Patent Application
20230406029
The present specification is directed to a fiber bundled part for writing instruments that can be suitably used for pen tips, ink feed cores, relay cores and the like of writing instruments such as marking pens and felt-tip pens, as well as a pen tip and a writing instrument using the fiber bundled part.
Conventionally, various types of fiber-bundled parts made of a fiber bundle of synthetic resin fibers or natural fibers have been known and used as pen tips, relay cores and the like in writing instruments and as applying parts for cosmetics in makeup applicators.
The fiber-bundled parts in these writing instruments and makeup applicators are used as their ink feed cores such as pen cores and relay cores, and their liquid supply cores such as applicating parts.
Among these fiber-bundled parts, binderless (with no adhesive thermosetting resin used) fiber-bundled parts are known as those that can easily adjust hardness and porosity to meet a wide range of quality requirements.
The examples of the binderless fiber-bundled parts include liquid supply fiber cores (e.g., see Patent Document 1), formed of a mixture of a large number of fibers which are made up of two or more kinds of fibers including a main fiber and a thermo-fusible fiber having a low-melting-point portion having a melting point lower than that of the main fiber on at least part or whole of the outer surface, and which are aligned and bundled longitudinally and compressed, and characterized in that the fibers are bound via the low-melting-point portion when thermally fused in such a state as to form continuous pores between the fibers and is shaped in a solid-bar form with the fibers aligned longitudinally.
The technology described in Patent Document 1 uses two or more kinds of fibers, one of which is a low-melting-point fiber. However, because of a dimensional stability problem caused by thermal shrinkage of the low-melting-point fiber, it has been difficult to fabricate a fiber-bundled part with only a multifilament made of composite-type long fibers such as a core-sheath type and the like. In order to stably bond the low-melting-point fibers, the fabrication needed to use a mixture of two or more types of short fibers having different melting points (fibers formed to have lengths not the same as, but rather shorter than, that of the pen core, etc. to be formed, for heat welding purposes).
However, in the fiber-bundled part using short fibers, when a pen core, relay core, liquid supply core or the like is formed so as to have a small cross-section, for example, when a fiber bundle core particularly small in diameter such as a rectangular or irregular cross-sectional core is to be formed, it is necessary to reduce the content of short fibers to be bundled. In this case, when a bundle of fibers is pulled out, a tension is applied to the bundle in the longitudinal direction so that there is a risk of the tangled short fibers being loosened from each other to produce a gap. As a result, there have been problems that the fiber density varies along the longitudinal direction of the core, in the worst case, the entanglement between the short fibers weakens so that the bundle of fibers ends up separating in the longitudinal direction.
In view of the above-described problems of the prior art, the present disclosure is to solve the problems, aiming at providing a fiber-bundled part for writing instruments, as well as a pen tip and a writing instrument using the same, which is used in a pen core, a relay core, a liquid supply core, or the like, and which, even if it is applied to a fiber bundle core particularly small in diameter such as a core having a rectangular cross-section or an irregular cross-section, can present excellent strength and durability and is free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core without losing ink or liquid supply performance and the like as a fiber-bundled part.
In view of the prior art problems and the like, the inventors hereof have attempted to solve the problems, and have found out the way of obtaining a fiber-bundled part for writing instruments as well as a pen tip and a writing instrument using the fiber-bundled part which fulfills the above object by providing a fiber-bundled part for writing instruments used for an ink feed core leading to a pen tip or a writing pen core including a multifilament of long fibers having different melting points, and making the multifilament at least contain fibers having a specific physical property, and thereby have completed the present disclosure.
That is, the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments of the present disclosure is used for an ink feed core leading to a pen tip or a writing pen core, and comprises: a multifilament of long fibers having different melting points, the multifilament at least containing crimped fibers.
It is preferable that a crimp ratio of the crimped fibers that is determined by a following formula (I) falls within a range from 1 to 50%,
the crimp ratio=(a crimp width/a crimp length)×100 (1)
[In the above formula (I), a distance between a wave crest to a next wave crest in the fiber is defined as the “crimp length”, and a distance between the wave crest (peak) and a trough (valley) of a wave in the direction perpendicular to the crimp length is defined as the “crimp width”.]
