摘要 |
The cap of a fountain pen is releasably locked to the barrel by spherically arcuate projections in the bore of the cap engaging a groove in the barrel which is bounded by a circumferential sealing rib on the barrel in a direction inward of the cap when the latter is in the closed position. Three, equiangularly distributed, axial ribs in the cap guide the barrel during insertion of the barrel into the cap and bound capillary ducts in the assembled pen which collect condensate from the air chamber surrounding the nib and prevent contamination of the condensate with coloring matter from the ink. The sealing rib on the barrel engages a cylindrical face portion of the cap between the projections and the outer ends of the guide ribs.
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