US3447964A - Method and device for cleaning ink or indian-ink writing instruments - Google Patents

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US3447964A
US3447964A US522700A US3447964DA US3447964A US 3447964 A US3447964 A US 3447964A US 522700 A US522700 A US 522700A US 3447964D A US3447964D A US 3447964DA US 3447964 A US3447964 A US 3447964A
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  • a cleaning device for cleaning the writing elements of an ink employing writing instrument comprising a pressurized container lled with a cleaning uid under pressure, a spray head adapted rwith a release means for releasing the pressurized contents of the container; the spray head having at least one opening into which the writing elements to be cleaned are inserted; operation of the release means permits the fluid material in the pressurized container to exit through the spray head and pass through and clean the writing elements.
  • Capillary pensand capillary nib or point insets of writing or drawing instruments which are used with Indian ink or ink-like writing liquid must be cleaned from time to time to remove residual dry writing liquid. This is mostly done by rinsing out with water or a special cleaning liquid and is generally complicated and troublesome. Admittedly, some manufacturers have produced special cleaning and shaking bottles to assist cleaning, but these do not make the cleaning of a drawing inset noticeably easier, since the latter must still be separated into its component parts to be cleaned.
  • the invention provides a method and cleaning device for the purposes indicated which obviate the necessity of disassembling the drawing inset to be cleaned and thus make the cleaning operation extremely simple and rapid.
  • the cleaning device according to the invention consists of a spray bottle lled with a cleaning liquid and gas under pressure whose spraying head comprises at least one connecting means to receive the writing or drawing inset to be cleaned.
  • the inset is removed from the body of the writing instrument and from the ink or Indian-ink container housed therein and tted into the connecting means on the spraying head; the latter is then suitably pressed and the lcleaning liquid is forced in the form of a cleaning fofam through the essential inner functional parts of the inset, leaving the latter at the writing nib or point, where it may be taken up by suitable means.
  • the invention will be explained with reference to the drawing, which shows a spray bottle and the front part of an Indian-ink writing instrument.
  • the drawing shows a spray bottle 1 of a type known per se which is suited to the intended purpose and which contains the cleaning liquid under gaspressure.
  • the spray bottle is tted with a spraying head 2 which is operated in the direction of the arrow f to .cause a spray jet to be emitted through the spray opening provided in the spraying head.
  • the spray opening 3 provided in the spraying head 2 is provided with an internal thread or other connecting means in which the writing insert 4 of an Indian-ink pen or other writing instrument can be iitted by means of its threaded extension 4 or by means of a corresponding extension.
  • the writing inset 4 forms the front part of the instrument, the ink container, in the form of ⁇ a cartridge or tank, is inserted into the front part.
  • the body (not illustrated) of the writing instrument is screwed onto the threaded extension 4.
  • the actual writing unit 5 is screwed in known manner into the front part or writing inset 4, said unit 5 containing the capillary nib or point tube and the associlated cleaning wire, as well as the necessary air lconduits.
  • the cleaning liquid is forced in atomized form under pressure through the drawing unit 4 which is screwed into the opening 3 and emerges at the air conduit or conduits of the drawing nib or point.
  • the cleaning operation is preferably assisted by shaking during the spraying operation to ensure that the inside of the drawing nib or point and of the capillary means itself is thoroughly cleaned.
  • ALtter the cleaning by spraying the inset 4 is unscrewed from the spraying head 2, whereupon the residual mixture of cleaning liquid and Indian-ink can be .shaken out of the inset 4 onto a cloth or nag. IIt is also possible to wrap the inset 4 in a cleaning rag or absorbent paper during spraying to take up the liquid emerging from the air conduits.
  • the 'Ihe cleaning device enables the user of the writing instrument to clean the latter rapidly and easily on the spot.
  • the spraying head Z with a further spnay opening 6 adapted to receive the writing unit 5.
  • the spray opening 6 is provided 'with an internal thread and an aXial bore 6 to enable the writing unit 5 to be screwed into the opening 6.
