Air brush marker
AssigneeMega Brands International, Luxembourg, Zug Branch
InventorsRICHARD GINELLI, JONATHAN JAGET
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Abstract
An air brush marker includes a marker barrel having a first end and a second end, with a pump disposed at the first end of the marker barrel and a hollow nib disposed at the second end that is configured to absorb ink. A filter is disposed within the marker barrel, is configured to absorb ink and is positioned in contact with the nib. A tube is disposed within the marker barrel and provides an air passage extending from the pump to the nib. The pump is configured to supply a burst of air through the tube and the nib such that ink particles are sprayed out of the marker at the second end in a generally dispersed pattern.
Claims20
An air brush marker comprising:
- a marker barrel having a first end and a second end;
- a pump disposed at the first end of the marker barrel;
- a hollow nib disposed at the second end of the marker barrel, the nib being configured to absorb ink;
- a filter disposed within the marker barrel, the filter being configured to absorb ink and being positioned in contact with the nib;
- and
- a tube disposed within the marker barrel, the tube providing an air passage extending from the pump to the nib,
- wherein the pump is configured to supply a burst of air through the tube and the nib such that ink particles are sprayed out of the marker at the second end in a generally dispersed pattern.
An air brush marker comprising:
- a barrel;
- a filter disposed within the barrel for storing a liquid reservoir;
- a hollow nib for absorbing liquid, the nib in fluid communication with the filter and extending outwardly from a first end of the barrel, the nib having an opening at a tip portion;
- and
- an air passage extending from a second end of the barrel, past the first end of the barrel, and to the opening at the tip portion of the nib, wherein the air passage passes through a central region of the nib,
- wherein a burst of air passing through the air passage causes liquid to be dispensed out of the tip portion of the nib in a generally dispersed pattern.
A method of dispensing ink onto a surface in a generally dispersed pattern comprising:
- providing a marker comprising,
- a barrel;
- a pump disposed at a first end of the barrel;
- a filter for absorbing ink disposed within the barrel;
- a tube disposed within the barrel;
- and
- a hollow nib disposed at a second end of the barrel;
- saturating the hollow nib with ink;
- positioning a diffuser within the hollow nib, the diffuser being configured to position the tube within the marker;
- positioning a secondary diffuser within the nib, the secondary diffuser having a conical surface proximal to an opening in the nib;
- compressing the pump, causing a burst of air to be supplied through the tube, through a central region of the nib, through the diffuser, and around the secondary diffuser;
- and
- dispensing ink particles through an opening in the nib onto a surface in a generally dispersed pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.