摘要 |
<p>The present invention is a ballpoint pen tip in which a tip end portion of a tip body, which includes a ball holding chamber configured to hold a ball, an ink circulation hole formed in a center of a bottom wall of the ball holding chamber, and a plurality of ink circulation grooves extending radially from the ink circulation hole, is caulked inside, so that a part of the ball held in the ball holding chamber projects from a tip end edge and the ball is rotatably held, wherein: a curved contact surface, which has a curvature different from a curvature of the ball, is provided on the bottom wall of the ball holding chamber, and the ball is to be in contact with a contact part which is a part of the contact surface; and between the ball and the contact surface, a first gap is formed to extend from a side of the ink circulation hole up to the contact part such that the first gap gradually narrows from the side of the ink circulation hole, and a second gap is formed to extend from a distal side of an ink circulation groove up to the contact part such that the second gap gradually narrows from the distal side of the ink circulation groove.</p> |