Here, the crimp shape may include loop shapes as shown in
It is preferable that a content ratio of the crimped fibers to a total amount of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments ranges from 10 to 100% by mass.
These fiber-bundled parts for writing instruments preferably have a rectangular cross-section.
The pen tip of the present disclosure is a pen tip having a writing pen core, characterized in that the writing pen core is formed of the fiber-bundled part for the writing instruments having the above configuration. Further, a pen tip having the ink feed core that feeds ink to a writing part is characterized in that the ink feed core is formed of the fiber-bundled part for the writing instruments having the above configuration.
The writing instrument of the present disclosure is characterized by inclusion of the pen tip with the writing pen core of the above configuration, and/or the pen tip with the ink feed core for feeding ink to the writing part, of the above configuration.
In the present disclosure, the “crimped fibers” refers to the fibers that are obtained by imparting two-dimensional or three-dimensional crimps and distortions, fixing the distortions by an appropriate method so as to disturb the parallelism between the fibers, thereby giving bulkiness and stretchability to the fibers. In the present disclosure, preferred crimped fibers should have a crimp ratio determined by the above formula (I) falls within the above range.
The present disclosure can offer a fiber-bundled part for writing instrument, as well as a pen tip and a writing instrument using the same, which, even if it is applied to a fiber bundle core particularly small in diameter such as a core having a rectangular cross-section or an irregular cross-section, can present excellent strength and durability and is free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core without losing ink or liquid supply performance and the like as a fiber-bundled part.
The objects and advantages of the present disclosure may be realized and obtained by the configurations particularly specified in the claims and their combinations. Further, both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are given for exemplary and explanatory purposes, and should not limit the present disclosure recited in the scope of claims.
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An example of a writing instrument of the present disclosure, showing an embodiment of a twin-type writing instrument having pen tips at both ends, (a) being a front view and (b) being a longitudinal section viewed from the front.
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Drawings showing one embodiment of a holder for holding the writing pen core of the pen tip of
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Drawings showing one embodiment of a holder for holding the ink feed core and writing part of the pen tip of
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to each of the embodiments detailed below, and extends to the inventions described in the claims and equivalents thereof.
The fiber-bundled part for writing instruments of the present disclosure is composed of long fiber multifilaments having fibers with different melting points (in the present disclosure, even when the fibers do not have a melting point but have a softening point, this shall be deemed as a melting point), and the multifilaments contain at least crimped fibers.
Fibers generally include filaments (monofilaments, multifilaments) and sliver. Monofilaments and multifilaments are used to obtain a fiber-bundled part having uniform density in the longitudinal direction. The fiber-bundled part for writing instruments in the present disclosure is formed of multifilament fibers of long types having different melting points, and part of the multifilament fibers of long types contains crimped fibers.
In the present disclosure, the multifilaments having different melting points include those composed of a combination of two or more polymers having different chemical structures, such as a combination of polymers having different melting points, selected from polyester, acrylic, polypropylene, wholly aromatic polyester, wholly aromatic polyesteramide, polyamide, semi-aromatic polyamide, wholly aromatic polyamide, wholly aromatic polyether, wholly aromatic polycarbonate, polyimide, polyamideimide (PAI), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), poly-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBG), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, etc. Further, a combination of polymers which have a common chemical structure at least in part but different melting points from one another by introduction of a copolymer involving another structural unit; for example, a combination of polyethylene terephthalate and a copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate copolymer having a lower melting point than the former, and the like can be preferably mentioned.
