Patent ID: 8534944
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A45D,B43K,B43L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting a plurality of cartridges into a writing tool, wherein said writing tool includes a case member defining an interior therein, wherein each of said cartridges contains therein a volatile marking substance with a preset color, includes in one end thereof a tip through which said marking substance is applied onto an article, and is shaped and sized to be retained into said interior, wherein said color is characterized by a color hue, a color value, and a color chroma, and wherein said writing tool includes a cap member and an actuator member which are capable of enclosing said tips of all of said cartridges in said interior in order to prevent drying of said tips when said tool is not in use and then capable of exposing said tip of each of said cartridges out of said interior one at a time while enclosing said tips of the rest of said cartridges in said interior in order to prevent drying of said tips of said rest of said cartridges when said tool is in use, said method comprising the steps of: forming a portion of said tool by assembling said case, cap, and actuator members; disposing a first cartridge of said cartridges in said interior while allowing said first cartridge to operatively couple with at least one of said case member, cap member, and actuator member for said exposing and enclosings; and disposing a second cartridge of said cartridges in said interior while allowing said second cartridge to operatively couple with at least one of said case member, cap member, and actuator member for said enclosings and exposing.