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Stippling instrument

US6439793B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by
5References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 2001
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43K5/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A stippling tool comprising includes a cylindrical main body defining an ink containing chamber therein, a slender ink transfer member having a proximal end portion to which ink in the ink containing chamber is supplied, and a distal end portion extending to an opening of the main body, in which ink is transferred from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, and a porous elastic stippling member provided on the distal end portion of the ink transfer member, through which the ink permeates. The stippling member having a stippling distal end surface outwardly projecting in a curved shape, and the distal end surface being elastically deformed by a stroke pressure.

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