The official blog of Professor Michael Webber's Fall 2013 UGS Course "How Things Work."
Showing posts with label Pen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pen. Show all posts
Friday, September 20, 2013
Labels:
Elastic Potential Energy,
Pen,
Spring
Location:
West Campus, Austin, TX, USA
Click pens
The click pen works because of the spring.
The spring has created tension with the ballpoint of the pen, which permits it to stay exposed. When the end of the pen is clicked again, the tension is released causing the ballpoint to retract into the frame.
Pen (Spring)
When the top of a pen is clicked down, a spring is compressed (storing elastic potential energy) so that when it is clicked again it can retract the tip inti itself.
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