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Writing nib structure and method of manufacture

US4037976A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1976
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 2, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249989
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A writing nib for pens and marking implements having an elongated body of generally rectangular configuration and reinforced by layers of relatively rigid solid material laminated to opposite surfaces of a relatively soft wicking material. The nib is formed by continuously forming layers of the relatively rigid material on opposite surfaces of a strip of wicking material, shaping both edges of the laminated strip and severing the laminated strip transversely, the shaped edges of the laminated strip ultimately forming a writing tip at each end of the nib body at which the wicking material projects beyond the corresponding ends of the rigid material.

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