For example, as shown in
In the present disclosure, the melting point difference (high melting point temperature−low melting point temperature) may and should be at least 30° C., preferably 50° C. or more. The melting point difference of 30° C. or more makes it possible to thermally fuse only the sheath of the core-sheath type multifilaments so as to form point-bonding at the entangled points between the fibers whose mutual parallelism is disturbed by crimping, thereby create three-dimensional reticulate structures and solidify the fibers together. The upper limit of the melting point difference is not particularly limited as long as the fibers are heat-fusible composite fibers available on the market and can be crimped. But the realistic temperature is 100° C. In the present disclosure, the melting point is the value measured conforming to JIS K 7121:2012.
In the present disclosure, the multifilament of long fibers having fibers with different melting points contains at least crimped fibers. The crimped fibers to be used are obtained by imparting two-dimensional or three-dimensional crimps and distortions to the multifilament of long fibers with different melting points, fixing the distortions by an appropriate method so as to disturb the parallelism between the fibers, thereby giving bulkiness and stretchability to the fibers.
In terms of achievement of bonding and solidifying by point-bonding the fibers at the entangled points between the fibers to create three-dimensional reticulate structures, and in terms of formation of a fiber bundle core of high porosity by entanglement between highly bulky fibers, the crimped fibers used in the present disclosure preferably have a crimp ratio of 1 to 50%, more preferably 1 to 20%, as defined in the following formula (1) and shown in
Crimp Ratio=(Crimp Width/Crimp Length)×100 (I)
[In the above formula (I), the distance between a wave crest to a next wave crest in the fiber is defined as the “crimp length”, and the distance between the crest (peak) and the trough (valley) of the wave in the direction perpendicular to the crimp length is defined as the “crimp width”.]
In the crimped fibers in the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments of the present disclosure, the crimp shape is not limited to a wavy form. As shown in
Specifying the crimp ratio to be 1% or more makes it possible to bond and solidify the fibers by point-bonding the fibers at the entangled points between the fibers to create three-dimensional reticulate structures, and form a fiber bundle core of a high porosity by entanglement between highly bulky fibers. On the other hand, by specifying it equal to or lower than 50%, it is possible to create an optimal flow path for ink delivery without losing the parallelism between the fibers.
From the above points, the content ratio of the crimped fibers is preferably 10 to 100% by mass relative to the total amount of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments.
The fineness of the multifilament of long fibers with different melting points and that of the crimped fibers are preferably 1 to 20 deniers from the viewpoint of ink retention and tactile sensation when used as a pen tip.
The fiber-bundled part for writing instruments of the present disclosure is produced in such a manner that the multifilaments of long fibers with different melting points and the above-described crimped fibers are put together at the aforementioned specific ratio, stretched and aligned as a bundle, then the bundle of fibers is heated and pressed to be solid without using any short fibers or a solvent as a binder resin for bonding the fibers, namely as a fiber bundled part of bound and solidified fibers. For example, as shown in
It is important that the way of heating at this production is implemented within a range in which complete fusion of the fibers does not occur. Further, the heating temperature and time aiming at this thermal molding may vary depending on the type of fibers and the size of the fiber-bundled part to be produced, but may and should be specified within ranges in which the fibers can be bound and solidified by heat and pressure so as to produce a fiber bundle having a binding strength superior to the pull-out resistance from the die. That is, the fibers are bound and solidified into a fiber bundle by heating at a temperature that is equal to or higher than the melting point of the lower-melting point fiber of the two types of fibers having different melting points and equal to or higher than the heat shrinkage completion temperature for crimping. For example, when a PET-based fiber having a heat shrinkage completion temperature of 150° C. is used as the thermoplastic resin crimping fiber, the fibers can be bound and solidified by heating at a temperature that is 150° C. or higher and is equal to or higher than the melting point of the lower-melting point fiber and is lower than the melting point of the higher-melting point fiber.
In addition, as to the strength of the fiber-bundled part, it is possible to control the degree of fusion bonding of the low-melting-point fiber by adjusting the fiber loaded amount (basis weight volume), heating temperature and heating time.
The shape, dimensions, etc. of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments obtained by the above method can be specified in accordance with its utility such as for sliver, for a pen core, for an ink feed core, for a relay core and the like, so as to have an arbitrary shape (rectangular in cross-section, sheet-like shape, cylindrical shape, polygonal column, star-shaped polygonal column), arbitrary dimensions, arbitrary thickness and the like.
