ANATOMY and MECHANISM of a BALLPOINT�PEN

Elkospens24 Jan, 2022Other

The modern ballpoint pen is one of the most precious inventions used by almost everyone around the globe. It was a revolutionary idea of creating a writing instrument bearing a ball that was constantly coated with an oil-based, instant-drying ink. It was discovered to eliminate the problems associated with the age-old fountain pen. In accordance to history, L?szl? B?r?, a Hungarian newspaper editor, was quite tired of having to incessantly refill the fountain pen with ink. He, then, noticed that the ink used in the newspaper dried up at a much faster rate than the ink used in fountain pen. He set out to create a pen that could hold this kind of ink. Instead of a nib, the pen used a ball bearing which would have its own reservoir of ink. Thus, the ballpoint pen was born. Today, ball pen dominate the writing industry and are one of the most staple and intrinsic part of our daily lives. The ballpoint pen has clicked this well because of two major reasons.