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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Hyun-son Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-son Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Morris Corporation, Inchon-shi, KR;
Abstract
A slide-type writing instrument with a dry prevention unit which allows a nib to be extended and exposed to an outside through a non-contact extension operation while sealing a portion around the nib, prevents ink of the nib from being dried up without using any cap, and safely protects the nib. A slide-type writing instrument with a dry prevention unit comprises a shaft to provide a body of the writing instrument, with a nib hole provided at a lower end of the shaft; a knock part inserted into an insert hole provided at an upper end of the shaft; a cartridge inserted into the shaft while being coupled at opposite ends thereof to the knock part and a nib, respectively; first and second springs coupled to the cartridge to elastically bias the cartridge in an axial direction of the cartridge; a link holder provided in the shaft and supported by the first spring; a link slidably inserted into the link holder and supported by the second spring, the link including a link projeciion to engage with a guide groove provided on a predetermined portion of the cartridge; and a spherical door having a pin slit to engage with a parallel pin of the link.