Abstract: A cap for a writing instrument has a structure obtained such that a cap main body is formed by injection molding using a plastic material so as to have upper and lower open ends, and a cap head formed separately from the cap main body and integrally having a seal cylinder and clip is mounted on the upper open end of the cap main body.

Abstract: A postage tool has three sections: A top section contains water for moistening a stamp or envelope, a second section stores postage stamps, and a third section provides a writing instrument for addressing envelopes. The three sections fit together to form a handy tool for addressing envelopes and affixing postage.

Abstract: A cap for a writing instrument is provided with a suffocation preventive construction. Thus, if a curious child or the like should accidentally swallow the cap and the cap lodges in the child's throat or bronchus, a sufficient flow of air is provided to avoid suffocation. Particularly, a cap for a writing implement of a double-tube construction is provided with an air communicating portion positioned in an inner peripheral surface of an outer tube having open front and rear portions. An inner tube having a closed end is held coaxially within the outer tube, and a predetermined clearance is provided to enable communication between the air communicating portion, defined by space between the outer tube and the inner tube, and a front-end opening of the outer tube.

Abstract: A cap is disclosed for writing instruments such as a mechanical pencil, a ball-point pen, and the like, and particularly a cap for writing instruments to which a safety measure is applied so that even if a curious infant should inadvertently swallow a cap, which as a result becomes lodged in his (or her) throat, passage of air is maintained. The cap includes a closed-end tubular cap body and a body piece fitted in a mounting opening provided with a suitable opening shape at a closed rear end thereof. The body piece is formed to have a shape adapted and matched to an open shape of the mounting opening of the cap body, and a plurality of air ventilating depressions communicate with the interior of the cap body along the edge are provided at the side edge along the open edge of the mounting opening, whereby even if a curious infant should inadvertently swallow a cap, which as a result becomes lodged in his (or her) throat, passage of air is maintained.

Abstract: A pen cap having at least two engaging portions (59f, 59r) specifically adapted to engage a receiving-side engaging portion (51f) formed on the mouthpiece-side end (7) of a hollow barrel and a receiving-side engaging portion (51r) formed on the tail-plug-side end of the hollow barrel (9), respectively. The engaging portions on the cap are at different locations along the cap's longitudinal axis. Furthermore, the engaging portions on the cap have their engaging surfaces disposed radially outward at different distances relative to the cap's longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A cap, for a writing tool having on the outside of a cylindrical shell an elastic member made of a material different from that of the cap, including a plurality of longitudinal ribs formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap in such a manner as to extend along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical shell. The end portions of the plurality of the longitudinal ribs on the opening edge side of the cap are each formed in the shape of an arch.

Abstract: The inventive fluid dispenser includes a container in which the fluid to be dispensed is stored and an attached brush-type applicator from which the stored fluid may be selectively applied to a work surface. The container has an open end to which an applicator housing is attached and which carries a bristled brush. An insert disposed within the applicator housing defines passageways through which stored fluid is deliverable from the container to the applicator housing. The fluid-delivery passageways are automatically closed when an associated cap is detachably positioned about the brush-carrying end of the dispenser through deformation or displacement of the applicator housing to prevent the unintended delivery of stored fluid into the applicator housing during periods of nonuse. The insert may also include a vapors-release passageway extending between the container and the applicator housing for venting vapors into the brush-enveloped cap and thereby prevent drying out of the brush during periods of nonuse.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a substance stored under pressure in a receptacle, the device including a cover for snapping on the receptacle, the receptacle being provided with a valve having a control rod, the cover including a tubular endpiece for engaging on the control rod and co-operating therewith to form a channel along which the substance passes. The cover includes at least one bearing surface disposed outside the endpiece and suitable for preventing the control rod from occupying the annular space around the outside of the endpiece in order to prevent the cover being snapped into place while the control rod is in an inclined position.

Abstract: A hand held marking device including two independent fluid reservoirs for holding liquids to be applied. The two independent refillable liquid reservoirs are in a back to back relationship with respect to one another.

