Patent ID: 6117260
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B43K,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing articles of manufacture suitable for use as a nib of a marking pen, said method comprising the steps of:a) providing a needled nonwoven substrate of synthetic fibers, said substrate having a weight of greater than approximately 3.2 ounces per square yard per millimeter of width, said substrate having been needled with needles greater than 20 gauge to define needle tracks therein, said needles having 2 or less barbs;b) impregnating said needled nonwoven substrate with a stiffening resin solution;c) curing said needled nonwoven substrate to produce a stiffened substrate material; andd) shaping portions of said stiffened substrate material in a grinding process to produce a nib member having a cylindrical body portion and an integral tip portion, said cylindrical body portion having a diameter of no greater than approximately 20 millimeters.