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A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro [1] (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistani, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen [2] (Nepali English and South Asian English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point".
In 1939, the company produced bat shaped mechanical pencils to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of baseball. [2] In 1931, the company built a manufacturing plant on Houston Street in Atlanta. [3] During World War II Scripto became part of the war effort. At first, the company polished 75mm brass cannon shells. It then received a contract ...
Demand in 1945 was running 30,000 pens per day, making it America's #1 ballpoint pen. [3] However, within three years the price of the pen went from $12.50 to 50¢. The Reynolds Rocket Pen had a tiny ball bearing that let ink out only when pressed against the item you were writing on. [4]
A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.
The Pico is a pocket telescoping ballpoint pen designed by Franco Clivio. [12] It comes in chrome, red, blue, orange (known as "Flame"), white, and black finishes. Like some other Lamy pens, the Pico features a small protrusion to stop the pen from rolling. [23] Lamy also produces a leather carrying case for this pen.
The Pilot Pen Corporation was founded by Ryosuke Namiki with Masao Wada (和田正雄) in 1918 under the name of the Namiki Manufacturing Company. [5] In 1926 it established overseas offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Boston, London and Shanghai. In 1938 the name of the company changed to the Pilot Pen Co., Ltd.
The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic Biro) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. [1] It was introduced in 1950 and is the best-selling pen in the world, with the 100 billionth sold in September 2006.
In 1959, Mitsubishi released its first ballpoint pen, while its first mechanical pencil was launched in 1961. [3] In 1966, they began creating performance pens and by 1979 they developed the first "Uniball" rollerball pen, [11] which was the first ballpen with water-based ink and metallic tip. This pen would be a great success in Japan and ...