Electrically heated drawing instrument

Claim 1

A DRAWING AND DECORATING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASE ADAPTED TO BE HELD IN THE USER''S HAND, A HEATING ELEMENT WITHIN SAID CASE COMPRISING A LIGHT BULB, A SOCKET WITHIN SAID CASE RECEIVING SAID LIGHT BULB, AN ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTED WITH SAID SOCKET AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CASE FOR CONNECTING WITH A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT, A HEAT CONDUCTIVE METAL DRAWING TIP INCLUDING A METAL CASING DISPOSED IN ENCLOSING RELATION TO SAID LIGHT BULB, SAID ELONGATED CASE COMPRISNG A PAIR OF ELONGATED SECTION MEMBERS EACH FORMING HALF OF THE CASE AND BEING JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM A HOLLOW CASING, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID HOLLOW CASING AND DRAWING TIP TOGETHER INCLUDING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL FLANGE ON SAID DRAWING TIP WHICH IS RECEIVED IN AN ARCUATE GROOVE FORMED IN EACH OF SAID SECTION MEMBERS, A CHANNEL SHAPED TIP ELEMENT INTEGRAL WITH SAID METAL CASING AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM OUTSIDE OF SAID ELONGATED CASE, AND A DRWAING CRAYON SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING MEMBER FIXED TO SAID CASE IN MANNER AFFORDING MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID CASE BETWEEN A POSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT TO SAID TIP ELEMENT AND A POSITION AWAY FROM SAID TIP ELEMENT, WHEREBY THE END OF THE CRAYON PLACED IN CONTACT WITH THE HEATED TIP ELEMENT CAN BE CAUSED TO MELT AND FLOW FROM SAID TIP.