Abstract: A direct-feed type writing implement includes: a point assembly having a writing point at the tip thereof; an ink tank directly storing a relatively low viscosity ink having a viscosity of 2 to 100 mPa.S at room temperature; an ink collector made up of a multiple number of vanes for adjusting the internal pressure of the ink tank by utilizing capillarity; a feeder including a center core, for feeding ink from the ink tank to the writing point; an ink absorber connected to the center core as the ink feeder; and a duct pipe connecting the ink collector and the ink tank; and preferably, ink is supplied to the center core as the ink feeder only through the ink absorber and the duct pipe.

Abstract: A direct-feed type writing implement includes: a point assembly having a writing point at the tip thereof; an ink tank directly storing a relatively low viscosity ink having a viscosity of 2 to 100 mPa·S at room temperature; an ink collector for adjusting the internal pressure in the ink tank by utilizing capillarity; a feeder means including a center core, for feeding ink from the ink tank to the writing point; a duct pipe connecting the ink collector and the ink tank; and a duct pipe ink storage portion provided for the duct pipe; and preferably, ink is supplied to the center core as the ink feeder means only through the duct pipe.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a cartridge body and a holder for holding a stick cosmetic and movable forward/backward in accordance with a screw movement. A container body includes an outer cylinder for rotatably holding the cartridge body, a clicking rod movable forward/backward, a rotor rotated by a cam mechanism while moving forward together with the clicking rod when a clicking operation is performed, and a rotation rod for transmitting the rotational force of the rotor to the holder. The holder and the rotor engage with the rotation rod in the rotating direction and are slidable forward/backward. When a clicking operation is performed, the holder rotates to move forward in accordance with the screw movement. When a clicking operation is not performed, the cartridge body is rotated to move the holder forward/backward.

Abstract: An ink is stored directly in an ink storage chamber. An printing head connecting portion is arranged on the bottom side of the ink storage chamber and an ink collector is arranged on the bottom side of the ink storage chamber and alongside on the upper face of the printing head connecting portion. The ink collector is provided with a plurality of vertical plate-like blade portions arranged in parallel in the axial direction so as to form an ink collector spaces therebetween, and the blade portions are provided with communicating notches in a line so that these communicating notches form an air/ink moving groove extending in the axial direction. One end of the air/ink moving groove is communicated with an air intake, and the other end thereof is communicated with the ink storage chamber. The air/ink moving groove moves the ink or the air between the ink storage chamber and the ink collector spaces or the air intake, when the pressure in said ink storage chamber becomes too high or too low.

Abstract: A stamping implement includes: a stamp unit having a stamping element made up of a porous stamp compound having continuous pores at the lower end thereof; an outer cylinder having an opening at the lower end thereof, a cutout portion on the side thereof and the stamp unit fixed therein; an inner cylinder having an opening at the lower end thereof a window hole on the side thereof and being arranged outside the stamp unit and inside the outer cylinder with the lower end thereof projected out below the lower end of the outer cylinder so as to be slidable in the vertical direction relative to the outer cylinder; and a lid configured of an arm portion pivoted at an axial support near the upper end thereof and a shield portion at the lower end of the arm portion, and is so constructed that the axial support of the lid is axially supported so as to be rotatable by a frame of the window hole of the inner cylinder, and the lid rotates in linkage with the vertical movement of the inner cylinder relative to the outer c

Abstract: A multiplex writing implement has a multiple number of ball-point pen elements in the barrel cylinder thereof, in which an ink reservoir thereof is filled with a water based ink having so-called thixotropy, which is a characteristic which lowers the viscosity of ink as the tip ball rolls, allowing outflow of ink, or a low-viscosity oil based ink and which are configured so that their writing tips can selectively move in and out through the front end opening of a mouthpiece of the barrel cylinder, and is constructed such that at least the front part of the barrel cylinder is formed of a transparent resin molding and the mouthpiece which is opaque and tapered toward the front end is attached to the front of the barrel cylinder.

