EP0858401A1 - Pen for applying coloured or correction fluid - Google Patents
Pen for applying coloured or correction fluidInfo
- Publication number
- EP0858401A1 EP0858401A1 EP96933261A EP96933261A EP0858401A1 EP 0858401 A1 EP0858401 A1 EP 0858401A1 EP 96933261 A EP96933261 A EP 96933261A EP 96933261 A EP96933261 A EP 96933261A EP 0858401 A1 EP0858401 A1 EP 0858401A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- ball
- spring means
- guide element
- spring
- outlet opening
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
- B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
- B43K1/00—Nibs; Writing-points
- B43K1/08—Nibs; Writing-points with ball points; Balls or ball beds
- B43K1/086—Nibs; Writing-points with ball points; Balls or ball beds with resilient supporting means for the ball, e.g. springs
- B43K1/088—Nibs; Writing-points with ball points; Balls or ball beds with resilient supporting means for the ball, e.g. springs with an intermediate element between the resilient supporting means and the ball
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
- B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B43M11/00—Hand or desk devices of the office or personal type for applying liquid, other than ink, by contact to surfaces, e.g. for applying adhesive
- B43M11/06—Hand-held devices
- B43M11/08—Hand-held devices of the fountain-pen type
Definitions
- the invention relates to a pen for applying color or correction liquid, with a sleeve part having an outlet opening for the color liquid, a valve which comprises at least one spring means and a guide element, and a ball which is assigned to the outlet opening and serves as an application element.
- Color liquid hereinafter also referred to as “color liquid” for short, is not only to be understood here as pigmented liquids, but also correction liquids without color pigments.
- a solution according to EP 564 410 AI provides that the ball acting as an application element is replaced by a ball from a spi ⁇ ral- or helical spring pressed against the ball, in particular rod-shaped guide or transmission element is pressed from the sleeve inside to the edge of the outlet opening.
- the pin with the ball - which may have a small diameter - is pressed against this point and possibly moved over the paper, so that the ball moves somewhat away from the exit opening against the spring force is pressed and color can escape.
- the spring, the rod, the ball and the sleeve thus form a valve which is closed when the pen tip is unloaded and which prevents the ink liquid from running out and / or drying out undesirably.
- the guide element formed by the rod holds and guides the ball in the area between the closed and the open position.
- Spiral or coil springs made of metal are used for the necessary spring properties. These springs must each be supported by a bearing on the rod guide element and on the pin itself. For storage on the pin, the sleeve, e.g. after inserting the ball, the guide element and the spring, a bearing part is inserted. However, in order to achieve the desired valve properties, the two bearings must be exactly spaced and the spring must have the correct spring properties.
- the known pens have the disadvantage that various small parts, of which at least the spring is made of metal, must be put together precisely.
- the spiral springs which are expedient per se, are short and are therefore difficult to hold and use.
- the guide element, the sleeve and the bearing part are preferably made of plastic. Because separating the metallic coil spring from the other components for disposal reasons, it is rather complex, such pens represent an undesirable, zwed, component waste.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of designing generic paint-applying pens with a ball as the paint application element and a guide element in such a way that their production and assembly process is simplified; disposal should also be simplified; and in doing so, it should nevertheless be possible to ensure a fine, exact application of the coloring or correction liquid and a reliable closing of the valve.
- the pin of the type mentioned at the outset is characterized in that the spring means comprises at least one leaf spring, optionally a plate spring or a section of a plate spring.
- the spring means required for the valve comprises at least one leaf spring, that is to say an elongated spring element, in particular extending essentially in the direction of the guide element, which can be deflected under the action of force transversely to its longitudinal direction or changes its shape.
- the shape of the individual turns is not essentially retained, as in the case of a spiral or helical spring, and only the distance between the turns is changed.
- the leaf spring provided according to the invention has a greater length in comparison to spiral or coil springs with comparable spring properties, but requires less space in cross section. This is of advantage in the arrangement in a sleeve interior, because the elongated design makes it easier to hold when inserting or assembling and the small cross-section does not impair the flow of paint.