Depending on the utility for the fiber-bundled part such as for a pen core, for an ink feed core, for a relay core and like, the fiber-bundled part obtained by the above method may be cut to an arbitrary length and then shaped and processed for each purpose, as required, to provide a desired fiber-bundled part for writing instruments.
In the obtained fiber-bundled part for writing instruments, it is preferable that the fiber bundle has a substantially uniform density. Making the fiber bundle have the substantially uniform density can be achieved by forming the fiber bundle having a yarn density of 2,000 to 7,000 d/mm2.
Further, in this manufacturing method, satisfactory fiber-bundled parts can be manufactured by having a fiber density of 2,000 d/mm 2 or more and specifying the thickness to be 0.1 to 10 mm for those having a rectangular cross-section; and by having a fiber density of 2,000 d/mm 2 or more and specifying the outside diameter to be 0.1 mm or more for those having a circular cross-section.
In addition, the porosity, hardness, etc. of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments vary depending on the type of ink, the type of writing instrument and the like. For example, the porosity can be adjusted to 30 to 80% by controlling the fiber bundle density, the forming temperature, heating time and the like during the above manufacturing. In the present disclosure, “porosity” is calculated as follows. First, the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments having a known mass and apparent volume is dipped in water, and saturated with water, and then the mass is measured in a state of being taken out from the water. From the measured mass, the volume of water soaked up in the writing core is derived. Assuming the volume of water as the pore volume of the fiber-bundled part for writing instrument, the porosity can be calculated from the following formula:—
Porosity (unit: %)=(water volume)/(apparent volume of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments)×100.
The thus configured fiber-bundled part for writing instruments according to the present disclosure can offer a fiber-bundled part which, even if it is applied to a fiber bundle core particularly small in diameter such as a core having a rectangular cross-section or an irregular cross-section, can be manufactured simply and effectively at low cost so as not to vary in yarn density in the longitudinal direction of the core, still be excellent in strength and durability without impairing the ink or other liquid supply performance as a fiber-bundled part, and is suitable for writing instruments and applicators for cosmetics and others.
Next, the pen tip and writing instrument of the present disclosure will be explained.
The pen tip of the present disclosure is characterized by: 1) a pen tip having a writing pen core which is composed of the fiber-bundled part for writing instruments having the above configuration; and 2) a pen tip having an ink feed core for feeding ink to the writing part of the pen tip, in which the ink feed core is composed of the above fiber-bundled part for writing instruments.
The writing instrument of the present disclosure is characterized by including a pen tip having the writing pen core configured as described above and/or a pen tip having an ink feed core for feeding ink to the writing part configured as above.
As shown in
The barrel member 10 serving as the main body of the writing instrument is formed in a cylindrical shape and is made of thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin or the like such as polyacetal-based resin, polyethylene-based resin, acrylic-based resin, polyester-based resin, polyamide-based resin, polyurethane-based resin, polyolefin-based resin, polyvinyl-based resin, polycarbonate-based resin, polyether-based resin, polyphenylene-based resin, etc., (hereinbelow, the resins are simply referred to as “each resin”). The barrel member has openings at both ends to which front barrels 15 and 16 for holding pen tips 30 and 50 are attached, respectively. Housed in the barrel member 10 are ink retainers 20 and 21 for storing ink. The ink retainers 20 and 21 are separated by a central partition 23 and configured to supply ink held therein to respective pen tips 30 and 50.
The ink retainers 20 and 21 are impregnated with an ink composition for writing instruments such as water-based ink, oil-based ink, and thermochromic ink, and their examples include a fiber bundle formed of one or a combination of two or more substances, selected from natural fibers, animal hair fibers, polyacetal-based resin, acrylic-based resin, polyester-based resin, polyamide-based resin, polyurethane-based resin, polyolefin-based resin, polyvinyl-based resin, polycarbonate-based resin, polyether-based resin, polyphenylene-based resin, etc., a processed material of fiber bundles of felt etc., and porous materials such as sponges, resin particles, and sintered bodies.
