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US 4,733,586 AGranted
Method of and apparatus for making a capillary-action nib for a pen or marker
AssigneePelikan Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsChristoph Manusch, Gunter Scholz
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for the production of wicking tips for pens and markers in which the blanks, pointed at their ends, are first notched on opposite sides and are then cut through between the notches to form two tips from each blank. The invention simplifies the sharpening and dressing required of the tools which are used.
Claims11
A method of making writing nibs for capillary-action pens and markers, comprising the steps of:
- notching an elongated nib blank pointed at opposite ends at locations on opposite sides of a longitudinal median plane through said blank to form end flanks of nibs to be formed from said blank;
- and
- thereafter cutting said blank along a parting plane running from one of said notches to the other of said notches, thereby forming two of said writing nibs by a division of said blank.
An apparatus for making writing nibs for capillary-action pens and markers, comprising:
- means for notching an elongated nib blank pointed at opposite ends at locations on opposite sides of a longitudinal median plane through said blank to form end flanks of nibs to be formed from said blank;
- and
- means for thereafter cutting said blank along a parting plane running from one of said notches to the other of said notches, thereby forming two of said writing nibs by a division of said blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.