- the spring action of slightly bent leaf springs is used in particular along their longitudinal direction.
- one end of the leaf spring is connected to the ink-guiding sleeve and the other end is held in contact with the guide element arranged in the sleeve or is kept in contact without displacement.
- the elongated spring element is increasingly deformed or bent in its transverse direction and thereby shortened in its longitudinal direction. The force resulting from the elastic deformation in the direction of the guide element closes the valve and thus the outlet opening reliably when the pen tip is no longer pressed against the base.
- the guide element is usually arranged centrally in the sleeve and should not come into contact with the sleeve along its longitudinal axis, even when it is displaceable by spring means, at least two, but possibly also three or four leaf springs become essentially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis arranged of the guide element.
- leaf springs or cutouts of disc springs can be regarded in the broader sense as “leaf springs" and can be used in the context of the invention.
- the leaf or disc springs used can be made of plastic, so that, in particular if the application element ball is made of plastic, a pin is produced which is essentially made of a single material. Such a one-component pen can be used for material recycling after it has been used.
- balls made of metal is also rather unproblematic since, in contrast to clamped metal spiral springs, when the inner parts of such a pin are pulled out they can fall out of their holder given by the shape of the outlet opening or can be easily removed.
- the spring means comprises a connection part which can be connected to the sleeve part and which can preferably be inserted into it.
- the spring means is at one end area with the connecting part connected and on the other with the guide element.
- the interconnected parts can be easily manufactured as a coherent injection molded part and inserted into the sleeve with minimal effort. The spring properties only depend on the production, but not on the assembly.
- the guide element has a stop surface with which it is used to limit its displacement against the spring force of the spring means comes into contact with an opening stop in the direction away from the outlet opening. It is furthermore advantageous for simple manufacture or assembly if the opening stop is connected to the spring means, in particular to a connecting part of the spring means which can be fastened to the sleeve part, the guide element contacting a first end region of the spring means and the opening stop connects a second end region of the spring center.
- the spring means comprises at least one leaf spring with a curved, in particular a U-shaped or S-shaped, section which, when the guiding element moves from the outlet opening is so deformable that a restoring force arises.
- At least one further ball is provided between the ball serving as the application element and the guide element, this further Ball or at least one of these further balls can be placed against a closing stop of the sleeve part by the guide element under the action of the spring means.
- the application element ball can be small and provided with a weak holder, since the closing forces are absorbed and transmitted by the further ball (s).
- the ball serving as the application element it is possible for the ball serving as the application element to be closed in a substantially pressure-free manner by the further ball lying against the closing stop. contact with the outlet opening can be brought.
- the diameter of the ball serving as the application element is smaller than the diameter of the further ball (s).
- the further ball can be set in rotation by rotary movements of the ball serving as the application element and if the rotary movement of the further ball can achieve a scooping effect or conveyance of color liquid into an intermediate space between the two balls.
- Fig.l shows a section through an application tip of a pin with a ball and a guide element which is connected to a connecting part via two leaf springs;
- FIG. 2 shows a detail of a section through a pen applicator tip with weakly curved leaf springs
- FIG. 3 shows a section through an application tip of a pen similar to FIG. 1, but with two balls, according to a particularly preferred embodiment, at least currently considered the best embodiment, and with a guide element which is connected to a connecting part via two leaf springs;
- FIG. 4 shows a section through the end region of such an application tip with two balls on an enlarged scale compared to FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 shows a section through the end region of an application tip similar to FIG. 4, but now with three balls.
- Fig.l shows a sleeve part 1 of the pen tip of a pen for applying color liquid.
- the sleeve part 1 encloses a color space 2 and has an outlet opening 3 for the color liquid at an outlet end.
- a connection opening 12 is provided for supplying the color space 2 with color liquid.
- the connection opening 12 is surrounded by a connection area, in particular a thread 13, so that the sleeve part 1 can be connected to a paint container.
- At the outlet opening 3 is from the color space 2 by means of a rod-shaped guide element 4 an application ball 5 pressed.