The composition of the ink for writing instruments to be occluded in the ink retainers 20 and 21 is not particularly limited, and may be suitably formulated as a compound of a water-based ink, an oil-based ink, or a thermochromic ink, depending on the application of the writing instrument (felt-tip pen, marking pen, felt pen). For example, for underliner pens and the like, fluorescent dyes such as Basic Violet 11, Basic Yellow 40 can be used as ink, or thermochromic microcapsule pigments and the like can be formulated as content.
The ink retainers 20 and 21 of this embodiment occlude the same ink composition therein. The ink retainers 20 and 21 may occlude different ink compositions from each other.
As shown in
As shown in
The holder 40 comprised of the above elements has a concave fitting portion 46a formed in the width direction on the peripheral surface of the attachment body portion 41 and liner air circulation grooves 46b and 46c formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction on the peripheral surface thereof. The thus configured holder 40 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin, metal, glass and the like.
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As shown in
The plate-shaped holding part 61 is composed of two plate surfaces 61a and 61b and a thick-plate surface portion 61c that is formed in the plate thickness direction and is surrounded by the front faces of the place surfaces 61a and 61b and one side face of each of plate surfaces 61a and 61b. The writing part 52 made of a writing core is held on the thick-plate surface portion 61c of the plate-shaped holding part 61. The plate surfaces 61a and 61b are arranged on both sides so as to sandwich the thick-plate surface portion 61c. Each of the plate surfaces 61a and 61b is formed by a plane substantially perpendicular to the thick-plate portion 61c (that is, the plane substantially orthogonal to the plate thickness direction). In addition, triangular jagged faces 64, 64 are formed on both outer surfaces of the plate surfaces 61a, 61b, so that the plate-shaped holding part 61 is given appropriate flexibility in the plate thickness direction.
A holding groove 65 in which the writing part 52 is held is formed in the thick-plate surface portion 61c. Further, a holding groove 66 is defined by the upper parts of the plate surfaces 61a and 61b so that the ink feed core 51 is fitted in the holding groove 66.
A concave fitting portion 63a is formed in the width direction on the outer peripheral surface of the attachment body part 63 of the thus configured holder 60 while linier air circulation grooves 63b and 63c are formed on both side of the outer peripheral surfaces and extended in the longitudinal direction on the outer peripheral surface.
The holder 60 thus configured can be, as whole, formed of a relatively hard synthetic resin such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyacetal, acrylic, nylon, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer resin (AS resin), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin (ABS resin) and others. On the other hand, the material for the holder 43 may use a synthetic resin having elasticity. Examples of the synthetic resin having elasticity include soft polyethylene, soft polypropylene, nylon, rubber elastic materials (e.g., thermoplastic elastomers such as styrene-based elastomers, olefin-based elastomers, polyester-based elastomers). The synthetic resin forming the holder 60 may be a resin having transparency, whereby the contact state between the writing part 52 consisting of the writing core and the paper surface can be visually recognized during writing.
In the pen tip 30 of the above embodiment, the writing pen core 31 is composed of a fiber-bundled part for writing instruments having the above configuration with a rectangular cross-section, being 1.0 mm thick×2.0 mm wide×16 mm long. Even if the thickness of the pen tip is thus thin, the fiber-bundled part can offer a writing pen core that is excellent in strength and durability against the writing loads and is free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core without losing ink supply performance and other properties as a fiber-bundled part.
The pen tip 50 of the present embodiment has the ink feed core 51 that feeds ink to the writing part. The ink feed core 51 is composed of a fiber-bundled part for writing instruments having the above configuration, and is excellent in strength and durability and is free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core without losing ink supply performance and other properties as a fiber-bundled part when it is given in a sheet-like form.