Abstract: A writing instrument having a removable cap with an eraser at one end, the eraser being received and retained within the cap. An air passage is provided through the cap to allow for emergency respiration should the cap be accidently swallowed. The eraser may alternatively be disposed in the writing instrument barrel with an air passage provided through the barrel and exhausting through the barrel wall.

Abstract: A cap is fitted onto an engagement portion of a main body such as that of a writing implement, paint applicator, make-up applicator, or container. An inner wall of the cap is provided with a flexible operating member having a free end capable of bending inward. An oblique guide surface is formed on at least one of the main body and the cap such that the cap can be separated from the main body by pressing the operating member inward.

Abstract: A felt tip pen cover with an attached eraser or a felt tip pen with an eraser on its bottom. The present invention places an eraser on or near the end of the cover that is inserted into the bottom of the pen or on the bottom of pen itself. For a tapered cover type of pen, the eraser is placed on the flat upper end. For a raised or dimple type of cover, the eraser is placed concentrically around the end away from the dimple like a girdle or belt or flat on the bottom of the pen body. On a type of pen that resembles a fountain pen, the eraser is placed on top cover on a flat area that may be slightly angled. The eraser can also be an annular ring on the base of the pen body. The addition of an eraser to a felt tip pen leads to the novel ability to erase and make corrections without having to search for a large eraser.

Abstract: A whiteboard marking pen includes an ink-containing pen casing having an ink applicator extending from a first end of the casing and a plug socket in a second end of the pen casing; a cylindrical pen cap including a socket end surrounding the ink applicator in a capped storage state and a plug first end insertible into the pen casing plug socket in a pen uncapped marking state; and a whiteboard eraser juxtaposed to a cylindrical portion of the pen cap and extending cantilevered outwardly with respect to a distal surface of the cap socket end, such that, when the pen cap is plugged into the pen casing plug socket, a peripheral edge of the cantilevered eraser is positioned for erasing a minor area of an ink image on a whiteboard.

Abstract: A sunscreen lotion applicator for use by shirtless construction workers that includes a rugged construction, lotion-container, tubular handle and a flexible, necked applicator head. The lotion-container handle is contoured for facilitating not only access to a person's backside for lotion application, but also for being carried on a tool belt by a construction worker, in a similar manner as other tools, such as hammers and wrenches. The handle includes a detachable fill cap having a rough texture for better on/off manipulation, upper rough textured grip that facilitate firm grasping for insertion and removal from a tool belt and a lower rough texture grip for firm grasping during its use. The handle also includes an elongated window for viewing the lotion content in the handle. The applicator head member is constructed in the form of a ball roll-on applicator, or alternatively as a cylindrical roller, or as a replaceable porous dauber that is covered with a chained cap.

Abstract: A writing implement includes a ball point pen and corresponding cap at one end, and a highlight marker and corresponding cap at the other end. The highlight marker cap includes an integral blade portion which functions as a bookmark. The writing implement and cap are adapted to be slidably received over the spine of a book wherein the blade portion of the highlight marker cap extends downwardly between the pages of the book, and the body of the writing implement extends downwardly along the outside of the book spine.

Abstract: An applicator includes: a barrel cylinder; an application portion in front of the barrel cylinder; a tank placed behind the application portion for storing liquid inside the barrel cylinder; a pipe (conduit) for conducting the liquid ejected from the tank to the application portion; a piston which is fitted in the tank as to slide in the axial direction ensuring a watertight contact; and a liquid pushing device placed in the rear part of the barrel cylinder for pushing the liquid from the tank to the application portion via the pipe by moving the piston forwards. In this applicator, the bore of the pipe is set between 0.2 mm and 1.7 mm, and the viscosity of the liquid measured by the E-type viscometer within an temperature range for operation is set between 20 mpa.sec and 100,000 mpa.sec. Further, the barrel cylinder is formed of PP, and the piston is formed of HDPE or LLDPE.

