Abstract: Provided are a pigment dispersion liquid for cosmetics having excellent dispersibility of carbon black and aging stability, and an aqueous liquid cosmetic using the same, which is suitable for hair dyes and the like. The pigment dispersion liquid for cosmetics contains, at least, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, carbon black, and a (methacryloyl ethylbetaine/acrylates) copolymer, and a ratio of the water to total solvents is 30 to 95% by mass.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition using colored resin particles with excellent color development suitable for writing instruments such as felt-tip pens, marking pens, and ballpoint pens. The aqueous ink composition for writing instruments of the present invention includes colored resin particles colored by a salt-forming dye, which is a salt-forming body of an acid dye and a basic dye.

Abstract: A mechanical pencil 1 includes a rotary member having a ball chuck 11, a rotation drive mechanism 30 having a rotary part 40 and driving the rotary part to rotate in one direction upon receiving a retracting motion in the axial direction due to writing pressure received by the lead clutched by the ball chuck and an advancing motion in the axial direction due to release of the writing pressure, and a cylindrical member 8 made of metal provided at one of the cylindrical barrel and the rotary member, the rotary member configured so as to rotate upon receiving rotational drive force of the rotary part whereby the lead clutched by the ball chuck rotates, the other of the cylindrical barrel and the rotary member slidingly contacting the surface of the cylindrical member whereby rotation of the rotary member due to the rotation drive mechanism is supported.

Abstract: An applicator includes a valve mechanism that communicates an application liquid tank and an applying part. The valve mechanism has at least a valve stem and a valve holder for holding the valve stem therein, the application liquid can flow through a gap between the valve stem and the valve holder, the valve stem is formed with an air exchange hole, and, the air exchange hole can be opened and closed by an opening/closing member that opens/closes when the pressure on the application liquid tank side becomes negative or positive compared to that on the applying part side. The applicator is capable of exchanging air after discharging the application liquid even if the applicator is equipped with a valve mechanism that opens its valve by increasing the internal pressure of the ink tank.

Abstract: Provided is a writing tool comprising a clip composed of a wire rod, wherein the writing tool is capable of allowing a user to raise the clip without manipulation with both hands. The writing tool 1 comprises a tool body 7 extending in a longitudinal direction, and a clip member 8 composed of a wire rod and held by a lateral portion of the tool body 7, wherein a longitudinal intermediate portion 8B of the clip member 8 is held by the lateral portion of the tool body 7, and the clip member 8 is biased toward the tool body 7 so as to cause a longitudinal fore-end portion 8A of the clip member 8 to come into contact with the tool body 7, and wherein the writing tool is configured such that, when a back-end portion 8C of the clip member 8 is pushed toward the tool body 7, the fore-end portion 8A of the clip member 8 is swung to be spaced apart from the tool body 7.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen, the composition having excellent ink discharging performance even if a pen point is exposed for a long period of time. The ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen according to the present invention is characterized by containing at least from 1 to 35 mass % of titanium oxide having an average particle size of greater than 0.1 ?m and smaller than or equal to 1 ?m, and from 1 to 35 mass % of non-tacky urethane particles having an average particle size from 0.1 to 6 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a pigment dispersion liquid for cosmetics having excellent dispersibility for a pigment of Pigment Red 4 (C.I. 12085) and aging stability, and an aqueous liquid cosmetic using the same, which is suitable for hair dyes and the like. The pigment dispersion liquid for cosmetics contains, at least, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a pigment of Pigment Red 4 (C.I. 12085), and a (methacryloyl ethylbetaine/acrylates) copolymer, and a ratio of the water to total solvents is 30 to 95% by mass.

Abstract: Provided are an oil-based ink composition for writing utensils, a writing utensil using the same, and an airbrush unit using the same. The oil-based ink composition for writing utensils has good writing properties on writing surfaces of various materials and improved scratch resistance to scratches repeated or to scratches with stronger force on a marking after writing. The subject oil-based ink composition for writing utensils contains at least an aluminum pigment, a colorant, a resin, an organic solvent, and a polydimethylsiloxane, the polydimethylsiloxane having polyether-modifying groups at both ends, and a total number of hydroxyl groups on the polyether-modifying groups being 3 or greater.

Abstract: A multifunction pen includes plural refills including an electromagnetic induction touch pen. A knock operation to one of knock rods each of which is connected to a rear end of each of the plural refills causes a tip of one refill of the plural refills to move from a standby position in which the tip stays inside a shaft tube to an in-use position in which the tip projects from a tip end opening of the shaft tube. At least one refill from writing refills other than the electromagnetic induction touch pen is provided with a metal writing tip, and a tip of the electromagnetic induction touch pen at the in-use position is separated from the tips of the writing refills at the standby position by a distance such that electromagnetic induction by the electromagnetic induction touch pen is not affected by the tips of the writing refills.

Abstract: Provided are an erasing member which is excellent in erasability for handwritings written by means of a pencil, a mechanical pencil and the like and which does not produce eraser dusts, and an erasing tool in which a part to be erased can be visually recognized in erasing.The erasing member comprises a blend composition containing a liquid-absorbing porous material, and a basic magnesium carbonate porous material and the like can be used as the liquid-absorbing porous material. And in an erasing tool in which an erasing part is formed at one end and in which a transparent or translucent visible part making it possible to visually recognize a writing surface is provided in the vicinity of the erasing part, the erasing member described above is mounted to the erasing part, whereby the erasing tool which does not produce eraser dusts is obtained.

Abstract: An input pen is disclosed including a wood shaft, a mounting hole that is formed at an axial center of the wood shaft, and an input body that is rod-shaped and is mounted in the mounting hole, and wherein an inner side surface of the mounting hole and an outer side surface of the input body are fixed.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for writing instruments, having sufficient antibacterial and antifungal properties without hindering preservation stability and writing capability. The aqueous ink composition for writing instruments according to the present invention at least includes 0.001 mass % or greater and less than 0.1 mass % of a preservative, and 0.05 mass % or greater and less than 5 mass % of a straight-chain alkanediol selected from the group consisting of 1,2-pentanediol, 1,2-hexanediol, and 1,2-octanediol.

Abstract: A non-baked pencil lead contains a colorant, a filler, a resin, and cellulose nanofibers.

Abstract: In a pencil lead manufactured through a baking step regardless of being a black lead or a colored lead, the mechanical strength of the pencil lead is further increased by coating a surface thereof with a resin. A pencil lead includes a baked lead body whose surface is covered by a covering layer made of resin that has a scratch hardness of HB or greater. The scratch hardness of the resin as a subject resin is defined as a lowest hardness index of a tester pencil that is able to form an indentation on a surface of a horizontal flat plate coated with a 5-?m thick film of the subject resin, when the surface is scratched by the tester pencil being pressed onto the surface at an angle of 45° with a load of 7.355 N.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for writing instruments which is excellent in an antibacterial property and an antifungal property without damaging storage stability and writing performances. The aqueous ink composition for writing instruments according to the present invention is characterized in that at least particles comprising principally a polymer represented by the following Formula (I) are contained as an active ingredient and that a content thereof is 0.1 to 30 mass %: wherein R is an alkyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: To provide a writing instrument capable of further improving durability of a writing nib without impairing writing performance even when writing is performed with a heavy writing load. A writing instrument A having a writing part formed of at least a writing nib 30 made of a porous body and a retainer 40 made of a hard material, in which the protrusion amount of the distal end of the writing nib 30 from the retainer 40 is 0.65 mm or more and 1.05 mm or less and/or 40% or more and 65% or less of the thickness of the writing nib 30.