Advertise effect photo pen

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6299372
  • Patent Number
    6,299,372
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, November 14, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 9, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Huson; Gregory L.
    • Prunner; Kathleen J.
    Agents
    • Rosenberg, Klein & Lee
Abstract
An advertise effect photo pen includes a front tube, a connecting seat and a rear tube. The rear end of the front tube is installed with an outer thread, in assembling, the outer thread is screwed into an inner thread of the connecting tube. The rear end of the connecting seat is installed with an outer thread, in assembling, the rear end of the connecting seat is screwed into an inner thread of the rear tube. Therefore, the rear tube is connected to the front tube by the connecting seat. The front tube is a hollow transparent material and a refill is connected at a front end. The surface of the connecting seat is a hollow transparent material. After processed by web printing, the surface is formed with a transparent surface and a shielding surface; and the shielding surface or the transparent surface has advertise patterns. The light emitting unit is a single color or a multiple color element. When the user touches a light emitting unit, the transparent surface and the surface of the front tube will light up to present an advertise effect.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to an advertise effect photo pen, and especially to a photo pen with a connecting tube the surface of which is etched by web printing so as to be formed with a transparent surface and a shielding surface. The transparent surface has advertise patterns. When the user touches a light emitting unit, the transparent surface and the surface of the front tube will light up to present an advertise effect.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION





FIGS. 1 and 2

illustrates a prior art photo pen which includes a pen body


1




a,


a seat


2




a,


a battery


3




a,


a push


4




a


and a cover


5




a.


The upper end of the pen body


1




a


is installed with a seat


2




a.


The top and bottom of the seat


2




a


are installed with a conductive pin


21




a


and a light emitting unit


22




a.


A battery


3




a


is installed on the conductive pin


21




a.


The battery


3




a


is installed with a push


4




a.


The push


4




a


has a spacer


41




a


with a through hole


411




a


at the center thereof so as to resist against the battery


3




a.


The upper side of the spacer


41




a


resists against a positioning plate


43




a


through a spring


42




a.


The bottom of the positioning plate


43




a


extrudes with a rod


431




a.


The periphery of the rod


431




a


has a conductive reed


44




a


extending to the through hole


411




a


of the spacer


41




a.


A movable block


45




a,


a press block


46




a


and a cap


47




a


are sequentially installed from the positioning plate


43




a.


A cover


5




a


covers on the battery


3




a


and the push


4




a


so that the spacer


41




a


of the push


4




a


is fixed to the inner wall of the cover


5




a.


At the connection of the seat


2




a


and the cover


5




a


is disposed with a ring


6




a.


However, in this prior art photo pen, the light from the light emitting unit


22




a


is only dispersed from the tip


7




a.


The surface of the pen body


1




a


will not emit light. Therefore, an advertising effect can not be present. The photo pen serves to increase the distance between the conductive reed


44




a


of the push


4




a


and the battery


3




a


. When the cap


47




a


of the photo pen is pushed to a dead point, the light emitting unit


22




a


lights up. And thus the operation is very inconvenient.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide an advertise effect photo pen, wherein after processed by web printing, the surface is formed with a transparent surface and a shielding surface; and the shielding surface or the transparent surface having an advertise pattern. The light emitting unit is a single color or a multiple color element. When the user touches a light emitting unit, the transparent surface and the surface of the front tube will light up to present an advertise effect. A trigger switch is installed on the tube surface, the user is only necessary to press the switch slightly, then, the light emitting element will be enabled so that the photo pen will light up.




To achieve the objects, the present invention provides an advertise effect photo pen including a front tube, a connecting seat and a rear tube. Therefore, the rear tube is connected to the front tube by the connecting seat. The front tube is a hollow transparent material and a refill


4


is connected at a front end. The surface of the connecting seat is a hollow transparent material. The shielding surface or the transparent surface have an advertise pattern. The rear tube is installed with a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes a circuit board, a key switch, a light emitting element, and a battery; the circuit board is connected to the key switch, light emitting element, and a spring, and the spring is connected to the battery.











The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.




BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a prior art photo pen.





FIG. 2

is an exploded perspective view of a prior art photo pen.





FIG. 3

is a perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 5

is an embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 6

shows the light path in the connecting tube of the present invention.





FIG. 7

is an embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Referring to

FIGS. 3 and 4

, an advertise effect photo pen of the present invention is illustrated. The advertise effect photo pen has a front tube


1


, a connecting tube


2


, and a rear tube


3


. The front tube


1


has a rear end for being installed with an outer thread. In assembly, the rear end of the front tube


1


is screwed into the inner thread of the connecting tube


2


. The rear end of the connecting tube


2


may be formed with an outer thread so that the rear tube


3


is connected to the front tube


1


thereby. The front tube


1


is a hollow material for writing. The tube surface of the connecting tube


2


is a hollow transparent material, which is etched by web printing technology but a part thereof is remained not to be etched.




