Abstract: First, second, and third bottom stepped portions 18, 20, 22 are formed stepwise at a lead end portion of a casing 10 of a liquid applicator. First, second, third, and fourth lead stepped portions 32, 34, 36, 38 are formed stepwise at a bottom end portion of a lead portion 12 of the liquid applicator. Lead end faces 24, 26 of the second and third bottom stepped portions 20, 22 are adhered with bottom end faces 40, 42 of the second and third lead stepped portions 34, 36 by means of an ultrasonic adhesion in a state where the respective bottom stepped portions are brought into contact with the corresponding lead stepped portions. Accordingly, the adhered faces are prevented from coming apart at each adhered portion in the liquid applicator including lead and bottom side shafts which are coupled with each other by means of ultrasonic adhesion.

Abstract: An writing instrument having an elongated tubular body formed from a thin sheet of material being rolled upon itself. A marking substance positioned within a bore of the body is prevented from leaking through the body by the application of a coating to at least one side of the sheet so that a lining is formed in the bore.

Abstract: A drawing pen for drawing lines having different shades, including a plurality of ink reservoirs received within a barrel thereof, and a plurality of absorptive drawing tips respectively connected to the ink reservoirs at the bottom and disposed outside the barrel for drawing, wherein the absorptive drawing tips having adjacent surfaces are complementary and engaged to one another by a watertight bonding agent.

Abstract: A non-mingling multicoloring pen comprising a barrel, ink reserooirs, a combined tip comprising a nib guard tube, two or more elastic nibs with ink tight surfaces fixed separatedly from each other in the nib guard tube by means of a nib position fixing means with the front ends of all nibs sticking out of the front end of the said nib guard tube, and the rear ends of the nibs being inserted into the front ends of the said ink reservoirs, a movable nib holder with a conical bore being mounted axially movably on the front end of the nib guard tube, and sheathing the front ends of the nibs. When the ink pen is in use, the nib holder forces the nibs to close up with each other to give various single color or mixed color lines, when the ink pen is not in use, the nibs of the ink pen can be released loose to restore its original separated state, thereby the color mingling is prevented.

Abstract: A writing device including a main body portion having at the front end a writing tip through an ink flow-out control mechanism comprising a valve main body including ink introducing ports, a valve element supported in the valve main body movably forward and backward, and a coil spring for biasing a valve element in the direction of closing a valve seat inserted in the valve main body. The main body portion is formed of an inner pipe and an outer pipe, and a heat shielding space is provided between both pipes. Further, the spring pressure of the coil spring for biasing the valve element in the direction of closing the valve seat inserted in the valve main body is specified to be approximately identical to the writing pressure in writing, and a restriction portion for restricting the opening amount of the valve element against the valve seat is provided at either of the valve element or the valve main body.

Abstract: A glue applicator for storing and applying liquid glue. The applicator includes an elongated generally cylindrical body member, a rigid elongated inner core member positioned within the body member, a fibrous tip member, a liquid glue material contained within the body member, and a cap member for sealing the distal end of the body member. The body member includes a squeezable portion of generally elliptical transverse cross-section located adjacent a distal end portion thereof. The inner core member includes portions thereof that are in contact with an inner surface of the body member along the length thereof. The fibrous tip is received in an elongated cavity formed in a distal end portion of the inner core member. A plurality of openings formed through the inner core member permit the passage of liquid glue from the body member therethrough into the cavity so as to contact the fibrous tip member.

Abstract: A device for applying writing, drawing, printing and painting fluids onto a surface is provided. The device comprises a fluid container, a respective applicating tip, an air inlet tube that connects an interior of the fluid container to the surrounding atmosphere, and a capillary fluid reservoir. The capillary fluid reservoir is arranged within a fluid conveying connection between the fluid that is contained in the fluid container and the applicating tip whereby the fluid conveying connection is interrupted when the applicating tip is pointed in a downward direction.

