Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
  • B43L—ARTICLES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING UPON; WRITING OR DRAWING AIDS; ACCESSORIES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
  • B43L19/00—Erasers, rubbers, or erasing devices; Holders therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
  • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
  • B43K23/00—Holders or connectors for writing implements; Means for protecting the writing-points
  • B43K23/008—Holders comprising finger grips
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
  • B43L—ARTICLES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING UPON; WRITING OR DRAWING AIDS; ACCESSORIES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
  • B43L19/00—Erasers, rubbers, or erasing devices; Holders therefor
  • B43L19/0056—Holders for erasers
  • B43L19/0068—Hand-held holders
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
  • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B43M11/00—Hand or desk devices of the office or personal type for applying liquid, other than ink, by contact to surfaces, e.g. for applying adhesive
  • B43M11/06—Hand-held devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
  • B65H37/00—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
  • B65H37/002—Web delivery apparatus, the web serving as support for articles, material or another web
  • B65H37/005—Hand-held apparatus
  • B65H37/007—Applicators for applying coatings, e.g. correction, colour or adhesive coatings

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of manual applicators, and more particularly to manual office applicators for applying a film to a substrate such as a sheet of paper.
• This film may be, for example, an opaque correction film, a colored translucent film, an adhesive film, etc.
• manual applicators of this type include a housing and an applicator tip protruding beyond a front opening of the housing.
• Japanese Patent Application Publication JP H09 300886 A discloses an applicator comprising a housing, an applicator tip protruding beyond a front opening of the housing, and a C-shaped handle pivotable between two different positions. to allow two different shots.
• the versatility of this applicator remains limited, especially at the time of adapting to different shots of right-handed and left-handed.
• the present disclosure aims to remedy these drawbacks.
• it aims to provide a manual applicator that can be easily adapted to different ways to take it for use, and this while keeping a small footprint and complexity.
• this object is achieved by virtue of the fact that the housing has, in a first cutting plane and at least a second cutting plane different from the first cutting plane and not parallel to the first cutting plane, a same outer contour adapted to be housed under pressure in an inner contour of the handle, thus allowing the attachment of the handle on said housing in a first orientation and alternately in at least a second orientation different from the first orientation, the handle being oriented in the first section plane in the first orientation and the second section plane in the second orientation, and said first and second section planes being substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the housing.
• each user, right-handed or left-handed can easily fix this handle in the orientation best suited to its manner of taking the hand applicator, so as to adapt the angle of entry around this longitudinal axis.
• said outer contour of the housing can be substantially symmetrical, thus allowing the housing to fit into the handle in at least two opposite orientations.
• the second section plane may be substantially perpendicular to the first section plane, although other angles may also be envisaged.
• the applicator tip may have a substantially straight leading edge.
• substantially straight is understood to mean an edge not diverging from a straight line over its entire width more than, for example, 10% of this width.
• At least one of said cutting planes may be substantially parallel to said front edge of the applicator tip.
• at least one of said cutting planes may be substantially perpendicular to said front edge of the applicator tip.
• the C-shaped handle may in particular comprise two longitudinal tabs and a transverse connecting segment connecting ends proximal of said longitudinal tabs.
• the applicator may include at least one protrusion on one of the handle and the housing and a concavity on the other of the handle and the housing to snap the handle on the housing.
• the handle may comprise a cellular portion interposed between said inner contour and an outer contour of the handle for providing grip to a user.
• the handle may be adapted to be releasably attached to said housing.
• the handle may comprise a first more rigid material and a second more flexible material, said first and second materials of the handle being able to be wedged in particular.
• the greater rigidity of the first material allows the elastic deformation of the inner contour to exert sufficient pressure on the outer contour of the housing to ensure its good fixing, while the greater flexibility of the outer contour provides a pleasant tact to the user.
• This first stiffer material may in particular form a core of the handle and / or be a metallic material.
• the material to be transferred to the substrate may especially be in the form of a film.
• the applicator may comprise, inside the casing, a supply reel of a ribbon carrying the film to be transferred onto said substrate and a reel for recovering the carrier ribbon.
• the film may especially be a correction film.
• other types of film may be used, such as adhesive films or colored translucent films.
• FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the housing of a manual applicator according to a first embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a handle intended to be fixed on the casing of FIG. 1 to form a manual applicator according to the first embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 3A is a side view of the housing of Figure 1;
• Figure 3B is a top view of the housing of Figure 1;
• Fig. 4A is a perspective view of the manual applicator according to the first embodiment, with a first orientation of the handle on the housing;
• FIG. 4B is a perspective of the manual applicator according to the first embodiment, with a second orientation of the handle on the housing;
• Fig. 4C is a perspective view of the hand applicator according to the first embodiment, with a third orientation of the handle on the housing;
• Fig. 4D is a perspective view of the manual applicator according to the first embodiment, with a fourth orientation of the handle on the housing;
• FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the housing of a manual applicator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a handle intended to be fixed on the housing of FIG. 5 to form a manual applicator according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 7A is a side view of the housing of Figure 5;
• Figure 7B is a top view of the housing of Figure 5;
• Fig. 8A is a perspective view of the manual applicator according to the second embodiment, with a first orientation of the handle on the housing;
• Fig. 8B is a perspective view of the manual applicator according to the second embodiment, with a second orientation of the handle on the housing;
• Fig. 8C is a perspective view of the manual applicator according to the second embodiment, with a third orientation of the handle on the housing;
• Figure 8D is a perspective of the hand applicator according to the second embodiment, with a fourth orientation of the handle on the housing.
