Illumination – With implement or hand held holder therefor – Pen or pencil
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-17
2002-08-13
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
With implement or hand held holder therefor
Pen or pencil
C362S259000, C362S205000, C362S276000, C362S802000, C362S579000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06431720
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a laser pen, and more particularly to a laser pen with a safety power cutoff device.
2. Description of the Related Arts
A conventional laser pen
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in accordance with the prior art shown in
FIG. 5
comprises a barrel
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, a plurality of batteries
84
mounted in the barrel
82
, a laser device
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mounted in the barrel
82
for emitting laser light outward from the barrel
82
and including a circuit board
86
connected to one of the batteries
84
, and a press button
88
detachably contacting the circuit board
86
. When the press button
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is pressed to touch the circuit board
86
, the laser device
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will emit a beam of laser light outward from the barrel
82
. However, when a user is writing with the laser pen, he may unintentionally touch and press the press button
88
to emit the laser light outward from the barrel
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to project onto the user's eyes, thereby easily hurting the user's eyes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a laser pen comprising a metallic barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion; a laser device mounted in the upper portion of the metallic barrel; a safety power cutoff device including an insulating tube secured in the lower portion of the metallic barrel and having an upper portion and a lower portion; at least one battery received in the upper portion of the insulating tube and electrically connecting to the laser device; a reservoir tube having a top portion including a metallic contact head movably mounted in the lower portion of the insulating tube and detachably contacting the at least one battery; and a rotating device mounted on the lower portion of the metallic barrel and engaged with the metallic contact head of the reservoir tube for moving the metallic contact head.
The insulating tube includes a receiving chamber defined in the upper end thereof for receiving the at least one battery, and a guide chamber defined in the lower portion thereof for movably guiding the metallic contact head of the reservoir tube. The receiving chamber has a diameter greater than that of the guide chamber, thereby defining an annular holding shoulder therebetween for stopping the battery.
The laser device includes a fixing sleeve having a lower portion secured in the upper portion of the metallic barrel and an upper portion protruding outward from the metallic barrel, a cover secured on the upper portion of the fixing sleeve, a metallic light source housing secured to the lower portion of the fixing sleeve, a circuit board having a first side connected to the light source housing, a conducting spring mounted between a second side of the circuit board and the at least one battery, a press button switch mounted on the circuit board, and a press button slidably extending through the metallic barrel and detachably engaged with the press button switch.
The rotating device includes a metallic support tube secured in the lower portion of the insulating tube, a metallic engaging portion mounted on a lower portion of the support tube and secured to the lower portion of the metallic barrel, a metallic slide tube slidably mounted in the support tube and securely engaged with the metallic contact head of the reservoir tube for moving the metallic contact head, and a pen head rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the support tube and engaged with the slide tube for moving the slide tube.
The slide tube includes an inner thread, and the contact head of the reservoir tube includes an outer thread screwed into the inner thread of the slide tube.
The laser pen further comprises a conducting spring mounted on the reservoir and connecting between the metallic contact head of the reservoir tube and the metallic support tube.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5544967 (1996-08-01), Yao
patent: 5617304 (1997-04-01), Huang
patent: 5803583 (1998-09-01), Hsieh
patent: 6024467 (2000-02-01), Liu
O'Shea Sandra
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
Ton Anabel
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