Patents by Inventor Vincent Bedhome
Vincent Bedhome has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8348540Abstract: A writing instrument that includes an ink reservoir and a writing tip fluidly connected to the reservoir and through which the ink comes out during use of the instrument. The reservoir contains, in addition to the ink, grains that are separate and that may have angles and sharp edges of dimensions that are significant relative to an apparent dimension (d) of the grains.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange, Franck Rolion
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Patent number: 8104983Abstract: A writing instrument, which has an inner and outer writing element with separate writing medium reservoirs. The writing elements are coaxially mounted in an outer barrel and axially moveable with respect to one another. A driving mechanism may be actuated to allow a user to selectively extend one writing element. The inner and outer writing elements may have an inner sleeve therebetween to improve, for instance, rigidity of the outer writing element and to prevent contamination of the writing medium reservoirs. An outer sleeve may also be provided over the outer writing element. The outer sleeve can function to hold various components of the outer writing element together, and to allow for clean and easy refill of the outer writing element, especially when the outer writing element is a nib-type writing element with a filler-type reservoir. The writing instrument is designed so that a user can replace the inner and/or outer writing elements when their respective writing medium have been expended.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Societe BicInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Kenneth R. Cooper, David Anthony Edgerley, Douglas Hungerford, Didier Lange, Robert Edward Matthews, Franck Rolion, Anthony Wlodarczyk
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Patent number: 8096725Abstract: A writing implement that includes an ink reservoir, a writing tip fluidically connected to the reservoir and through which the ink emerges during a use of the implement, and a reservoir-venting device that includes a cavity in communication with the reservoir and with an orifice open to the outside of the implement. The cavity is suitable for absorbing an overflow of ink, characterized in that the cavity is filled with separate grains having angles and sharp edges having dimensions that are significant compared with an apparent dimension d of the grains.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange, Franck Rolion
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Patent number: 8007195Abstract: A writing implement that includes a body which extends longitudinally along a central axis Z; an ink reservoir, and a roller having a radial outer writing surface being located at one of the ends of the body, which is connected to the ink reservoir and is mounted so that it is able to rotate around the primary axis Y. The ink roller is also mounted so that it is able to pivot around a second axis X, which is perpendicular to the primary axis Y and the secondary axis X being secant to the primary axis Y.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Didier Lange, Franck Rolion, Vincent Bedhome
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Publication number: 20100178098Abstract: A writing implement that includes an ink reservoir, a writing tip fluidically connected to the reservoir and through which the ink emerges during a use of the implement, and a reservoir-venting device that includes a cavity in communication with the reservoir and with an orifice open to the outside of the implement. The cavity is suitable for absorbing an overflow of ink, characterized in that the cavity is filled with separate grains having angles and sharp edges having dimensions that are significant compared with an apparent dimension d of the grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: SOCIETE BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange, Franck Rolion
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Publication number: 20100158600Abstract: A writing instrument that includes an ink reservoir and a writing tip fluidly connected to the reservoir and through which the ink comes out during use of the instrument. The reservoir contains, in addition to the ink, grains that are separate and that may have angles and sharp edges of dimensions that are significant relative to an apparent dimension d of the grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: SOCIETE BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange, Franck Rolion
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Publication number: 20100047004Abstract: A writing instrument, which has an inner and outer writing element with separate writing medium reservoirs. The writing elements are coaxially mounted in an outer barrel and axially moveable with respect to one another. A driving mechanism may be actuated to allow a user to selectively extend one writing element. The inner and outer writing elements may have an inner sleeve therebetween to improve, for instance, rigidity of the outer writing element and to prevent contamination of the writing medium reservoirs. An outer sleeve may also be provided over the outer writing element. The outer sleeve can function to hold various components of the outer writing element together, and to allow for clean and easy refill of the outer writing element, especially when the outer writing element is a nib-type writing element with a filler-type reservoir. The writing instrument is designed so that a user can replace the inner and/or outer writing elements when their respective writing medium have been expended.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2003Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Vincent Bedhome, Kenneth R. Cooper, David Anthony Edgerley, Douglas Hungerford, Didier Lange, Robert Edward Matthews, Franck Rolion, Anthony Wlodarczyk
