Patent ID: 11951763
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A ballpoint dot pen tattoo cartridge, comprising:
A) an integral cartridge barrel comprising a longitudinal centerline axis;
B) a ballpoint pen element movably disposed within an inner channel of the barrel, the ballpoint pen element comprising an ink discharge tip, an elongate shaft comprising an ink reservoir, and two equal sized tabs on opposite sides of the elongate shaft at an equal distance below a midpoint of the ballpoint pen element;
C) a first cartridge barrel aperture centered on and along the longitudinal centerline in a tapered bottom of the cartridge barrel, sized to receive the ballpoint pen element elongate shaft and comprising a flanged top surface at a top portion of the first barrel aperture;
D) a cartridge barrel cap sized to releasably fit into and be held by a second cartridge barrel aperture centered on and along the longitudinal centerline at a cylindrical top of the cartridge barrel and comprising a diameter larger than the first barrel aperture, and an assembly means cartridge barrel external casings to attach the cylindrical top of the cartridge barrel to a tattoo machine;
E) a resilient assembly element within the cartridge barrel comprising a bottom resilient surface contacting the first cartridge barrel aperture flanged surface and a top resilient surface contacting the ballpoint pen elongate shaft two equal sized tabs, and sized to receive the ballpoint pen element elongate shaft between the first cartridge barrel aperture flanged top surface and the ballpoint pen elongate shaft two equal sized tabs providing for movement of the ballpoint pen element within the integral cartridge barrel and exit and retraction of the ballpoint pen element ink discharge tip from the integral cartridge barrel tapered bottom;
F) a cartridge barrel ballpoint pen stabilizing element sized to be within the integral cartridge barrel between a bottom portion of the cartridge barrel cap and above the two equal sized tabs on opposite sides of the ballpoint pen elongate shaft, and comprising a stabilizing element central aperture sized to receive the ballpoint pen elongate shaft;, wherein a driving actuation of the tattoo machine to the ball point pen element causes the ball point pen element to reciprocate within the barrel between one or more extended and retracted positions from the integral cartridge barrel tapered bottom allowing the ball point pen tip to dispose ink from the ink reservoir onto a material; and, wherein a tattoo machine operator controls the driving actuation of the tattoo machine to the ball point pen tip for controlling marking of the material with the tip and ink.