Ball-bearing Mounting Patents (Class 401/212)
  • Patent number: 10888148
    Abstract: A baked powder pencil includes a housing having a base portion with a hollow interior and an opening that opens into the hollow interior. A stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material is disposed at least partially within the hollow interior of the base portion. The stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material has an end portion that is arranged to extend through the opening of the base portion. The stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material is formed into a pre-defined three-dimensional shape and is configured to maintain its three-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape of the stick or pellet may have a head section with multiple, generally planar surfaces extending in multiple respectively different planes, or a head section with a semi-spherical or semi-spheroid shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Cosmetic Group USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred E. Booth, Jeff Ellery Engels
  • Patent number: 10836204
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ball pen tip in which a spring for biasing a ball is assembled to the ball pen tip, the method including punching the ball pen tip by a punch from a rear end of the ball pen tip along a central axis direction of the ball pen tip to form a plastic flow ridge formed by a plastic flow upheaving radially inward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the ball pen tip to assemble the spring to the ball pen tip by the plastic flow ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: KOTOBUKI & CO. LTD., SUHAN CORPORATION, MICROTIP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byun Young Jae
  • Patent number: 8651762
    Abstract: It is an aim to provide a tip unit for a liquid applicator and a liquid applicator that make written (applied) lines to change in thickness and give excellent durability. A tip unit used for a liquid applicator includes a ball house having an opening at its distal end and an introduction channel for application liquid in communication with the ball house, wherein the ball house holds therein at least two balls having a leading ball and an adjacent ball next to the leading ball, the balls being serially lined in an axial direction of the tip unit, the leading ball being partly exposed outside from the opening, and the leading ball being softer than the adjacent ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sakura Color Products Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Nakatani, Sakiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8439587
    Abstract: The present invention provides a joining member for connecting an ink accommodating member and a ballpoint pen tip provided in a ballpoint pen, the joining member comprising, as a constituent material, a resin comprising a copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate. By this means, it is possible to provide a joining member for a ballpoint pen having, in particular, both sufficiently excellent transparency and gas barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Zebra Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomooki Okabe
  • Patent number: 8356952
    Abstract: A container for supporting and dispensing a liquid material is disclosed. The container includes a base defining a cavity for supporting a liquid material and an applicator (e.g., a roller ball, etc.) movably supported at the base for allowing a user to selectively dispense the liquid material from the cavity. The applicator has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to be exposed to the liquid material when the second portion is exposed to the user. The container also includes a cover coupled to the base for covering the applicator. The cover is selectively movable between a closed position and an open position. The applicator is configured to be manipulated by user in a manner that allows the first portion to become exposed to the user and the second portion to become exposed to the liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Beauty and Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle M. Bennett, Jill McCurdy
  • Patent number: 8221018
    Abstract: A roller receiving device for a packaging system for fluids, the packaging system including a container for receiving a fluid; a roller and a roller receiving device for receiving the roller and for holding the roller on the container, the roller receiving device has a first part for receiving the roller, as well as a second part, different from the first part and held on the first part, the first part forming a first sealing segment for sealing the roller receiving device relative to the container, and the second part forming a first holding segment for forming a locking connection between the roller receiving device and the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Weener Plastik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ingolf Steinhagen, Bernd Hackmann
  • Patent number: 7044670
    Abstract: An applicator includes a handle member, a retainer secured to the handle member, an applicator ball rotably mounted in the retainer, and at least one elastically-deformable link element connecting the retainer to the handle member so that the retainer is moveable relative to the member. The handle member may be configured to be capable of closing a receptacle in a leaktight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-François Delage
  • Patent number: 6887008
    Abstract: There is provided a ballpoint pen tip that minimizes thin spots such as impact thin spots even if upward writing or an impact causes entry of air, allows rapid return to normal writing, and minimizes manufacturing costs. A writing ball and a check ball included in the ballpoint pen tip are placed close to each other with a slight clearance therebetween to leave an inner space with a slight capacity. Thus, even if air enters from a caulking portion, the volume of the air stored inside is slight, and an air pool can be rapidly eliminated. Further, both the writing ball and the check ball can be provided in a front end of the ballpoint pen tip, and assembly operations can be easily performed without inverting the ballpoint pen tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kitao, Hiroyuki Muto
  • Patent number: 6712539
    Abstract: A roll-on applicator to delivery a body powder composition, especially baby powder, to areas of skin the require moisture absorption. The roll-on applicator provides superiority over shaker powders in that dust clouds and waste are minimized during application. Furthermore, the baby powder can be easily applied as the roll-on applicator glides over skin. Body powder compositions used in conjunction with the roll-on applicator contains at least an absorbent powder and a flow agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Gerber Products Company
