Abstract: A writing implement is provided and includes a pen element that feeds and retain ink from a writing implement body. The pen element has an ink leader, a writing part delivering ink from the ink leader portion and a viewer portion directly above with respect to the axial direction of the writing part allowing observation of the view in the writing direction. The present writing implement therefore allows easy observation of the view on the opposite side of the pen element as the pen point and allows the end point of the drawn line to be readily distinguished.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for a water based ballpoint pen which satisfies all of no change in the ink composition even in storage over a long period of time, a good strike-through property and an excellent drawn line-drying property at the same time. An ink composition for a water based ballpoint pen comprising at least water and a colorant, characterized by further comprising at least one drawn line-drying property-improving agent selected from butyl cellosolve and butyl carbitol in a proportion of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight based on the whole amount of the composition and having a surface tension of 16 to 45 mN/m, and a water based ballpoint pen containing therein the same.

Abstract: A process for producing a baked color pencil lead, comprising dipping a white or pale color porous baked lead having a volume-based median pore diameter of 0.27 &mgr;m or less in a dye ink and then applying a pressure of 1.5 MPa or more thereto to impregnate pores of the above baked lead with the dye ink, in particular, a process for producing a baked color pencil lead, comprising impregnating the pores thereof with a dye ink solution containing as the solvents 35 to 90% by weight of at least one of non-volatile solvents represented by the following Formulas (I) to (III) based on the ink solution and a low boiling organic solvent by applying pressure and then drying the above low boiling organic solvent, and a color pencil lead obtained by the above process: CH3(CH2)7CH═CH(CH2)7CH2OH  (I) R1O(CH2CH2O)nH  (II) in Formula (II), R1 represents decanoyl, undecanoyl, lauroyl, tridecanoyl or oleoyl, and n is 4.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a receptacle for storing a liquid content such as mascara, a squeezer fitted in the mouth of the neck of the receptacle, and an applying shaft of a cap inserted into the receptacle through the squeezer. The squeezer is made of a material having flexibility and formed in such an approximate cylindrical shape that the diameter of the squeezer becomes gradually smaller from the top end toward the lower part and becomes gradually greater from that lower part to the bottommost part while a multiple number of vertical slits are cut out in the peripheral wall of the squeezer. The squeezer becomes gradually wider from the lower part to the bottommost part, so as to avoid collision with the applying part of the applying shaft that holds the liquid content.

Abstract: A collector type writing instrument which is formed with a sectioning portion for substantially separating its ink tank and a snorkel having a tubular vent portion for establishing air communication between the front and rear spaces divided by the sectioning portion, wherein at least one ink conduit of a size smaller than that of the vent portion is formed in the sectioning portion. Further, a clearance portion allowing for ink and air bubbles to move therethrough is provided between the collector and snorkel. In addition, the parts present from the sectioning portion to the rear end of the collector are laid out so that ink will be able to spread and wet the surfaces of the parts other than the ink tank. It is also preferable that the end of the tubular vent portion of the snorkel is cut so as to enlarge the opening.

Abstract: In a writing instrument with a collector of the present invention, an ink absorber made up of a fabric sliver etc., capable of keeping ink therein is disposed inside the ink tank and is connected to the center core, longitudinal groove or the like as an ink feeder portion. The ink absorber is adapted to have a length at least reaching to a position more rearwards than the approximate center of the ink tank and has an outside diameter that is sized to be smaller than the inside diameter of the ink tank so as to create a space around itself for permitting free-state ink to move freely while the collector has a lead portion for establishing connection enabling ink to be led from the ink absorber to the air/liquid exchanger. Specifically, the lead portion of the collector may be configured of a projecting portion directly inserted into and connected with the ink absorber and a lead channel formed on the projecting portion.

Abstract: A holder sleeve (1) incorporates an urging means (8) for urging an inner needle (12) to the proximal end side and an actuator (6) which engages the inner needle (12) at the near distal end portion of the holder sleeve (1) so that the inner needle (12) can be released and the tip of the inner needle is projected from the holder sleeve (1). This actuator (6) has an inner needle hub (12a) fixed at the front end thereof and is formed with an actuating member (6a) projected outside the holder sleeve (1). The holder sleeve (1) has a slit (2) which extends to the proximal end side so as to allow the actuating member (6a) of the actuator (6) to slide and assures the path of movement of the actuator (6) released from the near distal end portion of the holder sleeve (1). The inner needle (12) is adapted to be released from the holder sleeve (1) when the actuating member (6a) is moved away from the holder sleeve (1) within the same plane that includes the axis of the holder sleeve (1).

Abstract: A pseudo-plastic water based ink for a ballpoint pen comprising a colorant, water and 1 to 40% by weight of a polyglycerin fatty acid ester represented by the following Formula (I) and containing no water-soluble organic solvent: wherein R1 to R4 each represent independently an aliphatic acyl group having 12 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom; R5′s, which may be the same or different, represent an aliphatic acyl group having 12 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 30; and the total number of the aliphatic acyl groups is 1 to 5. It is a pseudo-plastic water based ink for a ballpoint pen which has good aging stability and provides good writing feeling and which is excellent in cap-off resistance.

Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing an N-acylglutamic acid ester and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.