Thus, it is presented with a transparent surface


21


and a shielding surface


22


. The transparent surface


21


is the area not to be etched. The transparent surface


21


is designed with an advertise pattern. The shielding surface


22


is etched by chemical agents and thus has a coarse surface. The rear tube


3


is installed with a light emitting unit


31


. The light emitting unit


31


includes a circuit board


311


, a key


312


, a light emitting diode


313


, a spring


314


, and a battery


315


. The circuit board


311


is installed with a key switch


316


and a plurality of circuit elements. The circuit board


311


is connected to the light emitting diode


313


and the spring


315


. The spring


314


is connected to the battery


315


. The key


312


protrudes from the tube surface of the rear tube


3


. The light emitting diode


313


may be a general single color light emitting diode


313


or chromatic light emitting diodes


313


. As enabling, the chromatic light emitting diode


313


will present colors of red, green and blue. Furthermore, the circuit board


311


and the battery


315


are open-circuited. When the user touches the key


312


(as shown in FIG.


5


), the key


312


is pushed to the tube surface to press the key switch


316


of the circuit board


311


so as to be conducted. Thus, the circuit board


311


will enable the light emitting diode


313


. If the user's hand releases from the key, the key


312


will return to the original place, then the circuit board


311


and the battery


315


will return to the original condition.




Referring to

FIG. 6

, the light source of the light emitting diode


313


(referring to

FIG. 4

) passes through the connecting tube


2


, the shielding surface


22


will be etched to cause a coarse surface and therefore, the light transmitting to the shielding surface


22


will not disperse to be out of the connecting tube


2


, thus it can be reflected and the loss is low. The light to the transparent surface


21


and front tube


1


will emit out, and further, the transparent surface


21


is formed with an advertise pattern which can be seen by the illumination of the light so as to achieve the object of advertise.




Referring to

FIG. 7

, the second embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. The shielding surface


22


may be designed with an advertise pattern. Then the light source passes through the connecting tube


2


, since the shielding surface


22


is etched to have a coarse surface, the light to the shielding surface


22


will not be dispersed to be out of the connecting tube


2


, and is therefore reflected and thus, it has a lower loss. The light to the transparent surface


21


and the front tube


1


will emit out so as to present the advertise effect to achieve an advertise effect.




Therefore, the advertise effect photo pen has the following advantages:




1. After the key of the phone pen is pressed, the circuit board will conduct to enable a light emitting element.




2. When the user touches an light emitting unit, the transparent surface and the surface of the front tube will light up to present an advertise effect.




Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. An advertise effect photo pen comprising:a front tube; a connecting tube assembled to a rear end of the front tube, a surface of the connecting tube being made of a hollow transparent material; after processed by web printing, the surface being formed with a transparent surface and a shielding surface; and the shielding surface having an advertise pattern; and a rear tube assembled to a rear end of the connecting tube for being connected to the front tube; and a light emitting unit being installed in the rear tube.
  • 2. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front tube is a hollow transparent material; and receives a refill at a front end thereof.
  • 3. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 2, wherein the refill is a refill of a ball pen or a fountain pen for writing.
  • 4. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear end of the front tube is installed with an outer thread, in assembling, the outer thread is screwed into an inner thread of the connecting tube.
  • 5. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear end of the connecting tube is installed with an outer thread, in assembling, the rear end of the connecting tube is screwed into an inner thread of the rear tube.
  • 6. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit includes a circuit board, a key switch, a light emitting element, and a battery; the circuit board is connected to the key switch, light emitting element, and a spring, and the spring is connected to the battery.
  • 7. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light emitting element is a light emitting diode or a bulb.
  • 8. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light emitting element is a single color element.
  • 9. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light emitting element is varied to present various colors.
  • 10. An advertise effect photo pen comprising:a front tube; a connecting tube assembled to a rear end of the front tube, a surface of the connecting tube being made of a hollow transparent material; after processed by web printing, the surface being formed with a transparent surface and a shielding surface; and the transparent surface having an advertise pattern; and a rear tube assembled to a rear end of the connecting tube for being connected to the front tube, and a light emitting unit being installed in the rear tube.
  • 11. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 10, wherein the front tube is a hollow transparent material; and receives a refill at a front end thereof.
  • 12. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 11, wherein the refill is a refill of a ball pen or a fountain pen for writing.
  • 13. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 10, wherein the rear end of the front tube is installed with an outer thread, in assembling, the rear end of the front tube is screwed into an inner thread of the connecting tube.
  • 14. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 10, wherein the rear end of the connecting tube is installed with a outer thread, in assembling, the rear end of the connecting tube is screwed into an inner thread of the rear tube.
  • 15. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 10, wherein the light emitting unit includes a circuit board, a key switch, a light emitting element, and a battery; the circuit board is connected to the key switch, light emitting element, and a spring, and the spring is connected to the battery.
  • 16. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 15, wherein the light emitting element is a light emitting diode or a bulb.
  • 17. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 15, wherein the light emitting element is a single color element.
  • 18. The advertise effect photo pen as claimed in claim 15, wherein the light emitting element is varied to present various colors.
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5673996 Ducker Oct 1997
6164856 Lo Dec 2000