    Inventors: Wanda Richard, Rebecca Whipple
  • Patent number: 6488431
    Abstract: A capsule for controllably metering products held in bottles comprising a ball element for controllably delivering the product on a delivery surface, the ball element housed inside a holding body provided with a cover which can be opened for exposing the top portion of the ball element, as well as with a threaded portion engaging with a corresponding threaded portion provided on the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Giovanni Bocola
  • Patent number: 6435747
    Abstract: A direct-feed type writing implement having two ends includes an ink tank and a pair of writing points, arranged at opposite ends of the ink tank. An ink collector is provided for each writing point. An air/liquid exchanger adjusts the internal pressure inside the ink tank by use of capillarity. An ink feeder is provided for each writing point. Each ink feeder includes a center core for feeding ink to the writing point. Air is inhibited from flowing into the ink tank through the ink collector air/liquid exchanger located at one end while the pen is being used for writing at the opposite end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Furukawa, Hiroaki Koyama, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yojiro Sano, Yosuke Mito
  • Patent number: 6357948
    Abstract: An ink transmitting system for a liquid-based writing tool comprises an ink storage whose upper end includes a mounting portion having a female screw with a relatively small radius, an opening formed through a central surface of a lower surface of the storage, an ink transfer body insertedly sealed through the mounting portion and the opening, a male screw formed on a mid periphery of the body and engaged on the female screw, balls rollingly provided within the ink transfer body in a linear alignment to continuously transfer the ink, an ink transfer roller rollingly provided between two balls adjacent to the ball support to surface-abut on the two balls, a base support insertedly disposed in another end of the ink transfer body, an elastic member supporting the base support, and an elastic support suppressing the elastic member, the elastic support sealingly connected to the other end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventors: Jin H. Jung, Chang H. Jung
  • Patent number: 5988922
    Abstract: A correction fluid dispenser comprises a body member adapted to contain a correction fluid and a tip disposed at the forward end thereof for delivery of the fluid to a surface. The tip terminates in an orifice formed by a circular rim with a spherical ball of greater diameter than that of the rim contained in the tip. A cylindrical valve member is disposed having a forwardly facing surface contacting the ball and a plurality of axial cavities formed therein adjacent the tip inner wall for directing fluid along that wall to the spherical ball surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: John Bussiere
  • Patent number: 5984559
    Abstract: A ballpoint pen refill which can be applied to a retractable ballpoint pen is provided. An ink 2 endowed with a thixotropic property and an ink follower 3 at the rear of this ink are contained within an ink tube 1 comprising a tip holder member 9 and an ink member 10. A ball 6 is held in a front end aperture 9a thereof. A ballpoint pen tip 4 having an inner reshaped surface 4f of a front end rim 4b that is formed into a spherical surface in the shape of the ball is fitted therein. A coil spring 7 that always presses the ball onto the inner reshaped surface is provided with a movable member 8 between the spring and ball. A stopper 5 provided with a ventilation means is fitted into a rear end of the ink tube. A partition portion 9g having an ink-flow passageway for restricting the amount of ink that flows and a rear end surface 9c is formed in an engagement portion 9d of the tip holder member 9 that is fitted in the ink member 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot
    Inventors: Toshikazu Shiobara, Kazuhiko Sasaki, Teruaki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 5957609
    Abstract: An applicator includes: a barrel body; a holder having a ball house with an ejecting opening at front end for allowing the liquid from the barrel body to flow out; a ball held in the ball house, as being partially exposed to the outside through the ejecting opening; a spherical evading member disposed on the rear side of the ball and having a smaller diameter than that of the ball; a ball seat disposed in the rear part of the ball house, for receiving the rear side of the evading member; a liquid conduit provided in an approximately central part of the ball seat; longitudinal grooves formed on the inside wall of the liquid conduit; and a pressing means disposed through the liquid conduit for urging the evading member forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Morita, Yasuyuki Iwase, Atsunori Satake, Tadashi Koriki, Masao Hashi
  • Patent number: 4789399
    Abstract: A pressurized roller pen includes a thixotropic viscoelastic ink that is a gel at rest, but becomes a thin liquid under the shearing action of the pen's revolving ball-point. This ink includes a polyacrylic resin polymer, at least one highly polar solvent, at least one solvent of low or medium polarity, and colloidal silica, together with pigments, dyes, surfactants and/or pH modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Paul C. Fisher
    Inventors: Raymond S. Williams, Paul C. Fisher
  • Patent number: 4326508
    Abstract: A manual massaging device having a ball-equipped plate which is centrally apertured for the receipt of a massaging oil containing container which has a dispensing ball at the top and which serves as a handle for the plate during massage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Inventor: Robert Stauffer
  • Patent number: 3947137
    Abstract: A socket for a ball point pen comprises a hollow sleeve receiving a writing ball at the forward end, a rod member forcefully inserted into the sleeve to be pressed at the forward end against the writing ball, and ink passageways defined between the sleeve and rod member so as to extend throughout the socket. The sleeve is provided with a communication section for causing the ink passageways to communicate with the outside of the socket, thereby attaining a reliable delivery of ink from the ink passageways to the writing ball and preventing ink from leaking out of the pen body through an air passage provided at the forward end portion of the barrel of the ball point pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: The Sailor Pen Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiro Hori