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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Yasunori Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Sakiko Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Sakiko Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
It is an aim to provide a tip unit for a liquid applicator and a liquid applicator that make written (applied) lines to change in thickness and give excellent durability. A tip unit used for a liquid applicator includes a ball house having an opening at its distal end and an introduction channel for application liquid in communication with the ball house, wherein the ball house holds therein at least two balls having a leading ball and an adjacent ball next to the leading ball, the balls being serially lined in an axial direction of the tip unit, the leading ball being partly exposed outside from the opening, and the leading ball being softer than the adjacent ball.