  • the cleaning effect achieved in this manner is possibly greater than when the inset 4 is screwed into the spraying head in the manner described above; on the other hand, the writing unit 5 must tirst be unscrewed from the inset 4 before said unit can be screwed into the spraying head.
  • the spray opening which is not in use may be sealed in an air-tight manner with a plug 7.
  • a spray bottle of the type described may also be used to clean so-called funnel pens, in which the capillary nib point is joined to a small ink container.
  • the ink container is usually provided at its upper edge with an external thread, onto which is screwed a cap comprising a central opening for the passage of the cleaning pin.
  • the spraying head 2 of the cleaning device described is provided with an internal thread which lits the external thread of the funnel container. After unscrewing the lcap, the tunnel pen may be screwed into the spray opening for cleaning.
  • the invention may be used with all writing instruments whose front part or inset is removable, and not only with lIndian-ink writing instruments as described in the example of embodiment.
  • a cleaning device for cleaning the writing elements oflan ink employing writing instrument comprising:
  • a pressurized container -filled with a cleaning uid material under pressure; said pressurized container having a spray head thereon; said head having an opening to receive the writing elements requiring cleaning; said opening having means for holding writing elements in said opening during the cleaning operation;
  • conduit means passing through said head and lconnecting said opening with the pressurized iluid material in said container;
  • said spray head being provided with a release means designed so that actuation of said release means causes the cleaning fluid material under pressure in said container to ow through said conduit means and into and through said opening, thereby to provide cleaning yfluid material under pressure to clean the writing elements.
  • each said opening being connected with said release means for releasing cleaning uid material through said conduit means.

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June 3 196.9 H. Kor- 'LlcHEN 3,447,964
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING INK OR INDIAN-INK WRITING INSTRUMENTS Filed Jan. 24. 1966 United States Patent O 3,447,964 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING INK OR INDIAN-INK WRITING INSTRUMENTS Harald Koelichen, Geretsried, Bavaria, Germany, as-
signor to Filler & Fiebig G.m.b.H., Geretsried, Bavaria, Germany Filed Jan. 24, 1966, Ser. No. 522,700 Claims priority, application Germany, Jan. 27, 1965, F 45,076 Int. Cl. B08b 3/02 U.S. CI. 134-22 4 Claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A cleaning device for cleaning the writing elements of an ink employing writing instrument, comprising a pressurized container lled with a cleaning uid under pressure, a spray head adapted rwith a release means for releasing the pressurized contents of the container; the spray head having at least one opening into which the writing elements to be cleaned are inserted; operation of the release means permits the fluid material in the pressurized container to exit through the spray head and pass through and clean the writing elements.
Capillary pensand capillary nib or point insets of writing or drawing instruments which are used with Indian ink or ink-like writing liquid must be cleaned from time to time to remove residual dry writing liquid. This is mostly done by rinsing out with water or a special cleaning liquid and is generally complicated and troublesome. Admittedly, some manufacturers have produced special cleaning and shaking bottles to assist cleaning, but these do not make the cleaning of a drawing inset noticeably easier, since the latter must still be separated into its component parts to be cleaned.
The invention provides a method and cleaning device for the purposes indicated which obviate the necessity of disassembling the drawing inset to be cleaned and thus make the cleaning operation extremely simple and rapid. The cleaning device according to the invention consists of a spray bottle lled with a cleaning liquid and gas under pressure whose spraying head comprises at least one connecting means to receive the writing or drawing inset to be cleaned.
In the method according to the invention, the inset is removed from the body of the writing instrument and from the ink or Indian-ink container housed therein and tted into the connecting means on the spraying head; the latter is then suitably pressed and the lcleaning liquid is forced in the form of a cleaning fofam through the essential inner functional parts of the inset, leaving the latter at the writing nib or point, where it may be taken up by suitable means.
