ball-point pens
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
ball-point pens
- Details
Pens with a writing tip made of a metal ball that is housed in a socket, which allows the ball to rotate freely when pressed against a writing surface, releasing a quick-drying ink. The ball is constantly bathed in ink from a reservoir, one end of which is open and attached to the writing tip. Commercial models of the pen appeared in 1895 and it became popular beginning in the 1930s. It was first patented by Lázló Bíró.
- Variations
pens, ball-point
ball-point pen
ball point pens
ballpoint pens
stylos bille
stylo bille
biro
- Broader Term