Abstract: In an injection needle provided at the tip of an injector, the injection needle is provided with a properly rotatable operation member in front of a base thereof, an engagement member is fixed rearward on the outer periphery of the needle, a spring is provided in such a manner that the front of the needle is protruded toward the front end of the operation member while the engagement member pierces into the center of an axis of the base and the operation member and the engagement member is energized backward with respect to the base, and the engagement member is latched by the front of the base to hinder the retreat of the engagement member, and when the operation member is rotated with respect to the base from that state, the hindrance to retreat of the engagement member with respect to the base is released, to thereby deeply retreat the needle from the front end of the operation member.

Abstract: A fluid substance dispenser, includes: a main casing having a multiple number of partitioned, fluid substance storage spaces, each having a piston having a female threaded hole and a piston moving mechanism fitted inside the fluid substance storage space; a forward actuation shaft having a male thread mating the female threaded hole; and a shaft rotating mechanism for turning the forward actuation shaft. This shaft rotating mechanism is configured of a single forward-actuating knob rotatably supported by the main casing and gears for transmitting the rotation of the forward-actuating knob to each forward actuation shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a water based ink for a writing instrument comprising at least a colorant, a dispersant, water and a polar solvent, wherein the ink contains 0.5 to 20% by weight of dextrin or maltodextrin based on the weight of the whole ink. It has an excellent drying resistance.

Abstract: A point assembly has a multiple number of channels on its inside for establishing commutation of ink to the pen point, and the extradius of these channels is set approximately equal to or greater than the radius of the ball. Further, the point assembly has a sealing face having a curvature R which is approximately equal to that of the ball, and has a ball seat, on the rear side of the ball, having a curvature R being approximately equal to that of the ball. The surface roughness of these elements is set 5 .mu.m or below. Further, this point assembly can be formed in an open V-shaped tapered configuration. Alternatively, the point assembly can be configured in combination with a spring provided therein which continuously urges the ball forwards or in combiation with an anti-backward leakage mechanism.

Abstract: The oil base pigment ink composition for writing tools comprising at least a pigment, a basic resin having an amino group and an alcohol base solvent and/or a glycol ether base solvent, wherein the basic resin described above is a resin copolymerized monomers containing at least one of a vinyl monomer having a heterocyclic amino group, a vinyl monomer having an aliphatic primary amino group, a vinyl monomer having an aliphatic secondary amino group or a vinyl monomer having an aliphatic tertiary amino group and has preferably a weight average molecular weight of 50000 or less. The pigment is preferably carbon black, particularly preferably carbon black having a pH of 6 or less.

Abstract: A liquid pressing mechanism (11) includes: a fixed cylinder (11) having saw-toothed cam grooves (11e) and a female thread (11d) at the front end thereof; a feed element (12) fitted to this fixed cylinder (11) so as to be rotatable, having a cam portion (12f) formed of a cantilever spring which engages the cam grooves (11e) and limiting the rotational direction to only one direction; a screw rod (13) fitted through a fitting hole (12h) of this feed element (12) so as to move in the longitudinal direction and so as not to be rotatable and having a male thread (13a) on the peripheral surface thereof which is screw fitted with the female thread (11d) of the fixed cylinder (11); and a piston (14) fixed to the front end of the screw rod (13) projected forward from the female thread of the fixed cylinder (11) and slidably inserted whilst maintaining its fluid-tight state with respect to the inner surface of the fixed cylinder (11).

Abstract: A pseudoplastic water based ink for a ballpoint pen comprising a thickner, a colorant, a dispersing agent, water and a polar solvent, wherein the ink includs sodium dialkyl sulfosuccinate in an amount of from 0.05 to 5% by weight based on the whole amount of ink, or sodium dialkyl sulfosuccinate in an amount of from 0.05 to 3% by weight and a fluorine base surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 to 2% by weight based on the whole amount of ink. The ink can be adoptable to a tip in any condition of the ball diameter, materials and dimensions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink follower for an aqueous ballpoint pen having an ink reservoir for directly preserving an ink, and this ink follower comprises at least a gel-like material having a predominantly viscous response and comprising a less volatile solvent having a viscosity of 5 Pa.multidot.sec or less and a hydrophobic thickening agent, and a solid piece having a specific gravity of 0.80 to 1.10. In addition, the present invention provides a ballpoint pen using this ink follower.The ink follower of the present invention is characterized by using the gel-like material having a high flowability and the solid piece for dispersing and absorbing impact. This ink follower has a strong drop impact resistance, in contrast to a conventional gel-like ink control plug. The aqueous ballpoint pen using this ink follower does not lose its function, even when it is dropped from a shelf at a height of 1.5 m.

