Shakable push button pen

• US 20080095568A1
• Filed: 06/07/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ming-Jen Hsien
• Original Assignee: Ming-Jen Hsien
• Inventors: Hsien, Ming-Jen
• Application Number:
  US11/448,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20080095568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/115
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 24/03 operated by flicking or tilting
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 24/084 with saw-like or analogous cams

Abstract

A shakable push button pen includes a stopping ring respectively disposed on outer circumferences of front end and rear end of an inner sleeve, a slidable load ring arranged between the two stopping rings, and a shaft extending backwards, assembled with a ratchet on rear end of the inner sleeve. The shaft inserting through an inner hole of a ratchet on the button is threaded with a sliding ring that is slidable inside the inner hole. When the pen is shaken forwards, the inner sleeve and the button are driven to slide forwards by momentum of the load ring that runs into the front stopping so as to make the refill extend or retract. Thus the push button pen can also be used as a shake pen.

Claims

1. A shakable push button pen comprising an outer pen tube, a button, an inner sleeve, a refill and a compression spring, wherein

the outer pen tube having a front half tube, a plurality of guiding slots on circumference and a central hole are disposed inside a tail end thereof;

the button is a tube threaded with a hollow tube that inserts through the front end of the outer pen tube and the central hole;

a ratchet with diameter a bit larger than the diameter of the hollow tube is disposed on circumference of the front end of the hollow tube while a flange with diameter smaller than that of the hollow tube is arranged on inner surface of the ratchet;

the inner sleeve having a stopping ring on outer circumferences of front end and rear end thereof respectively, a load ring slidable on the inner sleeve is arranged between the two stopping rings, a shaft extending outwards and a ratchet outside the shaft moving along with the ratchet of the button;

the shaft inserts through the flange on inner surface of the front end of the hollow tube, threaded with a sliding ring so that the shaft and the sliding ring slide freely inside the hollow tube without falling off from the front end of the hollow tube;

the refill is mounted inside the inner sleeve;

the compression spring is disposed between a recess on front end of the refill and an inner surface of the front half tube of the outer pen tube;

when the button is pressed repeatedly, a nib of the refill extends out or retracts into a head of the outer pen tube by movement of corresponding ratchets on the button and the inner sleeve, as well as a plurality of guiding slots inside the outer pen tube;

when the pen is shaken forwards, the inner sleeve, the refill, the hollow tube and the button are all driven to slide forwards by momentum of the load ring so as to make the nib of the refill extends out or retracts into the head of the outer pen tube.

2. The pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the load ring is made from metal such as cooper or iron.

3. The pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front stopping ring is threaded and fixed on the inner sleeve by screw threads so that the load ring is disposed between the two stopping rings.

4. The pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratchet on rear end of the inner sleeve is integrated into the shaft.

5. The pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratchet on rear end of the inner sleeve is an independent part, being mounted on the shaft.

6. The pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the button is replaced by a cap that is fixed on rear end of the outer pen tube while the rear end of the hollow tube is not threaded with the cap.