Abstract: A longer lifetime of a writing instrument having a fibrous writing tip is attained by replacement of a refill, which comprises a body and a wadding impregnated with an ink. The body has closed front and rear ends. The front end may be sealed with a thin sealing film. The body of the writing instrument comprises a pen barrel 1 having a hollow therein, and a writing tip having at its rear end a pointed member protruding therefrom. The refill is fitted into the hollow with the open end whose sealing sheet has been peeled off ahead or with the front end ahead, and is slid to a position where a second stopper abuts against the rear end of the pen barrel. At that time, the rear end of the writing tip is caused to enter the interior of the refill through its open end free from the sealing sheet. Alternatively, the front end of the refill is pierced by a pointed member to cause the rear end of the writing tip to plunge into the wadding.

Abstract: A pen point structure suitable for use in a fountain pen comprises a body formed from a mixture of hard inorganic powder and a binder resin and provided with at least one ink flow channel and at least one air flow channel. The hard inorganic powder is preferably lock crystal powder, quartz powder, alumina powder, silica powder, corundum powder, ceramic powder, high m.p. metal powder, metal carbide powder or metal nitride powder, or a mixture thereof. The binder resin is preferably a phenol resin, urea resin, melamine resin or unsaturated polyester resin, or a mixture thereof. A fountain pen constructed of such a pen point structure, an ink reservoir and a pen casing is also described.

Abstract: Described is a refilling container for refilling a writing, painting or drawing implement, a cosmetic applicator implement or the like, wherein the implement (44) comprises an applicator member (48) which projects out of a casing and which has a capillary conveying action, for a fluid of relatively low viscosity, a reservoir for the fluid, which is in fluid communication with the applicator member (48), and a vent passage (78) in the vicinity of the applicator member (48). The refilling container (10) is provided with a neck portion (58). The implement (44) to be refilled can be inserted with its applicator member (48) and with a casing portion (46) adjoining the applicator member (48), into the neck portion (58) of the refilling container, in such a way that the neck portion (58) is sealed off by the casing portion (46) and a fluid communication is formed through the vent passage (78) between the refilling container (10) and the reservoir in the implement (44).

Abstract: An applicator for eradicating or removing transparent or translucent emphasizing inks, particularly from a paper surface, wherein the emphasizing ink has been used over permanent ink or a printed surface to emphasize such surface or an area and which applicator comprises a container, a liquid bleaching agent in the container for the emphasizing ink and means on one end of the container, such as a felt tip or roller, to apply a thin film of the liquid bleaching agent to the emphasizing ink and to effect the eradication or removal thereof without substantially affecting the removal or eradication of the underlying ink or printed material which has been emphasized. A method of eradicating transparent ink markings from a surface, such as a paper surface, which method comprises applying a liquid bleaching agent over the ink marked portion of the surface to be eradicated to chemically bleach and eradicate the ink material so marked without substantially affecting any printed ink or print on the underlying surface.

Abstract: A marking pen is fabricated so that a twin-inserted head is inserted separately into different colored ink tubes, when the ink flows from the ink tubes to the head of the pen, the colors will mix naturally in the area adjacent to the middle of the bottom end on the head of the pen, so as to produce a gradually-layered color effect and create multi-color changes to the work produced without going through a color spray finishing process.

Abstract: A hollow inner cylinder is provided in a lead end portion of a casing, and a pen shaft is inserted into the inner cylinder. The inner cylinder is connected to the casing through a partition wall having communication holes formed herein. In an annular space defined between the inner cylinder and the casing and located below the partition wall is filled an impregnation receptacle holding a dry preventing agent for preventing a nib from getting dried. The liquid applicator thus constructed is capable of effectively suppressing the drying of the nib without affecting the performance of liquid to be applied.

Abstract: An ink flow control mechanism is provided to prevent ink leakage or excessive ink discharge of a writing instrument particularly utilizing a capillary stick for delivering ink from an ink reservoir to a writing tip. A porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane, which is permeable to moisture vapor and air molecules while performing hydrostatic resistance, is used to wrap a first portion of the capillary stick to prevent ink leakage to allow air to enter the ink reservoir to balance pressure drops. A foam is further used to wrap a second portion of the capillary stick. The ink flow rate can be adjusted by a selection of foams with different porosity density. The foam is in addition capable of absorbing an extra amount of ink flowing into the capillary stick to prevent leakage.

