Pen warmer
OwnerJohn Michelizziinventor
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Abstract
A device for warming a writing tip of a pen having a conductive surface spaced from the writing tip, the device includes a power source having a first terminal and a second terminal. A first electrically conductive member is attached to the first terminal and a second electrically conductive member is attached to the second terminal and spaced from the first conductive member. The conductive surface of the pen contacts the second electrically conductive member when the writing tip of the pen contacts the first conductive member thereby warming the writing tip.
Claims14
A device for warming a writing tip of a pen, the pen having a conductive surface spaced from the writing tip, the device comprising:
- a power source having a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a first electrically conductive member attached to the first terminal;
- a second electrically conductive member attached to the second terminal and spaced from the first conductive member such that the conductive surface of the pen contacts the second electrically conductive member when the writing tip of the pen contacts the first conductive member thereby warming the writing tip;
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- wherein the second electrically conductive member includes an aperture and wherein the writing tip of the pen is inserted into the aperture and wherein the conductive surface of the pen a distance from the writing tip of the pen contacts the aperture.
A device for warming a writing tip of a pen by flowing an electric current therethrough, the pen having a conductive surface spaced from the writing tip, the device comprising:
- an electric power source having a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a first electrically conductive member attached to the first terminal;
- a second electrically conductive member attached to the second terminal and spaced from the first electrically conductive member such that the writing tip of the pen contacts the first electrically conductive member and the conductive surface of the pen contacts the second electrically conductive member thereby completing a circuit for electric current to flow through the writing tip of the pen;
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- wherein the second electrically conductive member comprises an aperture wherein the writing tip of the pen is inserted into the aperture such that the electrically conductive surface a distance from the writing tip contacts the second electrically conductive member.
A method for heating a writing tip of a pen, the method comprising:
- providing electrical contacts spaced apart a distance to contact the writing tip of the pen and an electrically conductive surface of the pen wherein one of the contacts includes and aperture for current to flow from the writing tip to the conductive surface;
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- placing the writing tip of the pen and the electrically conductive surface in electrical contact with the spaced apart electrical contacts by inserting the tip of the pen into the aperture to produce a current path from one contact to the other thereby inducing current to flow through the writing tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.