Abstract: A mechanical pencil having a mouth piece 5 extendable and retractable in and out of the end portion 3 of a main body 1, and a tip sleeve 14 extendable and retractable in and out of the end portion of the mouth piece 5. The mouth piece is extendable or retractable by fully depressing a push cap 2, while the lead may be inched forward by partially depressing the push cap. The tip sleeve protects the lead, and is designed to automatically move inwardly in response to writing pressure, to thereby always expose the end of the lead for writing.

Abstract: A multi-color mechanical writing instrument which contains ink tubes or reservoirs, a rotary cam having a blocking section, an inner flange or a stopper which enables a writing tip to be pushed out which is positioned underneath a cam body with a push-bar inside a rear casing, and where the inner surface of the rear casing is shaped in the form of cam walls in order to have the rotary cam turn back and forth along the cam walls with the movement of pushing the push-bar to push the tip of an ink tube out or pull it back alternatively.

Abstract: A suction nozzle device for a cleanser foam suction apparatus or a vacuum cleaner. The suction nozzle device comprises an intake and a suction duct. The intake has therein a guide wall means completely partitioning the hollow space of the intake into a plurality of flow passages. The guide wall means projects at its leading edge substantially beyond the lower end of the peripheral wall of the intake so as to leave one of the flow passages open to the atomosphere when the suction nozzle device is placed on a surface to be treated. The suction duct extends from the intake, and has a throttle portion formed just behind the trailing edge of the guide wall means and a diffuser succeeding the throttle portion so as to cause ejection effect at the throttle portion by the jet flow of air, which the air enters from one of the flow passages open to the atmosphere.