Abstract: A writing instrument has an elongated hollow barrel having a front end formed with a longitudinally extending tip passage centered on and defining an axis, an ink reservoir in the barrel, and a rigid synthetic-resin tip extending along the axis, formed with longitudinal capillaries, and having a front pointed end which projects axially forwardly from the barrel and a rear pointed end which is in the reservoir. This tip is centrally formed with a radially outwardly open groove having axially spaced front and rear flanks and is substantially symmetrical about a plane bisecting the groove. A plurality of radially inwardly projecting holding ribs formed in the passage radially engage the tip and each form a forwardly directed shoulder bearing axially forward on the front flank of the groove.

Abstract: A pen nib preferably for use in a high speed writing, having a coaxial capillary passage for ink. The coaxial passage extends axially in the nib body, and has, in a cross-sectional view, a coaxial portion, a plurality of outer portions and intermediate connecting portions between the coaxial portion and respective outer portions. The coaxial passage partially opens axially at peripheral openings formed in a round or sharped head of the nib, that is the coaxial portion and intermediate portions are all closed axially at the head, and the outer portions are open axially at the peripheral openings formed such that they are arranged at a top surface of the head around the center thereof. The intermediate passage portions may be open radially at the peripheral openings. The nib is made of hard and wear material such as metal, ceramic or thermosetting resin by an injection molding with a subsequent heat treatment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for refilling an ink cartridge include a device for clearing a hole in the cartridge to facilitate the dispensing of ink thereto. The device comprises a handle to which a bit is rigidly affixed so that torque applied to the handle is transmitted to the bit. The bit is arranged to extend along the handle's longitudinal axis. A kit for refilling an ink cartridge includes the aforementioned hole clearing device and a container containing a charge of ink and having a nozzle. The nozzle is formed so that it can pass through the hole cleared by the hole clearing device. In a preferred embodiment, the container is bellows shaped and compressible so that a user can compress the container and increase the rate at which the fresh ink charge is dispensed to the cartridge.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition including a coloring agent and an alcohol solvent, the composition being characterized in that the composition contains a sucrose benzoate represented by the formulaSuc(C.sub.6 H.sub.5 COO).sub.nin which Suc is a sucrose residue of the formula C.sub.12 H.sub.22-n O.sub.11-n and n is 6 to 8.

Abstract: The applicator comprises a casing or flask having one end defining a bottom and an other end for mounting a permeable plug. A cap is provided for covering the permeable plug and defines a sealing skirt bearing against a wall of the casing. The casing or flask is placed inside an envelope with respect to which the casing or flask can move axially. The permeable plug has a collar which comes to bear against a shoulder of the casing or flask.

Abstract: A ski wax applicator for applying melted wax to the running surface of a ski comprises a housing including proximal and distal handle portions for manually manipulating the device over the ski running surfacae. Within the housing a wax container is removably provided into which wax may be deposited and melted via an internal heating element. The melted wax travels from holes in the bottom of the container at a controlled rate through a plurality of linearly spaced, wax permeable wicks positioned colinearly within heat conductive pipes or conduits. These small wicks extend into linearly spaced bores in a large wick which is removably positioned at the bottom of the housing for engagement with the ski surface, extending laterally across the full width of the ski. A pair of spring loaded, rectilinear bars are located, one on each side of and parallel to the large wick. As the device is drawn in one direction along the ski surface, the proximal bar heats the ski surface to increase the porosity thereof.

Abstract: An improved device for continuous application of a hair dye to a person's hair, without wetting the scalp, incorporates a hair dye reservoir consisting of a first porous material within a housing and teeth made of a second porous material, inserted into the first porous material and in capillary connection with it. The teeth in the surface area of their free ends are free from open pores, and the main pore direction of both the second porous material of the teeth and the first porous material of the reservoir is essentially parallel in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the teeth. The first porous material of the reservoir extends over several times the penetration depth of the teeth in the penetration direction, and the pore size in the teeth is smaller than in the remainder of the reservoir.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel ink reservoir containing a polyester fiber, such as a poly(ethylene terephthalate) fiber, having at least one continuous groove. The surface of the groove of the fiber is preferably rougher than the surface outside the groove. The ink reservoirs are useful for use with aqueous inks and have improved ink transport properties.