Further, since, in the pen tip 50 of the present embodiment, the plate-shaped holding part 61 is formed with jagged faces 64, 64 having a depth in the plate-thickness direction, the plate-shaped holding part 61 can produce suitable flexibility in the plate thickness direction. Further, since the plate-shaped holding part 61 is made of elastic synthetic resin, the plate-shaped holding part 61 can reliably obtain flexibility in the plate thickness direction.
According to the writing instrument of the present disclosure having the pen tip 30 and the pen tip 50 at both ends as described above, the fiber-bundled part will not lose ink supply performance or writing performance and is free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core while the writing pen core or the ink feed core is excellent in strength and durability.
The writing instrument of the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the like, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present disclosure.
Though in the description of the writing instrument of the above embodiment, the writing instrument of a twin-type writing instrument having the pen tip 30 with the writing pen core 31 and the pen tip with the ink feed core 51 for feeding ink to the writing portion 52, at both ends of the barrel member 10, was detailed, each of the pen tip 30 with the writing pen core 31 and the pen tip 50 with the ink feed core 51 for feeding ink to the writing portion 52 may be individually used to provide a single-type writing instrument.
Though each of the above-described embodiments was described with inks for writing implements (water-based ink, oil-based ink, thermochromic ink), liquid materials such as liquid cosmetics, liquid medicines, coating liquids, and correction liquids may be used.
Next, the present disclosure will be described in more detail with reference to examples and comparative examples, but the present disclosure is not limited to the following examples and the like.
A fiber-bundled part for writing instruments was obtained by the method shown below using fibers made of the following thermoplastic resins.
(Multifilament of Long Fibers Having Fibers with Different Melting Points: Core-Sheath Type Composite Fiber)
Core-Sheath Type Composite Fiber: composite fiber (5 denier of thickness) consisting of polyethylene terephthalate copolymer having a low melting point (melting point: 160° C.) as the sheath and polyethylene terephthalate having a high melting point (melting point: 250° C.) as the core.
The core-sheath type composite fiber was false twisted to be crimped.
The crimp ratios of the crimped fibers were calculated to be 5% and 15%. Also, the content ratio of the crimped fibers to the total amount of the fiber-bundled part was 100% by mass, for both of the two types.
As shown in
When this fiber-bundled part was observed with an electron microscope (SEM), it was confirmed that a homogeneous cross-sectional structure was formed as shown in
This fiber-bundled part was cut into a piece of 16 mm long to form the writing pen core 31 of the pen tip 30, shown in
A fiber-bundled part for writing instruments was obtained by the method shown below using fibers made of the following thermoplastic resins.
(Multifilament of Long Fibers Having Fibers with Different Melting Points: Core-Sheath Type Composite Fiber)
Core-Sheath Type Composite Fiber: composite fiber (5 denier of thickness) consisting of polyethylene terephthalate copolymer having a low melting point (melting point: 160° C.) as the sheath and polyethylene terephthalate having a high melting point (melting point: 250° C.) as the core.
The core-sheath type composite fiber was false twisted to be crimped.
The crimp ratio of the crimped fiber was calculated to be 5%. Also, the content ratio of the crimped fiber to the total amount of the fiber-bundled part was 100% by mass.
As shown in
When this fiber-bundled part was observed with an electron microscope (SEM), it was confirmed that a homogeneous cross-sectional structure was formed without substantially differential density distributions between the central part of the core and the outer part, similarly to that as shown in
This fiber-bundled part was cut into a piece of 16 mm long to form the ink feed core 51 of the pen tip 50, shown in
A fiber-bundled part for writing instruments was obtained by the method shown below using fibers made of the following thermoplastic resins.
(Multifilament of Long Fibers Having Fibers with Different Melting Points: Side-by-Side Composite Fiber)
Side-by-side composite fiber: Composite fiber (5 denier of thickness) with a mass ratio of 1:1 for 66 nylon (melting point: 265° C.) on one side and 6 nylon (melting point: 225° C.) on the other side.
The above side-by-side composite fiber was crimped by push-in-type (gear type) crimping.
