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Autopoint was founded by Frank C. Deli, Michael M. Kaufmann, and John P. Lynn around 1920. They used the name "Realite Pencil Company." They worked with Lawrence V. Redman of the Redmanol Company to develop techniques for molding plastic bodies for pencils.
Correction fluid can be written on after it has dried. Correction fluid bottle Correction fluid bottle Correction pen. A correction fluid (or correction liquid) is an opaque, usually white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text.
Erasers may be free-standing blocks (block and wedge eraser), or conical caps that can slip onto the end of a pencil (cap eraser). A barrel or click eraser is a device shaped like a pencil, but instead of being filled with pencil lead, its barrel contains a retractable cylinder of eraser material (most commonly soft vinyl). Many, but not all ...
This is a more involved process than removing pencil markings. Pencil marks can be gradually adhered to natural rubber fragments by rubbing the mark with a pencil eraser (this action is what prompted Joseph Priestley to give solidified latex its common name). Ink, however, readily penetrates the fibers of most papers and is therefore more ...
Refilling kits include printer-specific instructions. The following basic types of refill toner (differing mainly in particle size and fusing temperature) have been identified by one vendor while other refill vendors insist that each printer or copier model requires a unique type. [citation needed] HP, Canon printers; Canon PC copiers
Pencils with sub-millimeter leads can usually hold multiple leads at the same time, reducing the frequency of refills. One exception was the Pentel 350 E, possibly Pentel's first mechanical pencil, [14] which could only hold a single stick of 0.5 mm lead. Refill leads can be bought in small tubes and inserted into the barrel as needed.
In 1979, Paper Mate introduced the Eraser Mate or Erasermate brand. [6] In the 1980s, Paper Mate invented the Replay 2000 pen, with erasable ink and a rubber at one end. In 2010, Paper Mate introduced "environmentally friendly" biodegradable pens, pencils and erasers. [7] In 2012, Paper Mate introduced the brand InkJoy. [8]
Hymen L. Lipman (c. 1817/1823 – November 4, 1893) is credited with registering the first patent for a pencil with an attached eraser on March 30, 1858 (U.S. patent 19,783). Hymen L. Lipman was born March 20, 1817, in either Kingston, Jamaica or in the Bahamas, to English parents.