Liquid storage and release device and pen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548313-B2
Application number	US-201917044156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2019
Priority date	May 24, 2018
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

Provided are a liquid storage and release device and a pen comprising the device. The liquid storage and release device comprises a tube shell (1), a capsule-like liquid container (3), a piercing component (4) and a piston rod (5), wherein the tube shell (1) is open at one end and closed at the other end, and the interior thereof is a tube cavity (2); the capsule-like liquid container (3) and/or the piercing component (4) is/are slidably arranged in the tube cavity (2); one end of the piston rod (5) is slidably arranged in the tube cavity (2) of the tube shell (1), and the other end of the piston rod (5) is provided with a liquid release opening (6); and the piston rod (5) is provided with a liquid channel through which the liquid release opening (6) is in communication with the tube cavity (2). When the piston rod (5) slides towards the interior of the tube cavity (2), the capsule-like liquid container (3) and the piercing component (4) apply pressure to each other under the action of the piston rod (5), so that the piercing component (4) pierces the capsule-like liquid container (3) so as to release the liquid pre-stored in the capsule-like liquid container (3).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid storage and release device comprising:
a tube shell, a capsule-like liquid container, a piercing component and a piston rod, wherein
the tube shell is open at one end and closed at the other end, and the interior thereof is a tube cavity;
the capsule-like liquid container or the piercing component is slidably arranged in the tube cavity;
one end of the piston rod is slidably arranged in the tube cavity of the tube shell, and the other end of the piston rod is provided with a liquid release opening;
the piston rod comprises a liquid absorbing material extending from the liquid release opening to a fixed orifice plate, the fixed orifice plate is separated from the one end of the piston rod such that the separation forms a liquid mixing cavity of the piston rod; and
when the piston rod slides towards the interior of the tube cavity, the capsule-like liquid container and the piercing component apply pressure to each other under the action of the piston rod, so that the piercing component pierces the capsule-like liquid container so as to release a liquid pre-stored in the capsule-like liquid container.

2. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein the piston rod adopts a hollow tube structure, an inner cavity of the hollow tube structure is a liquid channel, and the interior of the hollow tube structure is provided with the liquid absorbing material.

3. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 2 , wherein there are a plurality of the capsule-like liquid containers, which are arranged in parallel, an inner wall of the hollow tube structure is provided with the fixed orifice plate, which separates the inner cavity of the hollow tube structure into two cavities, the cavity adjacent to the capsule-like liquid container is the liquid mixing cavity, and the liquid absorbing material is confined in the other cavity.

4. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 3 , wherein there are two capsule-like liquid containers, which are filled with liquids that can make a chemiluminescence reaction.

5. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation constraint structure that is intended to restrict relative free rotation between the piercing component and the piston rod is adopted between the piercing component and the piston rod.

6. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one end of the piercing component is provided with sharp teeth, of which tips face the capsule-like liquid container.

7. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 6 , wherein there are a plurality of the capsule-like liquid containers, which are arranged in series, there is one or more piercing component, and each of the capsule-like liquid containers is opposite the sharp teeth of a corresponding piercing component.

8. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 6 , wherein the sharp teeth are in a shape of a sharp cone, with slots on a surface from a top to a bottom edge of the sharp cone.

9. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein the tube shell comprises two detachable tube sections, and the capsule-like liquid container is arranged between a junction of the two detachable tube sections and the closed end of the tube shell.

10. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein a ridge is arranged on an inner wall of the tube shell, and a groove matched with the ridge is arranged on the piercing component.

11. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein the capsule-like liquid container is made of a membrane material, which is folded face to face and then sealed on three sides by means of hot pressing, with the folded side facing the piercing component.

12. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , wherein the capsule-like liquid container is made of a polymer, composite polymer or aluminum foil composite polymer material.

13. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , further comprising particulate matter disposed within the liquid mixing cavity of the piston rod.

14. The liquid storage and release device according to claim 1 , further comprising a ball disposed within the liquid mixing cavity of the piston rod, wherein the ball inhibits liquid flow through the orifice plate based on a position of the liquid storage and release device.

Assignees

• Crayola Llc
• Beijing Wenhaiyang Ind & Trading Co Ltd

Inventors

• Vadaketh Leena
• Hui Max Sze Mo
• Luo Xiaomeng
• Jin Chaoyang
• Guo Haiteng
• Gao Xinming

Classifications

• B43K8/10

  including compartment for soluble solid material · CPC title

• B43K8/03

  Ink reservoirs; Ink cartridges · CPC title

• B43K5/14 Primary

  Exchangeable ink cartridges · CPC title

• B43K5/10

  with reserve ink chambers · CPC title

• B43K8/08

  Wick separate from writing-points · CPC title