- the guide element 4 is pressed against the outlet opening 3 by at least one leaf spring, in the present example by two, possibly also by a plurality of leaf springs 6 arranged essentially symmetrically with respect to an axis 4a of the guide element 4.
- a first end region 6a of the leaf springs 6 is applied to the guide element 4 without displacement or, in particular, connected to it.
- a second end region 6b of the leaf springs 6 is optionally placed on the sleeve part 1 or connected to it.
- an in particular annular connecting part 7 is provided for connecting the end regions 6b of the leaf springs 6 to the sleeve part 1 and is seated in a clamp fit in the sleeve part 1.
- the connecting part 7 has a central guide area 7a for the guide element 4.
- This guide area 7a is formed by radially inwardly directed extensions 9 according to FIG. A sufficiently large flow opening area for the color liquid is provided between the extensions 9.
- the leaf springs 6 shown are preferably made of plastic and are S-shaped, with two opposing curvature areas. When the guide element 4 is moved away from the outlet opening 3, at least the radius of curvature of the one region of curvature is reduced. This elastic deformation causes a corresponding restoring force.
- the extensions 9 of the connecting part 7 also have the function of a stop for limiting the movement of the guide element 4 in the direction away from the outlet opening 3.
- the rod-shaped guide element 4 has a stop surface 10 which projects radially outwards in the manner of a collar and which bears against the underside of the extensions 9 when the guide element 4 is displaced as the maximum, and which thus define an opening stop 11.
- an opening stop 11 can also be connected separately from the extensions 9 to the sleeve part 1 and / or to the connecting part 7. The length of the opening stop 11 becomes so chosen that the application element ball 5 always protrudes far enough beyond the outlet opening 3 to ensure the application of paint.
- the design, number and arrangement of the leaf springs 6 can be chosen according to the respective need. If necessary, the guide element 4 is guided sufficiently well by the leaf springs 6 so that no guide area 7a is to be provided.
- the opening stop 11 is required in particular if the application element ball 5 is not to be able to be pressed completely into the sleeve part 1. If, for certain application conditions, it is immaterial whether the edge of the outlet opening 3 is in contact with the base when the pen tip is strongly pressed against the base, then the opening stop 11 is not necessary. If necessary, a sufficiently strong spring force of the leaf springs 6 can also cause the application ball 5 to always protrude somewhat even under normal writing pressure and thus remain unrollable.
- leaf springs 6 'with only slightly pronounced areas of curvature connect the guide element 4 to the connecting part 7.
- the shape of an expedient leaf spring should be in the closed position (with the outlet opening 3 closed) such that the first end region 6a of the leaf spring 6 can be displaced away from the opening 3 and the displacement of the end region 6a to produce a restoring force causing deformation of the leaf spring 6 leads.
- the leaf springs can thus be designed differently. If necessary, leaf springs can be provided which run more or less radially and thus essentially not along the guide element 4. In such an embodiment, the guide element 4 can be axially deflected relatively little, so that a guide area and an opening stop can be dispensed with if necessary.
- the guide and stop area for the guide element 4 can also be designed as a ring 14 extending around the guide element 4.
- Spoke-like radial connections 15 are provided for connecting the ring 14 to the connecting part 7.
- the stop surface 10 of the guide element 4 is an opposite one Associated side surface 14a of the ring 14. Since the radial connections 15 and the ring 14 are narrow, the free cross section of the color space 2 is only slightly smaller. The formation of the leaf springs 6 'only insignificantly hinders the flow of the ink liquid through the ink space 2.
- FIG. 3 shows a pen tip of a pen for applying colored liquid, which is essentially designed to correspond to the pen tip according to FIG.
- the embodiment according to FIG. 3 and in an enlarged representation according to FIG. 4 comprises a second ball 16, which is provided between the application element ball 5c and the end of the guide element 4 facing it.
- a matched closing seat or closing stop 17 In the interior of the sleeve part 1 for the second ball 16 there is a matched closing seat or closing stop 17 so that the second ball 16 pressed against the seat 17 by the guide element 4 closes the color space 2 tightly.
