Patent ID: 6315477
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B43K

Abstract:
A writing device having a housing in which at least two writing elements are arranged of which at least one is a lead insert that, at a back end thereof, has a cylinder-shaped lead chamber that is open at a respective back end thereof for holding lead, wherein the at least two writing elements are movable by a mechanism attached to the housing, the mechanism comprising two housing parts that are moveable with regard to each other about a first axis, the at least two writing elements being movable optionally either to a housed position inside the housing or a writing position that protrudes from a front of the housing, characterized in that:a front end of a cylinder tube that is open on a respective top and bottom, protrudes into the back end of the lead chamber, the cylinder tube telescopically disposed along an inside of the lead chamber, a back end of the cylinder tube extending close to a back end of the housing, the cylinder tube being fixed axially with regard to the lead chamber along a second axis inside one of the housing parts, the cylinder tube remaining fixed axially with regard to the lead chamber in said one of the housing parts when the one of the housing parts is moved about the first axis relative to an other of the housing parts, whereby the second axis rotates about the first axis.