Abstract: A writing instrument includes a body, a writing tip projected from a tip end of the body, an ink supplying mechanism having low-viscosity ink contained therein for supplying the ink to the writing tip, the ink supplying mechanism being incorporated in the body and connected to the writing tip, and at least one ventilating clearance provided between the writing tip and the tip end of the body for facilitating the supplying of the ink to the writing tip. A cap for the writing instrument includes a cap body and a seal member provided in the cap body, the seal member being formed of elastic material. When the writing instrument is coupled with the cap, the seal member is tightly fitted on the tip end of the writing instrument body, whereby the writing tip and the ventilating clearances are completely sealed by the seal member.

Abstract: A BINGO card ink applicator bottle. The bottle is formed of a blow-molded plastic material and has a central longitudinal axis. The bottle holds a colored ink therein for marking a BINGO card and includes a shoulder portion, a central recessed portion, and a base portion. The shoulder portion includes a cylindrically circular sidewall and a top wall having a neck with a central opening therein. An ink applicator is mounted on the neck and in communication with the interior of the bottle. The base portion includes a cylindrically circular sidewall and planer bottom wall. The outside diameter of the sidewall of the shoulder portion is the same as the base portion. The central recessed portion includes an oval cylindrical sidewall having a major outside diameter and a minor outside diameter, with the major outside diameter being the same as that of the sidewall of the shoulder and base portions.

Abstract: A ballpoint pen for use with ink having thixotropic (shear viscosity decreasing properties) and a joint for regulating the flow of the ink to the pen's tip through an entrance in the tip. The joint includes a valve chamber which is disposed in an approximately middle portion of the joint with respect to the axial direction thereof for holding a ball therein with play and has a ball seat in the rear part thereof, a cavity in front of the valve chamber and a conduit communicating with an ink reservoir.

Abstract: A fluid applicator which makes application work easy because liquid splash outside the container body is prevented by opening the valve by removing the cap such that the liquid is supplied directly to the applicator member from the container body. The valve body incorporated in a sealed chamber is pressed against the shouldered seal portion to bring the sealed chamber into communication with the connecting passage such that the liquid discharged from the container body is allowed to flow into the sealed chamber through a hollow shaft member and is further led through a connecting passage into the applicator attachment hole to which the applicator member is attached.

Abstract: A portable hand-held golf ball washer includes a washer fluid reservoir within a sealed housing, a concave portion overcovered with a moisture retaining pad, and a valve with a spring closure openable by pushing a ball into the pad to permit flow of washer fluid into the pad.

Abstract: A removable cap of the invention is used for an elongated or writing instrument. The cap is formed of a hollow main body, a supporting member projecting laterally from a side wall of the main body, and a clip projecting from a side of the supporting member. The main body includes an end opening at one side thereof, through which the elongated instrument is removably inserted into the hollow main body. The supporting member has a through hole therein. When the cap is accidentally swallowed and held in a throat, a fluid or air path is established in the supporting member.

Abstract: A removable cap for receiving a writing implement includes a hollow tubular member with a closing wall at one end and an opening at the other end. The closing wall possesses three radial rib members and a central interior land portion which define three arcuately shaped apertures which are configured to allow air to communicate with the interior of the cap to dry residual ink on the writing point of the implement.

Abstract: A marking pen design with a cap attached to the barrel of the pen wherein the cap is securable with respect to a reduced diameter end piece surrounding a marking tip and is removable therefrom while maintaining attachment with respect to the barrel to be detachable secured into a tubular bore extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the marking pen. The longitudinal bore is preferably tubular in shade and the cap is preferably of a tapered tubular shape to facilitate wedging interconnection therebetween. The attachment of the cap to the pen is by way or a flexibly resilient means preferably including a loop detachably secured in a peripheral slot defined about the outer circumference of the pen barrel. The pen cap further includes an inner and outer cap means with venting means therebetween wherein the inner cap means engages the reduced diameter flange for preventing drying of the marking tip.

Abstract: A tube dispenser, sponge applicator and cover assembly including a tube dispenser having a main body portion, an upper neck portion extending from the main body at an upper end and an upper circumferential portion at the upper end of the main body portion adjacent to the-neck portion. A sponge applicator for attachment around the neck portion of the tube dispenser for applying any substance contained in the tube dispenser. A cover member having an upper portion for covering the sponge applicator and the neck portion of the tube dispenser and a lower circumferential portion to mate with and seal to the upper circumferential portion of the main body of the tube dispenser.