Abstract: A liquid painting instrument according to the present invention includes a main shaft oval-shaped in cross-section, a cap of the same configuration and an elastically deformable O-ring. The O-ring is put on the front end outer periphery of the main shaft such that it may be securely fastened to the inner face of the cap by being elastically deformed following both the configurations of the main shaft and the cap. A front end shaft attached to the main shaft incorporates a plurality of paint cores and comb teeth that are mounted along a major axis of the front end shaft and parallel to each other.

Abstract: A ceramic nib for a writing instrument having a tapered outer surface which converges toward a writing point end to form a tapered point, and at least one ink passage extending along the length of the nib such that the ink passage is converged along with the convergence of the outer surface of the ceramic tapered point of the nib, the ink passage having a bottom surface which is tapered such that it becomes more narrow towards the tapered point.

Abstract: A device for applying liquid mascara comprises a reservoir for accommodating the mascara and an applicator having an applicator surface with a ribbed profile. At least the part of the applicator which forms the applicator surface comprises a material for conveying the liquid mascara by a capillary action. That material may be a directed fibre material or a porous sintered plastic material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a temporary ink storage member for temporarily storing ink in accordance with pressure changes in an ink tank. The temporary ink storage member comprises a reduced thickness portion forming an ink storage portion and having a comb-toothed longitudinal sectional shape and slit-like ink grooves communicating with the ink storage portion, wherein a plurality of ink grooves are formed symmetrically with one another in cross-section. The present invention relates also to a writing instrument using the temporary ink storage member.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous emulsion of tacky acrylic resins packaged in a felt pen type container/applicator for use as a paper adhesive for stationery purposes, which emulsion forms a film of the resin on a sheet of paper when applied thereto by the selective absorption of water by the paper almost instantaneously which film is capable of bonding another sheet of paper to the sheet to which the film is applied with an initial adhesion strength equal to or greater than the strength of the paper.

Abstract: A cartridge consisting of a hollow casing of molded plastic substance and an ink-retention sponge disposed in the casing, together with a stylus carried by the casing, for producing ink lines on a chart, from the ink content of the casing and contained retention sponge. A wall of the casing is transparent to enable the retention sponge therein and the ink carried thereby to be viewed by a user from the exterior of the casing. The intensity of the observed ink color is an indication as to the amount of ink remaining in the casing and sponge.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel ink reservoir containing a polyester fiber, such as a poly(ethylene terephthalate) fiber, having at least one continuous groove. The surface of the groove of the fiber is preferably rougher than the surface outside the groove. The ink reservoirs are useful for use with aqueous inks and have improved ink transport properties.

Abstract: A brush tip of a liquid applicator is provided with a predetermined thickness flange at its rear end, which flange is provided with a plurality a multiplicity of predetermined length projections at its rear surface, which projections are easily elastically deformable and disposed in a position opposite to that of a fibrous part of the brush tip. A method for producing such bruch tip of the liquid applicator is characterized by the use of a heating platen provided with a plurality of small holes at its front surface, in which small holes is inserted a part of a rear end portion of the brush tip and metled to form a plurality of projections while the remaining rear end portion of the brush tip is melted to form a flange.

Abstract: Cosmetic applicator for applying a liquid, particularly a solving medium to the human skin for removing a make-up or rouge from the skin. The applicator includes a container with a tampon impregnated with a solving medium therein and an applicator tip which can be easily replaced with a new one after the used tip has become contaminated.

Abstract: A stick-like writing nib, made of a synthetic resin, has a plurality of narrow slit-like first ink passages extending radially from the axis in sectional profile and a plurality of narrow slit-like second ink passages provided in sector-like areas in sectional profile defined by walls the first ink passage, which are defined by a plurality of walls extending parallel to a line bisecting an angle subtended by the sector-like area into two angels, and inner end portions of the first ink passages being defined by thin walls extending along the nib axis.

