 moving integrally with the pin 9a closes the aperture 2.
  • the pin 25a of the sleeve 25 reaches the end 13a of the rear cam slot 13, and the straight-line movement of the movable writing unit stops. Accordingly, the nib 24 also stops in a state in which it is fully housed within the front barrel 1.
  • FIG. 16 While in the above-described embodiment, a construction wherein a guide cylinder 6 is fitted into and against the inner wall of the front barrel is indicated, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such a construction as indicated in FIG. 16 is also within the purview and scope of the present invention. That is, in the case of the arrangement shown in FIG. 16, a cover 1:: is further introduced and fitted in between the front barrel 1 and the guide cylinder 6', and the shutter blade 9' is inserted in a freely slidable manner in a guide groove 8' formed between the guide cylinder 6' and the cover 10.
  • the pin 25a is provided on the sleeve 25', the point at which this pin 25a is fixed need not be so limited, it being possible to use any suitable point on the movable writing unit which moves longitudinally in a straight line together with the rotation of the rotating cylinder 11'.
  • the pin 25a" can, of course, be fixed to such a point as the nib 24", a feed stem cover 18a, or the front end of the ink reservoir 26 as indicated, respectively, in FIGS. 18, 19, and 20.
  • the present invention provides a fountain pen which achieves all of the principal objects of the invention stated hereinbefore. That is, the invention provides a new and original fountain pen which does not require a cap and, moreover, has a greatly simplified operation for preparing the fountain pen for use, and which, furthermore, has an esthetically pleasant and functional design.
  • a barrel having an aperture at its front end through which a writing component located within the barrel is adapted to project when the pen is to be used, and means for closing and opening said aperture, such means including a guide cylinder fixed within said barrel adjacent the front end, means defining an axially extending groove between said guide cylinder and barrel leading to said aperture, a shutter blade mounted in said groove for straight line sliding movement toward and away from said aperture for closing and opening said aperture, a rotatable cylinder within said barrel rearward of said guide cylinder and having a helical cam slot therein, and a pin on said shutter blade positioned in said cam slot so that upon rotation of said rotatable cylinder in one direction the helical cam slot and pin coact to slide said shutter blade axially to close the aperture and upon rotation in the opposite direction slide the shutter blade in the other direction to open the aperture.
  • a barrel having an aperture at its front end through which a writing component located within the barrel is adapted to project when the pen is to be used, and means for closing and opening said aperture, such means including a cover mounted within said barrel adjacent the front end, a guide cylinder fixed within said cover, complemental means on said cover and guide cylinder defining an axially extending groove leading to said aperture, a shutter blade mounted in said groove for straight line sliding movement toward and away from said aperture for closing and opening said aperture, a rotatable cylinder within said barrel rearward of said cover and guide cylinder and having a helical cam slot therein, and a pin on said shutter blade positioned in said helical cam slot so that upon rotation of said rotatable cylinder in one direction the helical cam slot and pin coact to slide said shutter blade axially to close the aperture and upon rotation in the opposite direction slide the shutter blade in the other direction to open the aperture.
  • a fountain pen comprising a front barrel having a front end and a rear barrel rotatable relative to each other, said front barrel having an aperture at said front end through which a writing component located at least within said front barrel is adapted to project when the pen is to be used, and means for closing and opening said aperture, such means including a guide cylinder fixed within said front barrel adjacent the front end, means defining an axially extending groove between said guide cylinder and front barrel leading to said aperture, a flexible shutter blade mounted in said groove for straight line sliding movement toward and away from said aperture for closing and opening said aperture, a rotatable cylinder within said front barrel rearward of said guide cylinder and having a helical cam slot therein, a pin on said shutter blade positioned in said cam slot, and means keying said rotatable cylinder to said rear barrel whereby relative rotation between said barrels in one direction rotates said rotatable cylinder so that the helical cam slot and pin coact to slide said shutter blade axially to close the aperture and upon rotation in the opposite direction slide the
  • a fountain pen comprising a front barrel having a forward end and a rear barrel, the forward end of the front barrel having an aperture, a guide cylinder fitted in the interior of said front barrel, a cylinder provided with a linear slot and fixed to said guide cylinder, means defining an axially extending groove between said guide cylinder and front barrel leading to said aperture, a shutter blade slidably mounted in said groove, a pin at one end of said shutter blade, a rotating cylinder positioned between said fixed cylinder and the interior of said front barrel, said rotating cylinder being provided with front and rear helical cam slots closed at opposite ends, said pin of said shutter blade being engaged with the linear slot of said fixed cylinder and said front helical cam slot, a movable writing unit within said front barrel, a pin secured to said writing unit and engaged with said linear slot of said fixed cylinder and said rear helical cam slot, means rotatably supporting said rear barrel relative to said front barrel, and means connecting the rotating cylinder to the rear barrel so that with the pin of said shutter blade at one end
  • a fountain pen comprising a front barrel having a forward end and a rear barrel, the forward end of the front barrel having an aperture, a guide cylinder, a cover fitted about said cylinder and retained within the interior of said front barrel, a cylinder provided with a linear slot and fixed to said guide cylinder, means defining an axially extending groove between said cover and guide cylinder leading to said aperture, a shutter blade slidably mounted in said groove, a pin at one end of said shutter blade, a rotating cylinder positioned between said fixed cylinder and the interior of the front barrel, said rotating cylinder being provided with front and rear helical cam slots closed at opposite ends, said pin of said shutter blade being engaged with the linear slot of said fixed cylinder and said front helical cam slot, a movable writing unit within said front barrel, a pin secured to said writing unit and engaged with said linear slot of said fixed cylinder and said rear helical cam slot, means rotatably supporting said rear barrel relative to said front barrel, and means connecting the rotating cylinder to the rear barrel

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