Abstract: Applicator device for liquid, including a container and a dispenser head connected to the container via a dispenser cap. The dispenser head is made of a porous material. The container is a pressurized reservoir equipped with a dispenser valve. The dispenser head is borne by a support connected to a joining piece for cooperating with the valve to open the valve when a mechanical stress is exerted on the dispenser head. The liquid discharged from the reservoir during valve opening is channelled through the joining piece towards an inner face of the dispenser head. The dispenser cap includes a fastening member for connecting the cap to the reservoir. A flexible element connects the fastening member and the support, the rigid skirt being connected, in the vicinity of its upper edge, to a cylindrical wall which constitutes the flexible element. The dispenser cap is made in one piece by plastic molding.

Abstract: A writing instrument with an input member for pressure-sensitive handwriting at one end, and a removable writing pen on the opposite end of a cylindrical body. A single cap of a diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical body may cover either the writing pen or the input member. The diameter of the cap is smaller that the diameter of the cylindrical body to lessen the chance of it being inadvertently dislodged.

Abstract: A cosmetic material container comprises: a sleeve holder 1 having an open front end 12 and an open rear end 11; a tail plug 2 for closing the open rear end 11 of the sleeve holder 1; an applying tip unit 3 secured to an open front end side of the sleeve holder 1; and a double cap unit 4 attachably and detachably coupled to the sleeve holder 1 on the outer periphery of its front end 12, the applying tip unit 3 including an adjuster 31 provided on its outer periphery with annular grooves 311, a porous joining core 32 inserted into an axial hole 312 in the adjuster 31 and communicating with a part of the annular grooves 31, and a porous tip 33 connected to a front end of the joining core 32 and inserted in a socket 313 provided in a front end of the adjuster 31, a cosmetic material reservoir 13 being defined between a rear end of the adjuster 31 and the tail end 2 in the sleeve holder 1, and the porous joining core 32 being disposed in the adjuster 31 to project its rear end in the reservoir 13.

Abstract: This describes a portable non-pressurized anti-static device for eliminating static cling on clothes on which static electricity has built up. An absorbent material impregnated with an anti-static solution is supported by a frame. A cover, when in place, prevents the anti-static solution from being rubbed off or otherwise removed from the absorbent material until it is ready to be used. When static cling occurs, the wearer removes the cover and rubs the impregnated material against the area of the clothes affected, thereby removing the static electricity.

Abstract: A lead portion 18 and a cap mounting portion 34 are provided at a lead end portion of a main shaft 10 of a liquid applicator. A projected portion 36 is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the cap mounting portion 34, A cap mountable to this main shaft is formed with lines of projection 30, 32 on inner circumferential surfaces of bottom and intermediate end portions thereof respectively. The projection 30 is movable over the projected portion 36, whereas the projection 32 is engageable with an outer circumferential surface 19 of the lead portion 18. The respective portions are positioned relative to one another such that the projection 32 is engageable with the outer circumferential surface 19 after the projection 30 moves over the projected portion 36. Accordingly, there can be prevented a loss of airtightness in the cap due to an incomplete cap mounting operation without impairing the facility to mount the cap to the main shaft.

Abstract: A cap for a writing device which prevents drying of ink within a given writing device comprises a cap having a ventilating hole at the leading end thereof, an inner cap formed within the cap and having a ventilating hole at the leading end thereof, a spring room and a valve room formed within the inner cap, a valve cap having longitudinal channels and a deep recess and installed to open and close the ventilating hole by the help of a spring, and an annular step formed on the opening side of the inner cap for preventing the departure of the valve cap, whereby the valve cap blocks the ventilating hole upon coupling of a writing pen body to the cap to prevent a pressure variation within the cap and to prevent the evaporation-drying of the ink.