Abstract: The ink occlusion material for writing utensils according to the present invention comprises a fiber bundle of a mixture of an acrylic synthetic fiber and at least one hydrophobic fiber selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers and polypropylene fibers in a weight ratio of 20 to 70: 80 to 30. The two fibers are drawn so as to show a sea-island form in the cross section of said fiber bundle and spot-adhered by the partial melt-adhesion of the acrylic synthetic fiber and the fiber bundle is twisted at a rate of 1 to 30 T/M.

Abstract: A mechanical marking pen is disclosed. The marking pen includes a cylinder and a holder element axially and movably engaged with one end of the cylinder. A pen point is removably attached to the cylinder and is slidably fitted concentrically in the holder element so as to project from the holder element to permit a length of projection to be adjusted. There is an ink reservoir contained in the cylinder for storing ink. An ink guide core is provided to connect the pen point and ink reservoir to allow the transfer of ink to the pen point. There is an element concentric with the pen point, for receiving and transferring writing pressure from the pen point. Finally, an element is mounted concentric with the pen point and is engaged with the receiving and transferring element. This element accepts writing pressure from the transferring means to prevent the ink guide core from bearing pressure from the pen point.

Abstract: Dimensionally-stable porous materials such as porous plastic are used in a variety of ways to provide uniform distribution and application of liquids to vegetation. Porous plastic can be readily cut, sawed and drilled to provide liquid distribution channels and various applicator shapes. Porous plastic is easily glued or welded for joining to other materials. Rods, tubes and handles are easily inserted into the porous plastic, and selected areas of the porous surfaces are readily sealed with glue or by melting to confine liquid application to selected areas. The pore size, preferably in the range of 5 to 200 microns, can be selected in accordance with the viscosity of the liquid and the desired rate of flow and pressure. Porous plastic can be highly abrasion resistant, which is especially useful for constructing applicators which rest upon the ground or pavement. Where abrasion is not a problem, the porous plastic may serve to distribute liquid to a soft absorbent applicator such as a sponge.

Abstract: The method and structure for producing a simulated needlepoint design which uses a marking instrument constructed to dye individual yarn loops in an array of such loops within a looped pile textile. The tip of the marking instrument includes a recessed nib which requires a single loop to extend within the recess in order for the loop to be colored by the marking instrument. A color guide is to be mounted in conjunction with the textile which denotes to the operator exactly which loops are to be dyed which colors.

Abstract: A writing implement for use in numerically controlled drafting machines has a tip with a front end face which is maintained at a distance of a fraction of one millimeter from the surface of a sheet of paper or another carrier of information by a portion of a ball which is rotatably mounted in a socket extending rearwardly from the front end face so that the surface of the carrier and the front end face define a capillary gap. This gap draws ink from the socket which receives ink from a channel extending into a reservoir in the housing of the implement. The channel contains several rib-shaped back supports each of which is in mere point contact with the adjacent confined major portion of the ball in the socket so as to center the ball in the socket whereby the confined major portion of the ball and the surface surrounding the socket define a capillary clearance, and to provide paths for the flow of ink from the channel into the socket.

Abstract: In a liquid-applying tip assembly in which the liquid-applying member is pushed to operate the valve to allow the liquid to flow to the liquid-applying member, the liquid-applying member is a plastic member which comprises: a plurality of ribs extending radially and axially from an axial core in such a manner as to form a plurality of axial liquid passageways therebetween. A barrier is provided between the valve and the cylinder of the tip assembly, the barrier having a hole whose diameter is slightly larger than the outside diameter of the liquid-applying member to control the flow of liquid.

Abstract: A lotion applicator is set forth including a central cylindrical container including a right and left flexible strap diametrically secured to opposite vertical sides of the container. The container is formed with openings for enabling deposit of topical lotion onto the dorsal portion of an individual. The straps include overfolded handles for manual grasping by the individual. The straps are further formed with enveloping impermeable layers adjacent the container to prevent undesirable application of lotion onto the straps when the apparatus is wound and secured within a carrying pouch. The cylindrical container is formed with diametrically opposed staggered rows of through-extending openings for application of lotion to the individual wherein the openings are oriented medially of the securement portions of the opposed right and left straps.

