G.G.H.

School Ramgarh (Samrala Road)

PROJECT PRESENTED BY:- Class :-(ix Baljeet Kaur , Swati Sharma ,
Rupinder Kaur , Jasleen Kaur , Jagmeet Kaur .
• SUPERVISED BY:-
• Rishu Arora Miss Sukhjit Kaur Mrs. Shaweta Bhanot
(English Mistress) (Computer Faculty) (Computer Faculty)

BALL PEN
The ball pen known as a biro , is a
modern writing instrument. Ball pens have
an internal chamber filled with a viscous
ink dries almost immediately after contact
with paper. Inexpensive, reliable and
maintenance free .They have almost
completely replaced the fountain pen.
Contents
• 1.History
• 2.Description
• 3.Ball pens in everyday life
• 4 Characteristicks

His tor y
The modern ball pen was invented in 1938
by the Argentine-Hungarian Journalist
Laszlo Biro. In the 1930s Biro was working
as the editor of a small newspaper. Biro
was frustrated by the amount of time that
he wasted in filling up fountain pens and
cleaning up smudged pages, and the
sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore his
pages. Biro had noticed that the type of
ink used in newspaper printing dried
quickly , leaving the paper dry and
smudge free. He decided to create a pen
using the same type of ink. Since, when
tried, this viscous ink would not flow into
a regular fountain pen nib, Biro-with the
help of his brother George, a chemist-
began to work on designing new types of
pens. Biro fitted this pen with a tiny ball
bearing in its tip that was free to turn in a
socket. As the pen moved along the paper,
the ball rotated, picking up ink from the
ink cartridge and leaving it on the paper.
Biro filed a British patent on 15 June,
1938.The pen was sold in Argentina under the
Birome brand. This new design was licensed by
the British. The first ball pens went on sale at
Gimbel ‘S department store in New York City on
October 29, 1945
Since 1990, Biro’ s birthday is inventor’ s in
Argentina..
Description:-
There are two types of pens:-1.
Disposable Pens
2.
Refillable Pens.
1. Disposable Pens are
chiefly made of plastic
throughout and discarded
when the ink is consumed .
2. Refillable Pens are of metal or plastic and
tend to be higher in quality and price.
Ball pen in e ver yday’ s lif e

1. Ball Pens are certainly the most common and

almost every household is likely to have several.
2. The –fact that they are so cheaply available and so
convenient to use.
3. Ball pens are often provided free by businesses
as a form of advertising. –printed with a company’s
name.
Char acte ist ic ks
Ball Pens have three Characteristicks:-
1. The ink flow increases with pressure will typically
lay down its line without pressure.
2. They write the greatest ink flow when
perpendicular to the paper, but as the angle is
increased the line width gradually decreases.
3. A bal pen’s ink is typically not as bright on
paper as its liquid or gel ink counterparts.

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