Patent ID: 7648299

Claim:
A writing implement having a shaft part, on which a writing tip is mounted, and a cap that can be screwed onto the shaft part from a first engaged position to an end position, for covering the writing tip, wherein when the cap is screwed on there is a resistance to screwing on the cap from an intermediate position, which is located between the first engaged position and the end position, until the end position is reached, this resistance being greater than the resistance when the cap is screwed on from the first engaged position to the intermediate position, wherein the greater resistance is created by a spring device acting on the cap, and wherein the spring device includes a spring which acts in the axial direction of the shaft part and a support ring which can be displaced axially in opposition to a spring force of the spring and with which the cap comes into engagement in the intermediate position, with the result that as screwing on continues, the support ring is moved away from an abutment shoulder of the shaft part, in opposition to the spring force.