• Figure 1 illustrates the inside of the housing 3 of a manual applicator configured to allow the transfer of a film of a carrier tape 11 to a substrate.
• this applicator comprises, inside the casing 3, a supply reel 4 and a recovery reel 5 of the carrier ribbon.
• the applicator also comprises an applicator tip 6 projecting from a front opening 7 of the casing 3.
• the supply reel 4 is rotatable about a first axis of rotation Xi to unwind the carrier ribbon.
• the carrier tape 11 is recovered by the recovery coil 5, rotatable about a second axis of rotation X 2 , substantially parallel but offset from the first axis of rotation Xi.
• the carrier tape is guided in front of a front edge 6a of the applicator tip 6.
• a substrate such that for example a sheet of paper
• the friction of the outer face of the carrier tape against the substrate exerts traction on the carrier tape between the end piece 6 and the feed reel 4 causing the progressive unwinding of the carrier tape wound around the feed reel 4.
• the applicator also comprises a belt 2 for transmitting the rotation of the feed reel 4 to the recovery coil 5 and in this way preserve a tension of the carrier tape between the nozzle 6 and the recovery coil.
• other transmission means such as for example gears, can be envisaged for the same role.
• FIG. 2 illustrates a handle 8 intended to be releasably attached to the housing 3. More specifically, the handle 8, C-shaped with two longitudinal tabs 8e, 8f whose proximal ends are connected by a transverse connecting segment 8g , has an inner contour 9 in which the housing 3 can come to be housed under pressure.
• the inner contour 9 is formed in an inner portion 8a of the handle of relatively rigid material, surrounded by an outer portion 8d relatively flexible material and having a gripping surface 8c for facilitating the gripping of the handle 8 by the user.
• relatively rigid material and “relatively flexible material” is meant that the former has a modulus of elasticity substantially higher than the latter.
• these two different materials may in particular be thermoplastics, thus allowing the production of the handle by injection molding, and in particular by coinjection of the two materials. However, other materials and production processes can also be considered.
• the inner contour 9 of the handle 8 is substantially symmetrical.
• substantially symmetrical is meant, in the present context, that this contour is as symmetrical as the manufacturing technologies used at a reasonable cost can allow.
• By against the outer contour of the gripping surface 8c is asymmetrical so as to offer a particularly ergonomic grip.
• the housing 3 has, in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the front edge 6a of the applicator tip 6, an outer contour 10, complementary to the inner contour 9 of the handle 8 and also substantially symmetrical.
• the housing 3 can be housed under pressure inside the handle 8 oriented in this first plane.
• the housing 3 has substantially the same outer contour 10 also in a longitudinal plane aligned with the front edge 6a of the mouthpiece 6.
• the housing 3 can also come to be housed at pressure inside the handle 8 in this second plane, perpendicular to the first.
• the handle 8 can be fixed with two opposite alternative orientations, to adapt the applicator tip 6 to the right-handed or left-handed users.
• the handle 8 has protuberances 12, 13 on, respectively, the distal ends of the longitudinal tabs 8e, 8f and the transverse segment 8g of connection. These protuberances, 12,13 are oriented towards the inside of the handle 8 and configured to cooperate with complementary concavities 14,15 on the outside of the housing 3 to stabilize the handle 8 on the housing 3 by snapping. Alternatively, however, at least one of the protuberances could be located on the housing and the handle have a complementary concavity.
• FIG. 4A thus shows the applicator 1 with the handle 8 oriented in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the front edge 6a of the applicator tip 6.
• the handle 8 is also oriented in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the front edge 6a of the applicator tip, but with an opposite orientation to that of FIG. 4A.
• the handle 8 is oriented in a longitudinal plane aligned with the front edge 6a of the applicator tip 6.
• the handle 8 is also oriented in an aligned longitudinal plane. with the front edge 6a of the applicator tip, but with an opposite orientation to that of Figure 4C.
• FIG. 5 illustrates the housing 3 of an applicator 1 according to a second embodiment.
• this housing 3 is substantially similar to that of the first embodiment and the equivalent elements receive the same reference numbers in the drawings.
• the inner portion 8a of the handle 8, illustrated in Figure 6 has a core 8a 'of relatively rigid material, on which is molded a relatively flexible material also forming a cellular portion 8b and the outer portion 8d presenting the gripping surface 8c.
• this core 8a ' may be formed by at least one metal blade or cable, folded in a C shape with two tabs extending in the longitudinal tabs 8e, 8f of the handle 8.
• the relatively flexible material overmolded on this core can in particular be a thermoplastic, thus allowing the production of the handle by injection molding.
• at least one of the protuberances could be located on the housing and the handle have a complementary concavity.
• Figures 7A and 7B illustrate how the housing 3 according to this second embodiment also has substantially the same outer contour in a first longitudinal sectional plane and in a second longitudinal sectional plane perpendicular to the first.
• FIGS. 8A to 8D illustrate, in a similar manner to FIGS. 4A to 4D, how the handle 8 of this second embodiment can also be releasably fixed in the same orientations as in the first embodiment.

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