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EP 0170762 B1 19900523 - WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH SPARE KEY

Title (en)

WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH SPARE KEY

Publication

EP 0170762 B1 19900523 (EN)

Application

EP 85100194 A 19850110

Priority

JP 11475684 U 19840726

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0170762A1] A writing instrument such as a ball-point pen (1) has a barrell (4), a rotatable tube (5) coupled therewith, and a cap (2) detachably mounted on the rotatable tube. A spare key (8) has an end pivotally connected to the rotatable tube. The spare key is fully accommodated in the cap when the cap is mounted on the rotatable tube.

IPC 1-7

B43K 29/00; E05B 19/00

IPC 8 full level

B43K 29/00 (2006.01); E05B 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B43K 29/00 (2013.01); E05B 19/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0170762 A1 19860212; EP 0170762 B1 19900523; JP S6128693 U 19860220

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85100194 A 19850110; JP 11475684 U 19840726