Ball pen Histoty

BallpointsThe first patent on a  pens was issued on to John J Loud. In 1938 a Hungarian newspaper editor, with the help of his brother George, a chemist, began to work on designing new types of pens including one with a tiny  in its tip that was free to turn in a socket. As the  moved along the paper, the ball rotated, picking up ink from the ink cartridge and leaving it on the paper. Bíró filed a British patent on June 15, 1938. In 1940 the Bíró brothers and a friend, Juan Jorge Meyne, moved to fleeing Nazi Germany and on June 10, filed anotherpens patent, and formed Bíró pens of Argentina. By the summer of  the first commercial models were available. Erasable ballpoint pens were introduced by  in 1979 when the was put on the market.

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