Writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value

• US 20030052692A1
• Filed: 10/24/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Speada Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Speada Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Wen-Jung
• Application Number:
  US10/279,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20030052692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/464
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/00 Combinations of writing implements with other articles
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4972 Determining alcohol content for vehicle safety devices B60K28/06

Abstract

The invention relates to a writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value, and its architecture includes a lower barrel, an upper barrel, and a sensor device. The sensor device has a circuit board, wherein a sensor, a liquid crystal screen, and a processing unit are installed on and electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board receives the alcohol content in the user'"'"'s exhaled breath and converts it so that a precise value can be displayed on the liquid crystal screen. Hence, a writing pen that can be readily carried and has a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value is completed.

Claims

1. A writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value, including:

a lower barrel;

an upper barrel, which is engaged with one end of the lower barrel; and

a sensor device, which is engaged with the other end of the upper barrel and has a housing and a circuit board;

a gas convection slot and a panel opening are located on the housing, whereas the circuit board is installed inside the housing;

a sensor and a liquid crystal screen that fits in the panel opening are installed on and electrically connected to the circuit board;

when the sensor device is in the standby mode, the user breathes against the gas convection slot, and through the sensor, the level of the alcohol concentration in the user'"'"'s exhaled breath can be received to a processing unit to be converted into a precise value so that the sensor device can display the precise value on the liquid crystal screen;

hence, the purpose of testing the precise value of the alcohol concentration in the user'"'"'s breath has been achieved.

2. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cartridge is placed inside the lower barrel for writing, whereas the outer portion of the lower barrel is engaged with a pen cap, which allows the lower barrel to be placed therein.

3. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cartridge of the lower barrel can be a fountain pen, a ball pen, or a pencil.

4. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pen cap can be engaged with the outer portion of the lower barrel by either one of the methods of screw connection, tightly fitting-in, magnetic force.

5. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein a battery chamber is placed inside the upper barrel.

6. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 5, wherein the battery chamber can be placed in more than one battery.

7. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing of the sensor device may have a switch slot.

8. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board of the sensor device has an activating switch that fits in the switch slot.

9. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 8, wherein the activating switch can be a press-down switch.

10. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing of the sensor device may be integrally formed with the circuit board, or the housing may be placed on each of the two sides of the circuit board to cover the circuit board.

11. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board has a processing unit and an automatic power-off device.

12. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one electrode is provided on the circuit board and electrically connected to the battery in the battery chamber.

13. The writing pen with a liquid crystal screen displaying the tested alcohol concentration value as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal screen has more than one measure of alcohol concentration for displaying.