The invention will be explained with reference to the drawing, which shows a spray bottle and the front part of an Indian-ink writing instrument. The drawing shows a spray bottle 1 of a type known per se which is suited to the intended purpose and which contains the cleaning liquid under gaspressure. The spray bottle is tted with a spraying head 2 which is operated in the direction of the arrow f to .cause a spray jet to be emitted through the spray opening provided in the spraying head. .According to the invention, the spray opening 3 provided in the spraying head 2 is provided with an internal thread or other connecting means in which the writing insert 4 of an Indian-ink pen or other writing instrument can be iitted by means of its threaded extension 4 or by means of a corresponding extension. In known Indian-ink writing instruments, the writing inset 4 forms the front part of the instrument, the ink container, in the form of `a cartridge or tank, is inserted into the front part. The body (not illustrated) of the writing instrument is screwed onto the threaded extension 4. The actual writing unit 5 is screwed in known manner into the front part or writing inset 4, said unit 5 containing the capillary nib or point tube and the associlated cleaning wire, as well as the necessary air lconduits.
As shown in the drawing by arrows, when the spraying head is operated the cleaning liquid is forced in atomized form under pressure through the drawing unit 4 which is screwed into the opening 3 and emerges at the air conduit or conduits of the drawing nib or point. The cleaning operation is preferably assisted by shaking during the spraying operation to ensure that the inside of the drawing nib or point and of the capillary means itself is thoroughly cleaned. ALtter the cleaning by spraying, the inset 4 is unscrewed from the spraying head 2, whereupon the residual mixture of cleaning liquid and Indian-ink can be .shaken out of the inset 4 onto a cloth or nag. IIt is also possible to wrap the inset 4 in a cleaning rag or absorbent paper during spraying to take up the liquid emerging from the air conduits.
'Ihe cleaning device according to the invention enables the user of the writing instrument to clean the latter rapidly and easily on the spot. `It is possible to provide the spraying head Z with a further spnay opening 6 adapted to receive the writing unit 5. For this purpose, the spray opening 6 is provided 'with an internal thread and an aXial bore 6 to enable the writing unit 5 to be screwed into the opening 6. The cleaning effect achieved in this manner is possibly greater than when the inset 4 is screwed into the spraying head in the manner described above; on the other hand, the writing unit 5 must tirst be unscrewed from the inset 4 before said unit can be screwed into the spraying head.
The spray opening which is not in use may be sealed in an air-tight manner with a plug 7.
A spray bottle of the type described may also be used to clean so-called funnel pens, in which the capillary nib point is joined to a small ink container. The ink container is usually provided at its upper edge with an external thread, onto which is screwed a cap comprising a central opening for the passage of the cleaning pin. To clean such 'funnel pens, the spraying head 2 of the cleaning device described is provided with an internal thread which lits the external thread of the funnel container. After unscrewing the lcap, the tunnel pen may be screwed into the spray opening for cleaning.
The invention may be used with all writing instruments whose front part or inset is removable, and not only with lIndian-ink writing instruments as described in the example of embodiment.
=I claim:
1. A cleaning device for cleaning the writing elements oflan ink employing writing instrument, said device comprising:
a pressurized container -filled with a cleaning uid material under pressure; said pressurized container having a spray head thereon; said head having an opening to receive the writing elements requiring cleaning; said opening having means for holding writing elements in said opening during the cleaning operation;
conduit means passing through said head and lconnecting said opening with the pressurized iluid material in said container;
said spray head being provided with a release means designed so that actuation of said release means causes the cleaning fluid material under pressure in said container to ow through said conduit means and into and through said opening, thereby to provide cleaning yfluid material under pressure to clean the writing elements.
2. The cleaning device of claim 1, wherein said opening in said head is threaded to receive a cooperatingly threaded Writing element.
3. The cleaning defvice of claim 1, wherein said head has more than one said opening to receive different Writing elements; ea'ch said opening being provided with means for holding writing elements in position during the cleaning operation;
a conduit means connecting each said opening with the material under pressure in said container;
each said opening being connected with said release means for releasing cleaning uid material through said conduit means.
8/ 1904 Thowless 134-22 XR 12/1937 Sheeham 134-22 XR MORRIS O. WLK, Primary Examiner.
M. D. BURNS, Assistant Examiner.
U.S. Cl. X.R. 141-30
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