The Sailor Pen Co., Ltd.

Toray Industries, Inc.

Ykk Corporation

Hideshi Okamoto

Hiroyuki Sugiyama

Makoto Momose

Yasufumi Morita

Hirofumi Hamamoto

Hideo Yogou

Noriso Tsugawa

Provided is a resin snap fastener, which has excellent heat resistance, rigidity and toughness, and reduced decrease in rigidity when absorbing water, and which does not emit endocrine disrupters. The snap fastener is obtained by molding a resin composition comprising 45-100 parts by weight of wollastonite with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin.

Snap fastener

A fluid applicator in which the internal pressure of a fluid tank can selectively be increased, and the fluid to be applied is prevented from being discharged excessively during application. A cap is provided with a short first inner barrel and a long second inner barrel, so that, when the neck of the applicator is inserted into the short first inner barrel to seal the tip, the pressure rise in the first inner barrel is adapted to be small so as not to substantially increase the internal pressure of the fluid tank, whereas when the neck is inserted into the long second inner barrel, the pressure rise in the second inner barrel is adapted to be great so as to increase the internal pressure of the fluid tank. Alternatively, the applicator may be provided with a pressurizing device having a plurality of sealing barrels of different lengths.

Fluid applicator with fluid tank pressurization device

Disclosed is an applicator in which the air within the inner barrel of a cap is designed to enter into the fluid tank of the applicator to increase the internal pressure of the fluid tank in the process that the cap is engaged with the body of the applicator, so that the fluid tank need not be pressed between the fingers for application of the fluid to be applied. The cap has a valve member provided with a pushing piece disposed in the inner barrel thereof, and the application ball is designed to retract from the caulked front edge of the tip when the application ball is abutted against the pushing piece of the valve member in the process that the cap is engaged with the body of the applicator, whereas the application ball is designed to disengage from the pushing piece of the tip and resume contact with the caulked front edge of the tip when the cap is fully engaged with the body of the applicator.

Applicator having cap which pressurizes inner space

An applicator which allows easy control of fluid discharge and also smooth application of the fluid contained therein with no excessive discharge includes a fluid tank, filled with a fluid to be applied, and connected to a stem retaining a ball therein, the ball being rotatably retained in a ball housing formed in the stem in such a way that the ball may partly appear from the tip of the stem and is pushed outward by the outer end face of a movable piece, protruding slightly into the ball housing, resiliently urged by a spring, so as to allow the ball to be normally in contact with the inner caulked edge of the stem, while the ball is also designed to roll in contact with the seat of the ball housing when the fluid is being applied.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideshi Okamoto