Abstract: A cap is provided for a writing instrument to eliminate a potential threat to safety when swallowed. The cap permits easy assembly of an inner cap into an outer shell without using any tools. The cap has an outer shell and a tip seal member (inner shell) fitted in the outer shell to form an air passage therebetween. The outer shell has a rectangular recess at one end and an annular projection on the inner surface adjacent to a bottom edge of the rectangular recess, and snap-fit projection is engageable with a barrel of the writing instrument. The tip seal member has a coupling device for holding a clip, a plurality of first and second projections frictionally engageable with the inner surface of the outer shell so that when the coupling device of the tip sealing member is press-fitted to the rectangular recess, the first projections are engaged with the annular projection of the outer shell.

Abstract: A marker pen having a clear plastic disk at one end and a clear plastic hemispheric shaped member at the other end, proximate the nib whereby a small child can write or draw in a normal fashion, see through the plastic the results of his endeavors but is unable to place either end of the marker into the mouth. A cover is provided for storage and the ink is a non toxic water color.

Abstract: A finger-mounted writing apparatus is disclosed which includes a housing having a forward portion for supporting a writing device extending therefrom and support means associated with the housing for receiving a user's finger and for rigidly supporting the housing relative to the finger. The writing device contacts the writing surface at a writing device contact region. A portion of the fingertip is extended beyond the support means during use, the fingertip being capable of contacting a writing surface at a fingertip contact region. Thus, the fingertip, in combination with the housing of the device, serves to support the writing apparatus during use, the fingertip additionally functioning to guide the motion of the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved writing instrument having a slidably and pivotably disposed cap for covering the writing tip. The improved cap retaining feature improves the manageability of the instrument such that the cap can be removed and lodged into its open position by a continuous motion of the hand which is holding the instrument.

Abstract: A lipstick article is provided which houses a lipstick with a water content of from 0.5 to 30% by weight. The lipstick is packaged in a casing including a base, an elongated cylindrical inner body received in the base and containing the lipstick, a device for elevating-retracting the lipstick from within the inner body, a hollow elongated cap fitting over the inner body, and a hollow elongated plug sleeve inserted within the cap and formed of a material more flexible than a material forming the cap, the plug sleeve sealingly contacting an outer wall of the inner body to prevent evaporation of water from the lipstick.

Abstract: A double-ended pen has a pair of elongated liquid-holding reservoirs each having a rear end, a front end having a liquid-applying tip, an intermediate portion between the ends and having at the rear end a predetermined relatively small outside diameter, and a snap-type retaining formation. An intermediate coupling sleeve has a pair of oppositely open seats each receiving a respective one of the rear ends and provided with formations for retaining the respective rear ends securely against axial displacement. The sleeve also has a pair of axially opposite ends having axially oppositely directed end surfaces each having a portion extending at an acute angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis. The sleeve ends are of a diameter greater than the outside diameter of the intermediate portions and projecting radially therepast when the respective rear ends are fitted in the seats.

Abstract: An improved protective storage cap for a rod-shaped device or instrument, particularly a fountain pen, wherein the female threads for securing the device within the cap are disposed within an axially and rotationally moveable ring. The ring is held stationary in the cap by the axial thrust of a compression spring while the male threads of the device are being rotationally engaged with or disengaged from the female threads of the cap. The cap cannot be overtightened and thereby damaged because further rotation of the device after full engagement of the threads serves only to overcome the restraining thrust of the spring and the moveable ring simply rotates in its cap with the device. The axial freedom of the ring and spring also permit the device to enter the cap to a depth sufficient to form a snap seal between the working end of the device and a chamber recessed within the cap, whereby the tool of the device, for example the writing nib of a fountain pen, sealingly is isolated from the outside environment.

Abstract: A shoe-polish applicator for dressing the edges and heels of shoe soles, which includes a roller saturated with a fluid dressing agent. The roller is comprised of Sif Felt.RTM. foam and is rotatably mounted on an inflexible shaft. The Sif Felt.RTM. foam roller is capable of absorbing and retaining and then transferring enough fluid dressing agent to eliminate the requirement of a shoe-polish reservoir.

Abstract: A support base includes a housing tube, with the housing tube arranged to receive a reservoir tubular member having a fluid permeable tip at one end thereof and a removable cap at a second end thereof permitting replenishment of water within the reservoir, wherein the tip permits moistening of water activated glue portions of an envelope and permitting the moistening of stamps and the like positioned on the envelope.

