Patent ID: 7217054

Claim:
A side knock type feeding mechanism comprising, a body for housing an object to be fed and capable of feeding the object to be fed from a tip end opening thereof; a knock button provided on a side portion of the body so as to project and retract with respect to the body; a rotary member which is inside the body, rotates in a predetermined direction by knock of the knock button as a result that the knock button works, and rotates in an opposite direction by releasing the knock; a feeding body for feeding out the object to be fed; and a conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotary member into a forward traveling motion of said feeding body in an axial direction inside the body, wherein said conversion mechanism includes a transmitting member capable of connecting to and disconnecting from the rotary member, said transmitting member being connected to the rotary member to rotate in the same direction with respect to rotation of the rotary member in one direction, whereas disconnected from the rotary member with respect to rotation in a direction opposite to the one direction so that the rotation is not transmitted to the transmitting member.