Patent ID: 6439793
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B43K

Abstract:
A stippling tool comprising:a cylindrical main body having an opening on a distal end side thereof, and defining an ink containing chamber therein; a slender ink transfer member having a proximal end portion to which ink in the ink containing chamber is supplied, and a distal end portion extending to the opening of the main body, in which ink is transferred from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion; and a porous elastic stippling member provided on the distal end portion of the ink transfer member, through which the ink permeates; the stippling member having a stippling distal end surface outwardly projecting in a curved shape, and located outside from the opening of the main body, the distal end surface being elastically deformed by a stroke pressure, thereby stippling a point mark of dimensions in accordance with the stroke pressure onto an object material, wherein the stippling member has a cylindrical circumferential portion enclosing the distal end portion of the ink transfer member such as to be in contact therewith and having an opening at both ends, and a distal end portion which closes the opening on the distal end side of the circumferential portion and includes the stippling end surface.