Abstract: Means and method for eradicating (i.e. removing) images affixed to copies of drawings or other documents made on electrostatic media by electrostatic copiers.

Abstract: The application device is placed in a container having a wick applicator, wherein a neck of the container is provided with a socket-shaped support piece having a bottom portion and at least one port adjacent the bottom portion, opening and tight closing of the at least one port being controlled by a guidingly and drivingly controllable sliding sleeve forming a slide valve containing a wick protruding above an upper end of the sleeve.

Abstract: A disposable marker and adapter for use in an integrator pen. The forward end of the marker fits within the adapter and a nib holder, projecting from the front of the marker, is threadedly retained therein. The rear end of the adapter is adapted to be frictionally retained within a conventional integrator pen body holder.

Abstract: Flexible pen nib (20) for writing instruments includes a rod-like nib body having inner capillary channels (24) for passing ink therethrough. This nib body is a porous rubber-like elastic body having composite-fiber textures obtained by combining a number of longitudinally oriented crimped polyamide fibers (21), with synthetic resin elastomer (22). Those composite-fiber textures form, within the cross-section of the pen nib, random-shaped elements (23) which are arranged in a uniformly random aggregation leaving the capillary channels (24). The capillary channels (24) have an orientation in the axial direction of the pen nib, and provide the pen nib with a predetermined porosity.

Abstract: A planar or plate-like nib for writing instruments has a plurality of separate ink feeding channels which are distributed in the widthwise direction of the planar nib, and a split at the end portion along the entire width thereof. The split provides a suitable flexibility to the nib and desirable writing with a predetermined thickness with clear marginal ends of written lines. Further, the split connects the separate channels with one another at the writing end portion of the nib so that a uniform flow of ink to the writing end portion of the nib is achieved.

Abstract: A writing implement having at its front end a small writing tube and a writing wick axially slidable in it. The writing wick at its inner end has an enlarged head which engages a restoring spring. The restoring spring is part of a retaining ring which holds the spring in the implement, and the retaining ring has capillary ducts to convey ink between ink-conducting passages and the writing wick.

Abstract: In an ink writing instrument, the ink storage space is divided into individual chambers that are inside the housing and are arranged axially one behind one another. The chambers are connected with the writing point by an ink guide. The ink-filled chambers are emptied one after the other by capillaries in the ink guide, air entering the chambers by a ventilation duct in the mouthpiece and the capillary ventilation openings. When ink is removed, no enclosed air volume is formed inside the storage space. In a second embodiment, the chambers are emptied simultaneously, the ventilation duct being opposite the writing point.

Abstract: A writing instrument includes a writing fluid reservoir in the form of a fiber body, in which there is a coaxially extending writing fluid conductor with capillary conduits. The fibers of the reservoir extend at right angles to and radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the conductor and communicate with it in a fluid-conducting manner.

Abstract: Thermoplastic synthetic resin pen nib is disclosed, which may suitably be employed in writing instruments for fine lettering or for drawing fine lines. The pen nib is formed of thermoplastic crystalline synthetic resin, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate resin, whose molecules are in a specific mixed cystallization structure obtained by controlling the crystallization. This structure consists essentially of molecularly oriented crystals, non-oriented fine crystals dispersed and grown between the oriented crystals, and remaining amorphous regions, and provides the pen nib with highly improved physical and chemical properties.

Abstract: A tip member for a coating tool in the form of a stick, wherein the stick is formed of a bundle of resin-treated fibers substantially uniformly stretched in the longitudinal direction of the fibers. One end of the stick is tapered to the tip with the fibers being unraveled to unbind the fibers in that area. One or more longitudinal grooves may be formed in the surface of the stick.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for the production of wicking tips for pens and markers in which the blanks, pointed at their ends, are first notched on opposite sides and are then cut through between the notches to form two tips from each blank. The invention simplifies the sharpening and dressing required of the tools which are used.