KNOCK TYPE PEN

• US 20190160854A1
• Filed: 12/28/2017
• Published: 05/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dong-A Pencil Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dong-A Pencil Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hakjae
• Granted Patent: US 10,369,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 24/08 operated by push-buttons
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 24/082 placed on the side
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 24/084 with saw-like or analogous cams
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 7/12 with retractable ball points mechanisms for retracting or locking ball points B43K24/00

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a knock type pen including a housing in which a lead storing ink is received, a knock element which is placed moveably up and down in the housing, and has a button section protruding from an open upper side of the housing in an upper end part and a toothed protrusion coupled to a lower end part, and a rotary cam which is disposed between the lead and the knock element and rotatably placed in the housing, and has a guide protrusion which comes into contact with the toothed protrusion.

Claims

1. A knock type pen comprising:

a housing in which a lead storing ink is received;

a knock element which is placed moveably up and down in the housing, and has a button section protruding from an open upper side of the housing in an upper end part and a toothed protrusion coupled to a lower end part; and

a rotary cam which is disposed between the lead and the knock element and rotatably placed in the housing, and has a guide protrusion which comes into contact with the toothed protrusion,

wherein a fixing groove is formed around an outer circumferential surface of the knock element,

wherein the housing has a first through hole formed therethrough along an outer circumferential direction, and a second through hole formed therethrough corresponding to the first through hole,

wherein the knock type pen further comprises a fixing element which is coupled to the housing linearly moveably in a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the housing, with one end formed over an outer circumference of the first through hole and the other end formed over an outer circumference of the second through hole, the fixing element having an insert groove corresponding to the fixing groove,

wherein when one end of the fixing element is pressed in a direction toward the housing, the insert groove of the fixing element is inserted into to fixing groove of the knock element to limit a downward movement of the knock element.

2. The knock type pen of claim 1, wherein the knock element comprises:

a first element in which the button section is formed; and

a second element having an outer circumferential length that is smaller than an outer circumferential length of the first element, wherein the second element extends downward from a lower surface of the first element and has a fixing groove around an outer circumferential surface.

3. The knock type pen of claim 2, wherein a stopper is protrusively formed with a predetermined thickness on an outer circumferential surface of the first element or the second element around the outer circumferential surface.

4. The knock type pen of claim 3, wherein the fixing element comprises:

a fixing section which is placed in the housing in a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the housing and makes a linear motion in the direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the housing, and has an insert groove which is inserted into the fixing groove;

a first stopper rib which extends from one side of the fixing section, and is formed over an outer circumference of the first through hole; and

a second stopper rib which extends from the other side of the fixing section, and is formed over an outer circumference of the second through hole.

5. The knock type pen of claim 4, wherein the fixing section comprises:

a body formed in plate shape in which one end is connected to the first stopper rib, and the other end has an insert groove corresponding to the fixing groove; and

a pair of legs, each having a first end connected to each of two sides of the other end of the body, and a second end connected to each of a pair of second stopper ribs,

wherein the second element moves up between the pair of legs,

wherein when the button section of the knock element is pressed, the stopper is put on the pair of legs.

6. The knock type pen of claim 4, wherein the first stopper rib and the second stopper rib are curved so that the first stopper rib and the second stopper rib are in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the housing.

7. The knock type pen of claim 5, wherein the first stopper rib and the second stopper rib are curved so that the first stopper rib and the second stopper rib are in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the housing.