BIC Cristal Pen - 7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About It

hello everyone this icons here and today we're going to talk about seven things most people probably don't know about the big pen the big crystal most commonly known as big pen is an inexpensive mass-produced disposable ballpoint pen sold by society big it was only 1938 that the first glimpse of something similar to today's ballpoint pen was envisioned by laszlo biro some say that this hungarian journalist came up with the idea of adapting a freely rotating ball to the tip of a tube of ink after seeing some children playing with marbles that drew a fine line on the ground after rolling over a puddle with a rather rudimentary approach beerus concept ended up being highly criticized leading him to sell its rights in 1945 to several people among whom it was marshall bich birch ended up being known as the man responsible for optimizing bureau's concept in december 1950. he developed a viscosity of ink which neither leaked nor clogged making biro's concept simpler and capable of being mass-produced at a low cost which ultimately turned the beak into the best-selling pen in the world with its 100 billionth pen sold in september 2006 with an immutable design for almost seven decades big hexagonal shape closely resembles the classic lead pencil this shape grants its strength providing its user with three gripping points for a high yet familiar writing stability while preventing it from rolling off the table at the same time with ink load it onto a thin transparent plastic tube inside its classic clear through polystyrene barrel its user is constantly reminded of the big's ink level by literally topping off this whole assembly there's an ink color matching plastic cap with a small hole to prevent children from suffocating if inhaled this polypropylene cap that can easily be clipped to a notepad allows for a better shock absorbing capability thus reducing its chances of cracking or splitting if the pen is dropped onto it we've just passed our list halfway point so let me take this chance to ask you if you're enjoying today's video please leave us a like and subscribe to our channel now without further ado let's get back to it one third away from the big steep there's a small hole for maintaining the air pressure between the interior and exterior of its barrel constant this feature allows for its ink to run down smoothly feeding a tungsten carbide ball bearing inside a breast tip that by spinning freely provide biggs users with one of the most smooth yet disposable writing experiences in fact some people credit the biggest disposability as one of the most detrimental factors in its success after all it allowed us to go from a refillable quill to a ballpoint pen that was cheap enough to be thrown away once its purpose has been fulfilled this product feature ended up being responsible for shifting bix entire business ethos from here on end big turned its focus on creating other disposable products like their razors and lighters that sell 11 and 4 million products a day respectively from its invention to leading a shift in its company ethos going through its evolution design embedded safety writing experience and key to success these were 7 facts about the big crystal pen that you were probably not aware of and that's it for today's video everyone if you've enjoyed it please leave us a like and subscribe to our channel make sure to turn that notification bell on and let us know in the comment section down below which products you would like to see featured in future videos thank you and we'll see you on the next one

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Id: MhQi0ShsAmQ

Length: 4min 12sec (252 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 25 2020