Device for filling writing, drawing, printing, or painting utensils

• US 5,641,078 A
• Filed: 03/13/1995
• Issued: 06/24/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dataprint R Kaufmann KG
• Original Assignee: Dataprint R Kaufmann KG
• Inventors: Kaufmann, Rainer
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Snapp, Sandra S.
• Application Number:
  US08/403,843
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 211/69.4, 211/69.1, 211/69.2, 211/69.3, 222/576, 222/581, 222/585, 222/586, 222/588, 222/589, 15/257.07, 15/257.072, 15/257.073, 15/257.074, 15/257.075, 15/257.076
• US Class Current: 211/69.4
• CPC Class Codes: B43L 25/008 with wick feed
• CPC Class Codes: B43L 25/10 with means for holding objects

Abstract

A device for filling a writing utensil with a writing liquid has a container having an interior for receiving the writing liquid and a container opening for refilling the interior with the writing liquid. A receiving member is inserted into the container opening so as to provide a tight seal between the receiving member and the container opening. An air inlet connection connects the interior to the atmosphere. A capillary conveying connection, including a first and a second end, is provided for conveying the liquid from the interior to a writing utensil, wherein said first end opens into the receiving member for contacting a writing tip of a writing utensil to be inserted into the receiving member. A seal, connected to the receiving member, seals the writing utensil inserted into the receiving member toward the atmosphere.

Claims

1. A device for filling a writing utensil with a writing liquid, said device comprising:

a container having an interior for receiving the writing liquid and a container opening for refilling said interior with the writing liquid;

a receiving member inserted into said container opening so as to provide a tight seal between said receiving member and said container opening;

an air inlet connection connecting said interior to the atmosphere;

a capillary conveying connection, comprising a first and a second end, for conveying the liquid from said interior to a writing utensil, wherein said first end opens into said receiving member for contacting a writing tip of a writing utensil to be inserted into said receiving member;

a sealing means, connected to said receiving member, for sealing an end of a writing utensil inserted into said receiving member toward the atmosphere.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means is embodied such that it rest elastically on the writing utensil inserted into said receiving member.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means is a ring member extending along the inner periphery of said receiving member.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said sealing means has in cross-section a lip-shaped profile.

5. A device according to claim 3, wherein said sealing means has a circular cross-section.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means is arranged such in said receiving member that a writing utensil, when inserted into said receiving member, rests with a leading end face on said sealing means.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein:

said receiving member comprises an integral projection that sealingly engages a recess at a writing tip of a writing utensil, when inserted into said receiving chamber.

8. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a snap closure for pressing the writing utensil against said sealing means.

9. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a screw cap closure for pressing the writing utensil against said sealing means.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein said receiving member comprises a circular groove in which said sealing means is received.

11. A device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means is arranged at an end of said receiving member proximal to said interior of said container.

12. A device according to claim 1, wherein at least said first end of said capillary conveying connection is elastic for allowing at least a partial penetration of the writing tip of the writing utensil.

13. A device according to claim 1, wherein said receiving member comprises a closure means for being sealingly received in said container opening.

14. A device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means seals off said first end of said capillary conveying connection against the atmosphere when the writing utensil is removed from said receiving member.

15. A device according to claim 14, wherein said sealing means comprises a disc made of elastically deformable material, said disc having in a central area at least one incision for allowing penetration thereof by the writing utensil.

16. A device according to claim 1, wherein said air inlet connection opens to the atmosphere exterior of said sealing means.