Title:
MULTIPLE WIDTH MARKING INSTRUMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005018951
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A marking instrument includes a body formed with a first end and a second end and sealed at the second end to define a fluid reservoir. The marking instrument includes a tip assembly positioned at the first end having a rigid nib with a fluid path formed longitudinally therethrough. The rigid nib has a first end forming a first spreader surface and a second end adjacent to the fluid reservoir and cooperates with a shiftable valve positioned within the fluid path. The shiftable valve includes a valve actuator having a contact surface position substantially adjacent to the first spreader surface. The tip assembly may further include an adjustable nib having a second spreader surface adapted to be positioned adjacent the first spreader surface to form a composite spreader surface.
Inventors:
PATEL AMAR A (US)
HAUTZINGER JEFFREY (US)
COLAVITTI MARC (US)
MARSCHAND BRET R (US)
CANTU JASON E (US)
THOMPSON JOHN (US)
HAUTZINGER JEFFREY (US)
COLAVITTI MARC (US)
MARSCHAND BRET R (US)
CANTU JASON E (US)
THOMPSON JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/026908
Publication Date:
January 05, 2006
Filing Date:
August 18, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SANFORD LP (US)
PATEL AMAR A (US)
HAUTZINGER JEFFREY (US)
COLAVITTI MARC (US)
MARSCHAND BRET R (US)
CANTU JASON E (US)
THOMPSON JOHN (US)
PATEL AMAR A (US)
HAUTZINGER JEFFREY (US)
COLAVITTI MARC (US)
MARSCHAND BRET R (US)
CANTU JASON E (US)
THOMPSON JOHN (US)
International Classes:
A47L13/26; B43K1/00; B43K1/08; B43K5/14; B43K5/18; B43K8/04; B43K27/00; B43K27/08; B43L19/00; (IPC1-7): B43K27/00; B43K27/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2002064379A1 | 2002-08-22 |
Foreign References:
| US3336909A | 1967-08-22 | |||
| US5026189A | 1991-06-25 | |||
| US6155733A | 2000-12-05 | |||
| US5897265A | 1999-04-27 | |||
| US2984393A | 1961-05-16 |
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