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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721402 | Method of producing applicator tip A method for producing a tip unit for a liquid applicator including: a first process of shaping the contour of a tip body in the form of a truncated conical surface; a second process of forming a ball housing having an open end at its distal end in the tip body; a t... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7131181 | Tool for manufacturing ballpoint pens A tool and method of manufacturing a tool for making ballpoint pen tips, called rough tips, in their seat zone and preferably in their cone zone. The tool is mounted in fast-rotating precision spindles and the position of the tool may be adjusted to adjust the dimen... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111379 | Eyebrow pencil making machine An eyebrow pencil making machine includes a trough disposed on a table for receiving pen containers, a board having a number of depressions to support the pen containers which may be fed along the board step by step, and two tool devices each having a tool member mo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6971814 | Ball tip for a writing instrument and method for making same The ball point comprises a body having a front surface and a housing emerging in an opening in the front surface and communicating with a passage supplying a fluid. A ball can rotate freely in the housing. The body front surface has a peripheral portion parallel to ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 5806164 | Method for disassembling a writing instrument Methods and tools are disclosed for disassembling hand made, high quality writing instruments. Hand made, high quality writing instruments are typically comprised of several different components. The methods and tools allow the individual components of a ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5520473 | Ball point pen A ball point pen includes a tubular member with a hollow interior placeable in fluid communication with an ink supply, a socket formed at one end of the member having a seat and a cylindrical wall extending from the seat and a rim structure disposed at th... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5309787 | Locking pin for securing a shift linkage A locking pin, in particular for the securing of shift positions of a shift linkage in automobile transmissions, comprises a hollow cylindrical shaft portion (1) which is drawn from thin-walled sheet metal and closed at one end by a bottom (2). This botto... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5012663 | Method of bending a ball point pen tip A method of manufacturing a ball point member for use in a ball point pen wherein a plurality of circumferential grooves are formed on one side only of the outer surface of the tubular body of the point member near the point ball. The point member is bent... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4789263 | Process for the production of a ball-point pen tip supplied with liquid ink, and tip produced thereby A slender tube (A) having an internal diameter of about 1 mm and a wall thickness of about 0.1 mm is used for the production of the tips of ball-point pens. After a cycle of combined linear and rotation-derived working steps, the tip has a front cross sec... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4722124 | Method of manufacturing the writing tip of a ball point pen A method of manufacturing the writing tip of a ball point pen which has the steps of inwardly pressing the end of a fine metallic tube at the entire periphery to form a drawn portion, drawing the inner wall of the drawn portion to form a ball holding port... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4717277 | Writing point and method for the production thereof A method for the production of a writing point for liquid ink by utilizing a tube (5) of small internal diameter and a writing point which is produced thereby are proposed. In such a case, axially extending ink channels (3) are provided in the internal wa... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4701990 | Ball-and-socket joint assembly tool and method A self-securing ball-and-socket joint which has a ball head integrally formed on a rod, an outer structural part having a bore that pivotably receives the ball head and a radially elastic CIRCLIP brand retaining ring as well as a separate auxiliary assemb... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4619130 | Apparatus for providing a rim on the tips of ballpoint The apparatus allows providing a rim on the tips for ballpoint pens even if made of a very hard material, such as stainless steel, as it can withstand very great pressure. It comprises a first body (1) rotating about an axis (8) which coincides with the a... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4547947 | Method for producing a nondirectional pen A method for producing a nondirectional pen includes the steps of drawing a solid metal rod to form a pen blank having three or more radial blade sections extending along the length of the pen blank and equally spaced angularly away from one another; cutt... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547946 | Method for producing a nondirectional pen A method for producing a nondirectional pen includes the steps of drawing a metal pipe to form a pen blank having three or more radial blade sections extending along the length of the pen blank and equally spaced angularly away from one another, each of t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4431330 | Ball joint improvement and method The invention pertains to a ball joint assembly which includes a ball stud received in a swivel socket of a supporting body. Some of such assemblies are classed as quick disconnects, meaning that the ball stud may be conveniently assembled and disassemble... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4231146 | Method of making a tip for a ball point pen In a tip for a ball point pen including a cylindrical metallic tip body having a pointed end, a ball receiving hole having its opening at the pointed end of the tip body, a ball supporting seat of a plastic held in the bottom of the ball receiving hole, a... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4134199 | Method for producing ball point pen nibs A ball point nib is produced by injection molding of a resilient or memory possessing thermoplastic resin, the integral nib body member including a ball housing cavity having a circular front opening delineated by an annular lip and communicating by passa... | 01/16/1979 |
