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EP 2532530 B1 20151028 - Wooden pencil

Title (en)

Wooden pencil

Title (de)

Holzstift

Title (fr)

Crayon en bois

Publication

EP 2532530 B1 20151028 (DE)

Application

EP 11169420 A 20110610

Priority

EP 11169420 A 20110610

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2532530A1] The wooden pin (1) has a shaft made of wood, where the shaft consists of two shaft halves with a groove that is extended in pin longitudinal direction. The groove forms together a central hollow space (8) receiving a lead (7), where the hollow space is arranged in the shaft. The connecting surfaces (9,10) of each shaft half run not completely in a common flat plane (12).

IPC 8 full level

B43K 19/16 (2006.01); A45D 40/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A45D 40/20 (2013.01); B43K 19/16 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2532530 A1 20121212; EP 2532530 B1 20151028; BR 102012013815 A2 20130702

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11169420 A 20110610; BR 102012013815 A 20120608