Dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object and writing instrument
AssigneeKotobuki & Co., Ltd.
InventorShuhei Kageyama
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Abstract
A dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object, comprising an outer tubular casing having an opened end, a closed end, a first chamber adjacent the opened end, and a second chamber adjacent the closed end for storing at least one spare stick-shaped object therein, the first and second chambers communicating with each other, a dispenser structure removably received in the first chamber, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the dispenser structure in the first chamber. A writing instrument of side-knock-type or side-slide-type provided with a dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object is also disclosed.
Claims14
A mechanical pencil of side-knock-type comprising,
- a barrel having an opening portion formed in a region of a peripheral wall thereof;
- means incorporated within said barrel for advancing a writing lead;
- spring means incorporated within said barrel to urge said writing lead advancing means rearwardly;
- actuator means received in said opening portion of said barrel and engaged with a portion of said writing lead advancing means for actuating said writing lead advancing means against an action of said spring means;
- stationary pocket means mounted within a rear end portion of said barrel, said pocket means including a tubular body substantially within said barrel and an extension extending from said tubular body, said pocket means further including an intermediate portion connecting to said extension outside said barrel;
- clip means extending outwardly of said barrel from said pocket means for clipping said mechanical pencil to a shirt or jacket pocket or the like;
- said intermediate portion connecting to said clip means such that said pocket means and clip means are formed as a one-piece member;
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- a dispenser removably mounted in said pocket means for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object independently of said pocket means including said tubular body, extension and intermediate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.