ANATOMY and MECHANISM of a BALLPOINT PEN

The modern ballpoint pen is one of the most precious inventions used by almost everyone around the globe. It was a revolutionary idea of creating a writing instrument bearing a ball that was constantly coated with an oil-based, instant-drying ink. It was discovered to eliminate the problems associated with the age-old fountain pen.
In accordance to history, László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor, was quite tired of having to incessantly refill the fountain pen with ink. He, then, noticed that the ink used in the newspaper dried up at a much faster rate than the ink used in fountain pen. He set out to create a pen that could hold this kind of ink. Instead of a nib, the pen used a ball bearing which would have its own reservoir of ink. Thus, the ballpoint pen was born.

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