Writing instrument equipped with a locking device
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorLaurent BEAUCHER
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Abstract
A manual device including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion being at least partially fitted into the first portion and being moveable in translation relative to the first portion. The first portion having a first distal end while the second portion has a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The second portion also includes a locking device designed to prevent the first portion from moving in translation relative to the second portion only when, considered in the direction of gravity. The first distal end is arranged above the second distal end, and the locking device includes a chamber and a ball or equivalent accommodated in the chamber. The chamber is provided only in the second portion.
Claims2
Manual device comprising a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being at least partially fitted into the first portion and being moveable in translation in an axial direction relative to the first portion, the first portion having a first distal end while the second portion has a second distal end opposite the first distal end in the axial direction, and a locking device designed to prevent the first portion from moving in translation in the axial direction relative to the second portion only when, considered in the direction of gravity, the first distal end is arranged above the second distal end, the locking device comprising a chamber and a ball or equivalent accommodated in the chamber, the chamber being provided only in the second portion.
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