- the application ball 5c is held in close contact with the outlet opening 3 essentially without pressure by the second ball 16 abutting the closing stop 17.
- a valve is generally provided in the area of the pen tip, which permits the discharge of colored liquid only if the pen tip is pressed somewhat against a base or the application ball 5, 5c against the color space 2.
- the valve comprises at least one spring means 6, 6 'and a guide element 4.
- the outlet closure is achieved by a closing contact between at least a region of the inner edge of the sleeve part and the guide element and / or at least one ball.
- the application element ball 5 serves as a closing element, and in the closed position it lies tightly against the outlet opening 3 from the inside.
- the edge of the outlet opening 3 must be made sufficiently firm and with a sufficiently large enclosure around the application ball 5. This leads to the fact that the application ball 5 protrudes only slightly over the relatively wide edge of the outlet opening 3 and the critical inclination of the pin, in which the valve can no longer be opened by pressing against the base or in which the application of paint is no longer possible is relatively small.
- the second ball 16 serves as a closing element, which transmits the closing forces of the valve to the closing seat 17. This also makes it possible to provide a more compact valve design.
- the application ball 5c does not have to be held so that it has to absorb the locking forces.
- the edge of the outlet opening 3 can be made thin and the application ball 5c can only be formed to enclose it slightly more than half.
- the pin can thus be inclined by a large opening angle 19 (FIG. 4), up to 70 °, which, however, will lie between 25 ° and 45 ° for reasons of stability, until the edge of the outlet opening 3 is in contact with the base and the pressing of the Valve prevented.
- the diameter of the first ball 5c is - depending on the design of the sleeve cavity in the region of the outlet opening - possibly somewhat smaller than the diameter of the second ball 16.
- FIG. 5 shows a further possibility of transferring color to the application ball 5d.
- two further balls 16a, 16b are provided, which on the one hand take over the transport of color liquid and on the other hand act as a closing element.
- the diameters of these two balls 16a, 16b may - depending on the internal dimensions of the sleeve cavity - be different; in the case of a sleeve cavity which is to be expanded against the color space 2, the diameters of these balls 16a, 16b will also each have to be chosen larger.
- additional balls 16 or 16a, 16b can also be provided for a pin with leaf springs 6 'according to FIG. 2, and / or a ring 14 on spokes 15 can be used for the pin according to FIG. 1 (or FIG. 3). be provided.
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Applications Claiming Priority (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CH297795 | 1995-10-20 | ||
CH2977/95 | 1995-10-20 | ||
CH3236/95 | 1995-11-15 | ||
CH323695 | 1995-11-15 | ||
PCT/AT1996/000202 WO1997015460A1 (en) | 1995-10-20 | 1996-10-18 | Pen for applying coloured or correction fluid |
Publications (2)
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EP0858401A1 true EP0858401A1 (en) | 1998-08-19 |
EP0858401B1 EP0858401B1 (en) | 1999-05-26 |
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EP96933261A Expired - Lifetime EP0858401B1 (en) | 1995-10-20 | 1996-10-18 | Pen for applying coloured or correction fluid |
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US (1) | US5971648A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0858401B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH11513625A (en) |
AT (1) | ATE180444T1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9611154A (en) |
DE (1) | DE59602026D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2136429T3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997015460A1 (en) |
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- 1996-10-18 DE DE59602026T patent/DE59602026D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1996-10-18 ES ES96933261T patent/ES2136429T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-10-18 AT AT96933261T patent/ATE180444T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1996-10-18 US US09/051,757 patent/US5971648A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1996-10-18 WO PCT/AT1996/000202 patent/WO1997015460A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1996-10-18 BR BR9611154A patent/BR9611154A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-10-18 JP JP9516129A patent/JPH11513625A/en active Pending
- 1996-10-18 EP EP96933261A patent/EP0858401B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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US5971648A (en) | 1999-10-26 |
BR9611154A (en) | 1999-04-06 |
ATE180444T1 (en) | 1999-06-15 |
DE59602026D1 (en) | 1999-07-01 |
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WO1997015460A1 (en) | 1997-05-01 |
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