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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Société Bic, Clichy, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Société BIC, Clichy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B43K 1/08 (2006.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01); B43K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 15/00 (2013.01); B21D 22/025 (2013.01); B43K 1/084 (2013.01); B43K 7/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a metallic ball pen tip for a writing instrument comprising a feeding passage extending in an axial direction, the feeding passage reaching in a housing configured to receive a ball, the housing being defined by a cylindrical wall and a wall, the method comprising the steps providing a preform of the metallic ball pen tip comprising the feeding passage and the housing, the housing being defined by the cylindrical wall and a wall, machining the wall so as to obtain a stepped wall, broaching feeding grooves in the stepped wall and coining the stepped wall with a spherical die so as to obtain the ball seat, and a metallic ball pen tip obtained by the method.