The crimp ratio of the crimped fiber was calculated to be 8%. The content ratio of the crimped fiber to the total amount of the fiber-bundled part was 100% by mass.
As shown in
When this fiber-bundled part was observed with an electron microscope (SEM), it was confirmed that a homogeneous cross-sectional structure was formed as shown in
This fiber-bundled part was cut into a piece of 16 mm long to form the ink feed core 31 of the pen tip 30, shown in
Instead of using core-sheath type multifilament crimped fibers with different melting points in Example 1 above, a conventional single-component polyester multifilament was molded as crimped fibers, then impregnated with a polyurethane binder resin, and the binder was solidified in a heating furnace in the same manner as in Example 1.
The obtained fiber-bundled part was, specifically, a sheet-like fiber-bundled part having a thickness of 1.0 mm and a width of 2.0 mm with a fiber density of 5,000 d/mm2. The crimp ratio of the crimped fibers was 13%. Also, the content ratio of the crimped fibers to the total amount of the fiber-bundled part was 100% by mass. The porosity of the fiber-bundled port was 50%.
This fiber-bundled part was observed with an electron microscope (SEM). Due to the influence of evaporation of the solvent, the polyurethane binder resin concentrated onto the outer skin part of the core, so that the product presented an inhomogeneous cross-sectional structure with a large difference in the density distribution between the central part of the core and the outer skin part, as shown in
This fiber-bundled body was cut into a piece of 16 mm long to form the writing pen core 31 of the pen tip 30 shown in
The fiber-bundled parts obtained in Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Example 1 were assembled into the pen body shown in
The fiber-bundled parts obtained in Examples 1 and 2 above were used for the writing pen core 31 and the ink feed core 51 to produce a writing instrument conforming to
Barrel member 10: made of polypropylene, 100 mm long with an inner diameter of 8 mm in the middle portion; an outside diameter of 10 mm
Ink retainers 20, 21: made of PET fiber, a porosity of 85%, dimensions of φ6×45 mm
Holder 40: made of acrylic resin, a transparent window frame of 5×4×11.5 mm
Writing part 52: a polyethylene sintered core, a porosity of dimensions of 4×3×6 mm
Holder 60: made of acrylic resin, a transparent window frame of 5×2.5×12 mm
An ink of the following composition (100° by mass in total) was used as the ink for writing instruments.
Activator: Megafac F410 (fluorine-based anionic surfactant, perfluoroalkyl group-containing carboxylate, manufactured by DIC Corporation) 1% by mass
Antifungal agent: benzisothiazolin-3-one
Glyceryl glucoside aqueous solution: αGG (high-concentration α-glyceryl glucoside aqueous solution, α-glyceryl glucoside 60% aqueous solution, manufactured by JTS Co., Ltd.)
Pigment aqueous dispersion: FUJI SP BLACK 8041 (black pigment aqueous dispersion, solid content 20%, manufactured by Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd.) 20% by mass
Water-soluble organic solvent: glycerin
Water-soluble organic solvent: ethylene glycol
Water (solvent): ion-exchanged water
Viscosity (25° C.): 3.6 mPa·s (Cone-plate type viscometer TV-20, manufactured by TOKIMEC Co., Ltd.)
Surface tension (25° C.): 40 mN/m (automatic surface tens ion meter DY-300 manufactured by Kyowa Interface Science Co., Ltd.)
It was confirmed that a writing instrument X equipped with the pen tips 30 and 50, respectively using the writing pen core 31 and the ink feed core 51, which both were formed of the fiber-bundled parts obtained in Examples 1 and 2 above could offer excellent strength and durability and be free from variation in yarn density with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core without losing ink supply performance and the like of the ink for writing instruments.
Fiber-bundled parts for writing instruments that are suitably used for ink feed cores and writing pen cores as pen tips of writing instruments, as well as the pen tips and writing instruments using the fiber-bundled part, can be obtained.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2020-171440 | Oct 2020 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/JP2021/037207 | 10/7/2021 | WO |
