Toy ink applicator
AssigneeRose Art Industries, Inc.
InventorSteven Rehkemper
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Abstract
The hand held housing has a depressible trigger effective when actuated to energize a motor. The motor drives a cylindrical brush to rotate within the housing. As the brush rotates, the ends of the radially extending bristles contact and remove ink from the conical surface of the felt tip of a marker, the end of which extends through an opening into the interior of the housing. Ink removed from the marker is propelled through another opening in the housing in a stream.
Claims12
A toy ink applicator for use with an ink containing marker having an end with an exposed felt tip, said applicator comprising a power source, a hand-held housing including a depressible actuator, a motor with a drive shaft, means for connecting said power source to energize said motor when said actuator is depressed, a brush, means for moveably mounting said brush within said housing, means for operably drivingly connecting said drive shaft and said brush to move said brush when said motor is energized, a first opening in said housing adapted to permit insertion of the end of the marker into said housing to a position where said moving brush contacts and removes ink from the felt tip and a second opening in said housing through which ink is propelled by movement of the brush.
In combination, a toy ink applicator and an ink containing marker having an end with an exposed felt tip, the applicator comprising a power source, a hand held housing including a depressible actuator, a motor with a drive shaft, means for connecting said power source to energize said motor when said actuator is depressed, a brush, means for moveably mounting said brush within said housing, means for operably drivingly connecting said drive shaft and said brush to move said brush when said motor is energized, a first opening in said housing adapted to receive said end of said marker such that the moving brush contacts and removes ink from the felt tip and a second opening in the housing through which ink is propelled by movement of said brush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.