Writing felt pen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364736-B2
Application number	US-202016906376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2020
Priority date	Jun 20, 2019
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A writing felt pen including a barrel and a nib attached to the barrel, and a deformable pouch comprising a mix of absorbent polymer and fibres, an ink being absorbed in the absorbent polymer and the nib being in fluidic communication with the mix.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A writing felt pen comprising a barrel, a nib attached to the barrel, and a deformable pouch comprising a mix of absorbent polymer and fibres, wherein the absorbent polymer has a ink absorbed therein and the nib is in fluidic communication with the mix, and wherein the mix is capable of absorbing all the ink.

2. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the nib is inserted into a buffer, the buffer being in contact with the mix.

3. The writing felt pen according to claim 2 , wherein the buffer has a porosity greater than the porosity of the nib.

4. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the fibres are made of a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polyester, polyamide, and polyacrylonitrile.

5. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the fibres are fibres having a denier between 1 and 10 den.

6. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the fibres are continuous fibres having a length greater than 10 cm.

7. The writing felt pen according to claim 6 , wherein the continuous fibres have a length equal to or smaller than five times the maximum barrel length.

8. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the fibres are staple fibres having a length equal to or smaller than 10 cm.

9. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the absorbent polymer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide of potassium, polyacrylamide of sodium, polyacrylate of potassium, polyacrylate of sodium, and crosslinked poly(itaconate).

10. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the nib is a sintered powder nib.

11. The writing felt pen according to claim 10 , wherein the sintered powder nib comprises polypropylene or polyethylene.

12. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the nib comprises fibres agglomerated by a resin, the fibres being selected from the group consisting of polyester, acrylic, polyamide, and polyacrylonitrile, and the resin being polyurethane or urea aminoplast.

13. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the nib is an extruded nib comprising polyacetal, polypropylene or polyethylene.

14. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the deformable pouch is distinct from the barrel.

15. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio in mass of the mass of ink and the mass of the absorbent polymer without absorbed ink is equal to or smaller than 1000.

16. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the mix has a mass of fibres per ink volume that is equal to or greater than 0.001 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink and equal to or smaller than 1 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink.

17. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the mix has a mass of fibres per ink volume that is equal to or greater than 0.01 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink and equal to or smaller than 0.8 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink.

18. The writing felt pen according to claim 1 , wherein the mix has a mass of fibres per ink volume that is equal to or greater than 0.1 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink and equal to or smaller than 0.6 g of fibres per cm 3 of ink.

Assignees

• SOCIéTé BIC

Inventors

• Bez Arnaud
• Rolion Franck

Classifications

• B43K5/005

  Pen barrels · CPC title

• B43K5/1818

  Mechanical feeding means, e.g. valves; Pumps · CPC title

• B43K1/01

  with ink reservoirs, e.g. funnel-shaped · CPC title

• B43K8/06

  Wick feed from within reservoir to writing-points · CPC title

• B43K5/04 Primary

  flexible · CPC title