Abstract: A combination dispenser-applicator and stand with the dispenser having a hollow interior and at one end means to fill the hollow interior with a topical solution such as lotion and the stand acting in one mode as a stand and cover for the sponge portion of the applicator head but also allowing the sponge cover to be removed from the stand to enable the user to transport the-applicator in a covered manner without taking the applicator stand.

Abstract: A moistener having a porous applicator tip attached to an upper end of a container holding liquid with an opening in the surface of the applicator tip communicating with a tube to allow the replacement of the loss of volume equivalent of air in the container during use of the apparatus to apply a film of water to a surface.

Abstract: To provide an air passage, exteriorly to a swallowed pen cap, a penholder cap is formed in one body. A groove is placed side by side to the direction of cap axis from closed end edge of a cap body toward the other open end. On the end of the groove, at least one rib is disposed. This rib has an end extended on the groove up to the open edge of the cap. This rib is projected from the surface of a cap body and a connection supporting part which holds a rib is provided away from the outside surface of the tightening part.

Abstract: A generally planar writing instrument comprises a cap with anchoring and clipping means for attachment to a key ring, a watchband, a shirt pocket or the like, and a holder having finger gripping recessed surfaces and fastening means adapted to temporarily retain the holder on a finger of a user between uses as well as to securely store the holder in the cap when not in use.

Abstract: A writing instrument shaped to resemble a flower on a stem with leaves comprised of a hollow tubing housing, a top portion of hollow tubing, an adapter for detachably connecting the top portion to the housing, and a stylus. One portion of the housing is curvilinear, having a plurality of loops shaped to resemble leaves. The top portion is shaped to resemble a flower or bud. The adapter allows the top portion to be detachably connected to either end of the housing. The overall effect is to suggest a flower or bud on a stem with leaves. A second embodiment of the writing instrument uses a base formed of hollow tubing bent into shapes to complement the flower and stem suggested by the housing and top portion. A third embodiment includes a plurality of top portions which are interchangeable and can be detachably connected to the housing using the same adapter.

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 applicator for volatile, highly viscous fluids has the following features:Protruding into the mouth of a pressure-sensitive, expandable tank containing a fluid solution, there is a narrow diameter brush point pipe, and, around the outer circumference of the brush point pipe, thrusting out beyond its end, there is a tubular brush point. This is the main body. Set atop the main body is a cap which covers the brush point. The interior of this cap is provided with a solvent receptacle. When the cap is closed over the main body, there are provided within the cap a vapor space which is filled with vaporized solvent from the solvent receptacle, and a columnar plug which dovetails within the brush point pipe after passing through the hollow part of the brush point, which is inserted into the vapor space.

Abstract: A container is provided for storing and dispensing materials such as liquids or powders, having a first compartment having a first end and side walls, and a second compartment disposed within the first end of the first compartment such that a gap exists between an outer wall of the second compartment and the side wall portion of the first compartment, with the gap being wide enough for material to pass therethrough. The container can be squeezed, inverted or shaken to force an amount of material from the first compartment and into the second compartment through the gap. The second compartment may be friction fit or snap fit within the first end of the first compartment, while retaining the gap between the outer wall of the second compartment and the side wall portion of the first compartment.

Abstract: A removable cap for receiving a writing implement includes a hollow tubular member with a closing wall at one end and an opening at the other end. The closing wall possesses three radial rib members and a central interior land portion which define three arcuately shaped apertures which are configured to allow air to communicate with the interior of the cap to dry residual ink on the writing point of the implement.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids includes a dispenser head having an upper section captively mounted upon a lower section over a container of liquid to be dispensed. Removal of a cap from the dispenser head causes the upper section to move upward upon the lower section, for moving a plug out of a fluid flow channel or orifice. When the container is inverted in this open condition, liquid flows out of the container, through the orifice, and wets a rigid porous applicator mounted on top of the dispenser head upper section, for dispensing the liquid. When the cap is replaced on the dispenser head, its upper section is moved downward upon the lower section, causing the plug to enter and seal off the orifice, thereby closing the dispenser.