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US 7,802,936 B1Granted
Mechanical pencil
AssigneeMitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
InventorsHirotake Izawa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kyo Nakayama
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AssigneeMitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
InventorsHirotake Izawa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kyo Nakayama
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A chuck (4) for grasping a writing lead and a rotor (6) arranged to be movable in a direction of rotation and an axial direction within a body cylinder (1). A rotational drive mechanism for the writing lead is formed such that first and second cam faces (6a) and (6b) are respectively formed at one end face and another end face of the rotor in the axial direction, and first and second fixed cam faces (13a) and (14a) are arranged on the body cylinder side to face the above-mentioned first and second cam faces respectively. An indicator (6c) of a wedge-shaped notch is formed at a part of the rotor. The indicator can be observed through the body cylinder made of a transparent material. By this structure, a mechanical pencil is provided in which operation of the writing lead that is gradually rotated by way of writing pressure can be known certainly.
A mechanical pencil arranged to grasp and release a writing lead by reciprocation of a chuck provided in a body cylinder so as to inch said writing lead forward, in which said chuck is held within said body cylinder so as to be rotatable about an axis in a situation where the chuck grasps said writing lead, a rotational drive mechanism is provided where a rotor is retreated and moved forward by writing pressure of said writing lead through said chuck so that said rotor is rotationally driven, and rotational motion of said rotor is transmitted to said writing lead through said chuck, characterized in that
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