Disposable fiber tip marker

Claim 2

A marker comprising a single disposable fiber tip pen and marking medium containing cartridge, a first substantially plane surface forming a first outer base wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pen being positioned to protrude away from said first wall so that substantially a right angle is formed between the elongated longitudinal axis of said pen and said first wall and said cartridge having at least one additional substantially plane outer wall that is positioned to extend at an obtuse angle away from its said first mentioned wall and wherein said writing tip portion of said fiber tip pen is arranged to extend substantially to the plane that includes said second mentioned wall of the cartridge.

Claim 3

Marking means comprising a first marker for making a first trace on a recording medium, said marker having a disposable filter tip pen and marking medium containing cartridge, a first substantially plane surface forming a first outer base wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pen being positioned to extend away from said first wall so that substantially a right angle is formed between the elongated longitudinal axis of said pen and said first wall, said cartridge having at least one additional substantially plane outer wall that is positioned to extend at an obtuse angle from its said first mentioned wall and further comprising a second marker similar to said first marker for marking a second trace on said recording medium, said second marker having the second outer wall thereof disposed in a plane that is adjacent and parallel to the plane that includes the second outer wall of the first marker, each of the fiber tip pens of said first and second markers extending substantially to the plane that includes its associated second wall.

Claim 4

Marking means comprising a first marker for making a first trace on a recording medium, said marker having a disposable filter tip pen and marking medium containing cartridge, a first substantially plane surface forming a first outer base wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pen being positioned to extend away from said first wall so that substantially a right angle is formed between the elongated longitudinal axis of said pen and said first wall, said cartridge having at least one additional substantially plane outer wall that is positioned to extend at an obtuse angle from its said first mentioned wall and further comprising a second marker similar to said first marker for marking a second trace on said recording medium, said second marker having the second outer wall thereof disposed in a plane that is adjacent and parallel to the plane that includes the second outer wall of the first marker, each of the fiber tip pens of said first and second markers extending substantially to the plane that includes its associated second wall.

Claim 5

The marking means as defined in claim 2 wherein the said first outer wall of each of said markers forms a lower part of the cartridge of which it is a part and is arranged to be inclined at an angle of substantially 17* with respect to said recording medium.

Claim 6

The markers as defined in claim 2 wherein the first outer wall of each cartridge forms a base portion of which it is a part, said second mentioned outer wall of each cartridge forms an end portion of which it is a part, and each of said cartridges having separate integral finger gripping portions extending from opposite side portions thereof to expedite separate insertion of each of said markers into and withdrawal from separate associated marker retaining plates of a recorder.

Claim 7

The apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said first and second outer walls respectively form a base and an end portion of each of the said cartridges and wherein two opposite sides of each cartridge has elongated ridges extending therefrom that are of a triangular configuration to retain each cartridge and its associated fiber tip pen in form non rotatable contact with an associated cartridge retaining spring clip which is mounted for movement along a different one of two carriages of a recorder.

Claim 8

Recorder means comprising first and second markers, each adapted for movement by an individually associated carriage along a chart for recording the changes in the magnitudes of variable quantities, each of said markers comprising a disposable fiber tip pen and marking medium containing cartridge, a first substantially plane surface forming a first outer base wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pen being positioned to extend away from Said first wall so that substantially a right angle is formed between the elongated longitudinal axis of said pen and said first wall, said cartridge having at least one additional substantially plane outer wall that is positioned to extend at an obtuse angle away from said first mentioned wall, said writing tip portion of said fiber tip pen being arranged to extend substantially to the plane that includes said second mentioned wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pens of each of said markers extending in a converging manner toward each other into substantially point to point contact with said chart whereby a record of each variable can simultaneously be recorded on substantially the same time line of said chart.

Claim 9

Recorder means comprising first and second markers, each adapted for movement by an individually associated carriage along a chart for recording the changes in the magnitudes of variable quantities, each of said markers comprising a disposable fiber tip pen and marking medium containing cartridge, a first substantially plane surface forming a first outer base wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pen being positioned to extend away from Said first wall so that substantially a right angle is formed between the elongated longitudinal axis of said pen and said first wall, said cartridge having at least one additional substantially plane outer wall that is positioned to extend at an obtuse angle away from said first mentioned wall, said writing tip portion of said fiber tip pen being arranged to extend substantially to the plane that includes said second mentioned wall of said cartridge, said fiber tip pens of each of said markers extending in a converging manner toward each other into substantially point to point contact with said chart whereby a record of each variable can simultaneously be recorded on substantially the same time line of said chart.

Claim 10

The apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said first one of said markers is mounted for back and forth transverse movement with a first carriage along said recording medium while it records the magnitude of a first variable Y on a Y axis of said recording medium and while the carriage is moved in a longitudinal direction along the X axis at a preselected time rate to thereby effect the recording of an X-Y plot thereon and said second marker is mounted for movement in a longitudinal direction along the X axis at said preselected time rate and for back and forth transverse movement along a second carriage while it records a second variable along substantially the same Y axis of said recording medium as that on which the record of the first variable is being made and thereby effect the plot of the X-Y'' record thereon.

Claim 11

The apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein a first one of said markers is mounted for back and forth transverse movement with said first carriage along said recording medium while it records the magnitude of a first variable Y on a Y axis of said recording medium and while the carriage is moved at a time rate in a longitudinal direction along the X axis in accordance with the magnitude of an independent variable and said second marker is mounted for movement in a longitudinal direction along the X axis at said preselected time rate and for back and forth transverse movement along a second carriage while it records the magnitude of a second variable Y'' along substantially the same Y axis of said recording medium as that on which the record of the first variable is being made.