Abstract: Provided is a water based ink having a metallic lustrous color for a ballpoint pen in which a metal powder pigment or aluminum powder and a complementary colorant (pigment or a colored water-insoluble polymer fine particles) are used as a colorant and further in addition to a thickener, a polar solvent and water, particularly a resin emulsion is used in combination to reduce the use amount of the thickener to thereby lower the viscosity. The ink is improved in follow-up property to be able to write continuously, develops a metallic color of a rainbow color on writing paper having a dark color and provides lines having water resistance and weatherability. The ink does not allow the metal powder and the pigment to settle and separate though the viscosity is low.

Abstract: Provided is a water based ink having a metallic lustrous color using an aluminum powder for a ballpoint pen which does not allow a discharging amount to reduce and splitting to occur. This water based ink contains an aluminum paste prepared by wetting aluminum powder in advance with at least one solvent selected from glycol ethers and glycols, a thickener, a water-soluble organic solvent and water. Further, provided is a water based pigment ink having a metallic lustrous color for a ballpoint pen in which an aluminum powder and a pigment are used and which allows the colorant to provide a well developed metallic lustrous color and can be used to draw beautiful lines. This water based pigment ink contains an aluminum powder, a water-soluble organic solvent, a pigment, a thickener and a resin emulsion.

Abstract: A ball-point pen having a point assembly, in which the inside and outside diameters of a press formed portion (3) for preventing a ball (1) from slipping out, a sealing face (8), the projected amount of the ball, the diameter of a ball seat (16), the longitudinal backlash and the like are formed in optimized dimensions, sealing face (8) is configured so as to have a radius of curvature approximately equal to that of ball (1), and ball seat (16) having a radius of curvature approximately equal to that of ball (1) is formed in the rear of ball (1), while a multiple number of channels (4) for leading ink (13) to the pen point are provided inside the point assembly.

Abstract: A writing instrument with a grip rubber, in which a hole is provided in the grip rubber layer formed in outer periphery of a barrel cylinder body, and a protrusion for catching a cap provided in the barrel cylinder body is protruded from the hole to outside of the grip rubber layer, and/or a hole of the same shape as a decorative pattern is provided in the above-mentioned grip rubber layer, thereby outer face of the barrel cylinder body having a different color from that of the grip rubber is exposed from the hole.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for osmotic seals, stamp pads or vermilion ink-pads comprising at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers, glycol ether acetates, esters and derivatives thereof, a colorant consisting of a pigment and/or a dye, a resin having a solubility of 7% or less in water or ethanol at 25.degree. C. and a fluorinated surfactant, wherein the foregoing ink composition is excellent in a seal sticking property against non-absorbing surfaces, a water resistance and an alcohol resistance so as to be able to stamp on various stamping surfaces such as resin surface, glass surface and metal surface and to be able to stamp certainly even on stamping surfaces having a releasing property or a water repellent property.

Abstract: An ink composition for writing instruments comprising an organic solvent having an SP value of 5 to 15 and a vapor pressure of 0.01 to 45 mmHg at 20.degree. C., a colorant comprising a pigment and/or a dye, a resin having a solubility of 7% or less in water or ethanol at 25.degree. C. and a fluorinated surfactant, wherein the above ink composition can be used to write on various writing surfaces such as a resin surface, a glass surface and a metal surface, is excellent in a line sticking property against non-absorbing surfaces, a water resistance and an alcohol resistance and can also be used to write certainly even on writing surfaces having a releasing property in a water-repellent property.