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US 2023/0001736 A1Published application
Writing instrument
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorsJulien LINTERMY, Carine BETHOUART
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Abstract
A free-ink writing instrument mat include a nib drying delay component to prevent drying out of the end of the nib of the writing instrument that is located in the writing ink tank thereof. The nib drying delay component is locally arranged around the end of the nib in a liquid tight manner and configured to locally retain ink therein so as to keep the nib end in contact with locally retained ink.
Claims15
A free-ink writing instrument comprising:
- a tank for storing a writing ink;
- a nib having a first end protruding within the tank for being in contact with writing ink and a second opposite end located outside the tank for dispensing writing ink outside the writing instrument, characterized in that the writing instrument further comprises a nib drying delay component that is locally arranged around the first end of the nib in a liquid tight manner and configured to locally retain ink therein so as to keep the first nib end in contact with locally retained ink whatever the spatial position of the writing instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.