| US 7,452,149 B2 | ||
| Rotating retractable writing instrument | ||
| Kouki Saito, Hiratsuka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/589,510 PCT Filed Apr. 21, 2006, PCT No. PCT/JP2006/308428 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 15, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2007/010656, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 25, 2007. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2005-208588 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0226380 A1, Sep. 18, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B43K 24/02 (2006.01); B43K 5/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 401—116 [401/109] | 5 Claims |

| 1. A rotating retractable writing instrument comprising:
a rear outer cylinder with an open front face;
an inner sheath unrotatably accommodated in said rear outer cylinder; and
a front outer cylinder with open faces on both ends, wherein: a mouthpiece and a writing core element can be thrust out of
an opening formed on the front face of said front outer cylinder, said writing instrument further comprising:
a protrusion for restraining rotating range arranged on a front end face of said inner sheath; and
a refill sliding cam and a mouthpiece sliding cam formed on an inner face of said inner sheath, said writing instrument further
comprising:
a refill sliding element and a mouthpiece sliding element accommodated in said inner sheath slidably in an axial direction
and unmovably in a radial direction; and
protruded portions for sliding formed respectively on outer faces of said refill sliding element and said mouthpiece sliding
element; wherein: said protruded portions for sliding are respectively fitted to said refill sliding cam and said mouthpiece
sliding cam; and said mouthpiece sliding element is slidably and unrotatably connected to said refill sliding element, said
writing instrument further comprising:
a connecting element connected to said inner sheath rotatably and unmovably in the axial direction; and
a rotating position restraining member arranged on an outer face of said connecting element for restraining a rotation of
said inner sheath; wherein: said mouthpiece sliding element is slidably fitted to said connecting element, wherein:
when said rear outer cylinder is rotated in one direction relative to said connecting element, said inner sheath is rotated
in the same direction together with said rear outer cylinder so that said mouthpiece and said writing core element are propelled
forward and thrust out of said opening of said front outer cylinder; and
when said rear outer cylinder is further rotated in the same direction, said writing core element is propelled forward and
thrust out of an opening on the front face of said mouthpiece.
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