Abstract: In a free-ink type collector writing instrument, the collector is formed with a partitioning portion for substantially shutting off the ink tank from the outside air, auxiliary retaining grooves are formed on the ink tank side with respect to the air/liquid exchanger of the partitioning portion while main retaining grooves are formed on the front side with respect to the air/liquid exchanger of the partitioning portion, a wide groove formed across the auxiliary retaining grooves for connecting the air/liquid exchanger and the ink tank is formed with a narrow groove extending from the air/liquid exchanger side to the ink tank side and lateral grooves capable of leading ink into the auxiliary retaining grooves. It is further effective if the capacity ‘ie’ of the auxiliary retaining grooves and the capacity ‘is’ of the main retaining grooves are designed so as to satisfy a relation ‘is>ie>0.05·is’ or if effective partitioning portion grooves are formed.

Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument comprising at least a colorant, water and a liquid medium, wherein reduced maltooligosaccharide and/or reduced isomaltooligosaccharide are added in a proportion of 0.5 to 20% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition.

Abstract: A collector type writing instrument including: a collector for temporarily storing ink therein upon a change in inter pressure, a sectioning portion for substantially separating its ink tank for storing ink, and a snorkel having a vent portion for establishing air communication between the front and rear spaces divided by the sectioning portion or an ink absorber for reducing the inner tank volume, wherein the snorkel or the cladding of the ink absorber is molded of the same material as the collector or the ink tank is or is subjected to the same wettability reforming treatment as the collector or the ink tank is.

Abstract: Provided is a production process of a brush, comprising a consecutive combination of: (a) a step of bundling a prescribed number of fibers to form a long-size fiber bundle in which the whole is temporarily bound, (b) a step of cutting the long-size fiber bundle to a prescribed size, (c) a step of completely binding the tail end part of the cut fiber bundle by a thermally fusing means, (d) a step of dipping the fiber bundle in which the tail end part is completely bound in a solvent to remove the resin adhered to unbind the fibers other than those in the tail end part of the fiber bundle.

Abstract: An ink for a ball point comprising at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols and glycol ethers, a resin and a colorant, wherein the spectral reflectance determined in the state where the ink for a ball point pen is filled into an ink reservoir has a maximum value in 500 to 520 nm, and a ratio of maximum strength/minimum strength of the spectral reflectance is 2.2 to 5.5. Further provided is a ball point pen equipped with a transparent ink reservoir charged with the ink, wherein the color of the ink can visually be identified through a part which transmits light in the ball point pen barrel.

Abstract: A liquid applicator includes: an applicator body in which a storage tank for storing a paint is incorporated; brush elements, made up of multiple fiber bundles embedded on a base, parallel to each other in the axial direction so that the fiber bundles are directed forwards; and a valve element provided in the storage tank for allowing supply of the paint to the brush elements in the applying portion. This liquid applicator further has inside its front barrel, a blocking element formed with a liquid flow passage so as to block the paint supplied from the storage tank whilst partly allowing the paint to be supplied to the tip side of the front barrel by way of the flow passage.

Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate and salts thereof and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.

Abstract: The object is to provide a writing instrument in which a large-diametric ink retaining portion with narrow grooves in width and still capable of securing a large enough air channel can be formed so that the replacement of the sufficient amount of air can be effected between the ink retaining portion and the outside air. To achieve this, in an ink retaining portion (12), a plurality of cutouts (32) are formed so that each cutout (32) is formed to a right angle direction with respect to a center line (16a) of the sheet element (16) with a length equal to or greater than half the radius (R) (A≧(R/2), B≧(R/2)) and that one end of the cutout (32) is extended to the periphery.

Abstract: A free-ink type writing instrument having a temporary ink collector having a sectionally combed configuration, between an ink tank chamber and an writing tip and inside the front barrel, wherein all or part of the gaps between neighboring combed teeth for retaining ink in the temporary ink collector are set equal to 0.15 mm or smaller, and the ink tank is charged with an ink having a surface tension equal to 30 mN/m or lower at 25° C.

Abstract: A liquid makeup cosmetic comprising the following components (a), (b) and (c): (a) an acryl-silicone base graft  3 to 20% by weight copolymer, (b) a spherical fine particle  5 to 30% by weight powder, and (c) a low boiling silicone oil 10 to 70% by weight, and a liquid makeup cosmetic applicator which uses a brush as an applying means and which is charged therein with the liquid makeup cosmetic described above. Used are a mixed solution of an acryl silicone-base graft copolymer and decamethylcyclopentanesiloxane as the acryl-silicone base graft copolymer, an organic spherical powder of nylon, etc. or an inorganic spherical powder of magnesium silicate, etc. as the spherical fine particle powder and low polymerization degree dimethylpolysiloxane, etc. as the low boiling silicone.

Abstract: An applicator includes a reservoir charged with fluid. The reservoir has a discharge-controlling mechanism at one end for applying the fluid. The fluid contains at least one organic solvent, such as mythylcyclohexane, and is charged with a scarcely volatile liquid substance, such as an alkylene oxide adduct of diglycerin, having no compatibility with the applying fluid. The scarcely volatile liquid substance forms a movable plug for an end part of the applying fluid in a contact state and the rear of the plug in the reservoir is released to the atmosphere. The applicator can include writing instruments including a felt tip pen and a ballpoint pen, a corrector, an applicator for adhesive and a dressing instrument.