Tip unit for liquid applicator and liquid applicator
AssigneeSakura Color Products Corporation
InventorsYasunori Nakatani, Sakiko Takahashi
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Abstract
It is an aim to provide a tip unit for a liquid applicator and a liquid applicator that make written (applied) lines to change in thickness and give excellent durability. A tip unit used for a liquid applicator includes a ball house having an opening at its distal end and an introduction channel for application liquid in communication with the ball house, wherein the ball house holds therein at least two balls having a leading ball and an adjacent ball next to the leading ball, the balls being serially lined in an axial direction of the tip unit, the leading ball being partly exposed outside from the opening, and the leading ball being softer than the adjacent ball.
Claims13
A tip unit used for a liquid applicator, comprising:
- a ball house having an opening at its distal end;
- and
- an introduction channel for application liquid in communication with the ball house,
- wherein the ball house holds therein at least two balls comprising a leading ball and an adjacent ball next to the leading ball,
- the balls being serially lined in an axial direction of the tip unit,
- the leading ball being partly exposed outside from the opening, and
- the leading ball being softer than the adjacent ball.
A liquid applicator comprising:
- an ink reservoir reserving ink, and
- the tip unit according to any preceding claim and connected to the ink reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.