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Publication number: 20090317172Abstract: A capillary writing tip that includes a body extending from a base along a central axis (Z) to a peak, the body having a main face with a maximum dimension (L) measured transversally with respect to the central axis and delimited by a main base edge adjacent to the base, as well as by a first and a second substantially straight peak edge, which meet at the peak and are of respective lengths (l) less than the maximum length. The body also has a first secondary face delimited by, among other things, the first peak edge; a second secondary face delimited by, among other things, the second peak edge; the first and second secondary faces presenting a substantially straight common edge extending from the peak to a lower end adjacent to the base, the common edge having a length (m) which is different from the maximum width (L) and from the length (l) of the first and second peak edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: SOCIÉTÉ BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Franck Rolion
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Patent number: 7396179Abstract: A writing instrument that includes a body provided with an ink reservoir; an inker element mounted at one end of the body; and a feeder device. The feeder device includes a duct that connects the reservoir to the inker element and opens out into the reservoir via an opening. The feeder device also includes a valve that includes a tab received in the duct, the tab being extended by a head.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Société BICInventors: Didier Lange, Franck Rolion, Vincent Bedhome
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Publication number: 20070217859Abstract: A writing instrument comprising: a body provided with an ink reservoir; an inker element mounted at one end of the body; and a feeder device comprising: a duct connecting the reservoir to the inker element and opening out into the reservoir via an opening, said duct presenting an inside wall; and a valve comprising a tab received in said duct, the tab being extended by a head; the valve is slidably mounted between a closed position in which said head is pressed against a shoulder bordering said opening, and an open position in which the head is spaced away from the shoulder. A gap is formed between the tab and the inside wall of the duct, and the tab projects from the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventors: Didier Lange, Franck Rolion, Vincent Bedhome
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Publication number: 20070217861Abstract: A writing implement that includes a body which extends longitudinally along a central axis Z; an ink reservoir, and a roller having a radial outer writing surface being located at one of the ends of the body, which is connected to the ink reservoir and is mounted so that it is able to rotate around the primary axis Y. The ink roller is also mounted so that it is able to pivot around a second axis X, which is perpendicular to the primary axis Y and the secondary axis X being secant to the primary axis Y.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventors: Didier Lange, Franck Rolion, Vincent Bedhome
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Patent number: 7156573Abstract: The writing implement of the invention comprises: a) a body including an internal reservoir of ink and having a writing tip projecting from its front end; b) a capillary connector serving to transfer ink between the reservoir and the writing tip; and c) tip support arranged at the front end of the body to support the tip and assemble it with the capillary connector. The implement includes a compact one-piece capillary unit obtained by sintering thermoplastic powder, and constituting simultaneously the capillary connector and all or part of the tip support. The capillary connector and all or part of the tip support are constituted by a compact one-piece capillary unit preferably obtained by sintering thermoplastic powder.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: ConteInventor: Vincent Bedhome
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Patent number: 7147392Abstract: A writing instrument, which has an inner and outer writing element with separate writing medium reservoirs. The writing elements are coaxially mounted in an outer barrel and axially moveable with respect to one another. A driving mechanism may be actuated to allow a user to selectively extend one writing element. The inner and outer writing elements may have an inner sleeve therebetween to improve, for instance, rigidity of the outer writing element and to prevent contamination of the writing medium reservoirs. An outer sleeve may also be provided over the outer writing element. The outer sleeve can function to hold various components of the outer writing element together, and to allow for clean and easy refill of the outer writing element, especially when the outer writing element is a porous nib with a filler-type writing medium reservoir. The writing instrument is designed so that a user can replace the inner and/or outer writing elements when their respective writing medium have been expended.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Vincent Bedhome, Kenneth R. Cooper, David Anthony Edgerley, Douglas Hungerford, Didier Lange, Robert Edward Matthews, Franck Rollion, Anthony Wlodarczyk, Ryan Eddington
