The present disclosure described herein, in general, describes a refillable writing instrument. The writing instrument may comprise one or more master reservoir, one or more slave reservoir, one or more slave reservoir gate and one or more master reservoir gate. The slave reservoir may have reducing cross-section, facilitating fluid flow towards nib of the writing instrument. The slave reservoir gate may comprise at least one of blocking element, blocking element seat, one or more gates, one or more covers and a combination thereof. The slave reservoir gate provides a connection between the master reservoir and the slave reservoir. Further, the blocking element rests over the blocking element seat due to gravity, restricting return flow of the fluid to the master reservoir. The master reservoir gate facilitates clean, easy and fast refilling of master reservoir using fluid container or fluid nozzle without the need of opening the master reservoir cap.

A writing instrument with an operating side, with a writing side with a nib, with a tank which can be filled with liquid writing medium, with a piston, which is movable within the tank, and with an operating element arranged on the operating side for axial adjustment of the piston within the tank. The writing instrument is characterized in that the operating element can be brought by a user from a first axial position, namely an idle position, in which it is held axially in position in particular with locking, into a second axial position which differs axially from the idle position, namely an operating position, in which the operating element has a larger distance to the nib in comparison with the idle position and in which the operating element can be gripped by the user and moved for the axial adjustment of the piston.

A writing tool has a pen tube, a capillary unit, and a dispensing unit. The capillary unit is mounted in the pen tube, and is connected to a nib. The dispensing unit is mounted in the pen tube, and has a communicating tube and a pressing segment connected to the communicating tube. The pressing segment has at least one connecting arm connected to the communicating tube. A dispensing interval is formed between the communicating tube and a periphery of the pressing segment. The communicating tube contacts the capillary unit to make the capillary unit form different compression densities via the pressing segment and the dispensing interval, thus facilitating dispensing ink downward easily through the dispensing interval and providing a better occlusion effect to further avoid ink leakage.

It is an object to provide a cylindrical molded article that is also excellent in smell retention properties for smelling substances in addition to oxygen barrier properties and is also excellent in the fine appearance of a cut surface when cut, and a barrier plug, a barrier plug-attached container, and an tube for storing ink each using the same. A cylindrical molded article comprising a cylindrical resin layer comprising a resin having a melting point of 140 C. or more; and a vapor-deposited layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the resin layer, the vapor-deposited layer comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, and diamond-like carbon, and the cylindrical molded article having a total thickness of 100 m or more.

It is an object to provide a cylindrical molded article that can inhibit the transmission of components having SP values in a relatively wide range. A cylindrical molded article having a cylindrical resin layer I comprising a vinylidene chloride copolymer; and a cylindrical resin layer II disposed inside the resin layer I and comprising a resin having an SP value of 12.0 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 or more, and having a total thickness of 100 m or more.

A writing instrument comprising an inner reservoir for storing a first medium, wherein the inner reservoir comprises at least one opening at a first distal area of the inner reservoir; a sleeve at least partially surrounding the inner reservoir; an outer reservoir for storing a second medium; and an actuator. The inner reservoir and the sleeve are movable with respect to each other by actuation of the actuator, and the inner reservoir and the sleeve are arranged at least partially within the outer reservoir.

Disclosed is a device for encoding information written on a readable surface, the device including a device housing containing at least one ink reservoir, an ink dispensing tip in communication with said at least one ink reservoir; and ink stored in the at least one ink reservoir and configured to flow from the ink dispensing tip, the ink being encodable to include supplemental encoded information, the supplemental encoded information being detectable by at least one detecting sensor when dispensed on the readable surface, wherein the readable surface is any surface that will accept the ink.

Disclosed is a device for encoding information written on a readable surface, the device including a device housing containing at least one ink reservoir, an ink dispensing tip in communication with said at least one ink reservoir; and ink stored in the at least one ink reservoir and configured to flow from the ink dispensing tip, the ink being encodable to include supplemental encoded information, the supplemental encoded information being detectable by at least one detecting sensor when dispensed on the readable surface, wherein the readable surface is any surface that will accept the ink.

A writing instrument comprising an inner reservoir for storing a first medium, wherein the inner reservoir comprises at least one opening at a first distal area of the inner reservoir; a sleeve at least partially surrounding the inner reservoir; an outer reservoir for storing a second medium; and an actuator. The inner reservoir and the sleeve are movable with respect to each other by actuation of the actuator, and the inner reservoir and the sleeve are arranged at least partially within the outer reservoir.

A liquid storage includes at least three layers, an inner layer made of paper base material and an intermediate layer of a paper base laminate having a metal layer or a silica vapor deposition layer formed on the outer surface side of the paper-based inner layer, and an outer layer made of paper base material formed on the outer surface side of the intermediate layer. The paper base laminate is wound into a spiral shape and on the outer surface side of the intermediate layer, the outer layer is also wound into a spiral shape. A polyolefin resin-containing adhesive layer lies in between the inner and intermediate layers and/or between the intermediate and outer layers.