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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1984
Yasuyuki Hashimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuo Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Ancos Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A writing instrument comprises a barrel having a front opening (216), a writing member (217) having a writing tip (220) on a front end thereof and disposed in the barrel for back-and-forth movement therein, a mechanism disposed between said barrel and the writing member (217) for locking the writing member (217) in an advanced position and returning the writing member (217) in a retracted position, a sealing body (206) pivotable about a single point in the vicinity of the opening (216) for opening and closing the writing tip (220), bias spring (213) disposed between the sealing body (206) and the barrel for normally urging the sealing body (206) to seal the writing tip (216), the writing member (217) pushing aside the sealing body (206) to release the writing tip against a force tending to seal the latter, the writing tip (220) being prevented from contacting the sealing body (206) when the writing member (217) advances, and a seal member for providing a seal between the barrel and the writing member (217) at a position behind the sealing body (216).