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Patent number: 7048459Abstract: The liquid ink writing instrument has a body containing, from its rear end towards its front end, a reservoir for the ink and a front chamber containing a capillary element for transferring ink coming from the reservoir to a writing head. The front chamber communicates with ambient air. The writing head is fed with ink by the capillary element, and projects from the front portion of the body. The reservoir is separated from the front chamber by a flexible wall having shape memory and provided with slots. The flexible wall acts as a valve suitable for opening when the ratio of the pressure inside the reservoir over the pressure inside the volume of the front chamber facing the valve exceeds a first value, and of reclosing instantly as soon as the ratio becomes less than or equal to a second value, the valve releasing the ink in the form of a jet directed towards the rear face of the capillary element. The first value of the ratio of the pressures is preferably about 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: ConteInventors: Vincent Bedhome, José Duez, Didier Lange
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Patent number: 6893181Abstract: The nib is constituted by a segment of a coherent, elongate element of high porosity material, with at least a first end shaped to form a writing tip. The pores and/or capillaries of said material are blocked over a limited thickness e in particular in the range 0.01 mm to 1 mm, at the longitudinal outer periphery of the elongate element, with the exception of the first end forming a writing tip. In a first variant, blocking is obtained by a sealing agent and performed by continuously impregnating the elongate element with a sealing bath, and setting the agent. In a second variant, the nib is constituted by sintered microbeads and blocking is obtained by localized hot-melting of the microbeads.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2000Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: CONTEInventors: José Duez, Vincent Bedhome, Philippe Chavatte
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Publication number: 20050100388Abstract: A writing instrument, which has an inner and outer writing element with separate writing medium reservoirs. The writing elements are coaxially mounted in an outer barrel and axially moveable with respect to one another. A driving mechanism may be actuated to allow a user to selectively extend one writing element. The inner and outer writing elements may have an inner sleeve therebetween to improve, for instance, rigidity of the outer writing element and to prevent contamination of the writing medium reservoirs. An outer sleeve may also be provided over the outer writing element. The outer sleeve can function to hold various components of the outer writing element together, and to allow for clean and easy refill of the outer writing element, especially when the outer writing element is a porous nib with a filler-type writing medium reservoir. The writing instrument is designed so that a user can replace the inner and/or outer writing elements when their respective writing medium have been expended.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Vincent Bedhome, Kenneth Cooper, David Edgerley, Douglas Hungerford, Didier Lange, Robert Matthews, Franck Rollion, Anthony Wlodarczyk, Ryan Eddington
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Publication number: 20050013651Abstract: The writing implement of the invention comprises: a) a body including an internal reservoir of ink and having a writing tip projecting from its front end; b) a capillary connector serving to transfer ink between the reservoir and the writing tip; and c) tip support means arranged at the front end of the body to support the tip and assemble it with the capillary connector. The implement includes a compact one-piece capillary unit obtained by sintering thermoplastic powder, and constituting simultaneously the capillary connector and all or part of the tip support means. The capillary connector and all or part of the tip support means are constituted by a compact one-piece capillary unit preferably obtained by sintering thermoplastic powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventor: Vincent Bedhome
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Publication number: 20040170466Abstract: The liquid ink writing instrument has a body containing, from its rear end towards its front end, a reservoir for the ink and a front chamber containing a capillary element for transferring ink coming from the reservoir to a writing head. The front chamber communicates with ambient air. The writing head is fed with ink by the capillary element, and projects from the front portion of the body. The reservoir is separated from the front chamber by a flexible wall having shape memory and provided with slots. The flexible wall acts as a valve suitable for opening when the ratio of the pressure inside the reservoir over the pressure inside the volume of the front chamber facing the valve exceeds a first value, and of reclosing instantly as soon as the ratio becomes less than or equal to a second value, the valve releasing the ink in the form of a jet directed towards the rear face of the capillary element. The first value of the ratio of the pressures is preferably about 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Vincent Bedhome, Jose Duez, Didier Lange
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Patent number: D520561Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Inventors: Franck Rolion, Juliette Bonnamour, Vincent Prigent, Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange
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Patent number: D552682Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Franck Rolion, Juliette Bonnamour, Vincent Prigent, Vincent Bedhome, Didier Lange