Marking instrument
AssigneeBIC Violex Single Member S.A.
InventorChristos Galanis
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Abstract
A tip reinforcing system that is configured to allow a user to adjust a rigidity attribute of the marking tip of a instrument, the tip reinforcing system including: a tip core cavity that is a hollow portion within a marking tip that extends axially through the marking tip, a tip reinforcing core configured to be movable within the tip core cavity in order to change the internal structure of the marking tip, and a core moving mechanism configured to be operated by a user to move the tip reinforcing core relative to the housing body of the instrument in order to adjust the level of exposure of the tip reinforcing core within the marking tip.
Claims20
A tip reinforcing system that is configured to allow a user to adjust a rigidity attribute of a marking tip of a marking instrument, the tip reinforcing system comprising:
- a tip core cavity that extends axially through the marking tip,
- a tip reinforcing core configured to be movable within the tip core cavity,
- a core guiding tube configured to extend through the tip core cavity, the tip reinforcing core disposed within the core guiding tube, wherein an exterior side surface of the tip reinforcing core comprises threads that interact with a threaded surface on an interior surface of the core guiding tube, and
- a core moving mechanism configured to be operated by a user to move the tip reinforcing core relative to a housing body of the marking instrument in order to adjust a level of exposure of the tip reinforcing core within the marking tip.
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