Felt-tip pen wth refilling means

US5626431A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Esselte Meto International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Hetzer · Lobbach, DE
• Michael Schwarz · Klagenfurt, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 1996
• Grant date: May 6, 1997
• Expiry date: May 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B43L25/10
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A felt-tip pen (1) for writing on posters or the like is inserted into an ink pot for refilling and keeping. In order to prevent the outer sides of the felt-tip pen from becoming soiled with ink, the felt-tip pen has an axial groove (12) parallel to the felt-tip (10) entered by a collar (22) that surrounds the opening (21) of the ink pot (20) when the felt-tip pen is inserted through the opening. This groove is designed in an intermediate piece (5) that bears the felt-tip and that is in turn inserted onto the cup-shaped end (3) of the handle with a second groove (11 ) of the same size as the first but oriented in the opposite direction. The felt-tip may thus be inserted on both sides onto the handle (2) and into the ink pot and at the same time it is well sealed in the ink pot.