Marking pencil

Claim 1

IN A MARKING PENCIL: A BARREL;MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A PENCIL CORE IN SAID BARREL AGAINST SUBSTANTIAL ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL WHILE PERMITTING THE CORE TO MOVE AXIALLY OF SAID BARREL; A CAP; MEANS MOUNTING SAID CAP ON SAID BARREL FOR ROTATION AND FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ON SAID BARREL WITHOUT ROTATION BETWEEN A FORWARD POSITION AND A MAXIMUM REARWARD POSITION THEREON; SHARPENING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID CAP RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL TO SHARPEN THE CORE WHEN SAID CAP IS IN SAID REARWARD POSITION; MEANS WITHIN SAID BARREL FOR FEEDING THE CORE FORWARDLY OF SAID BARREL TO LOCATE THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE PENCIL CORE EXTERNALLY OF THE BARREL AND IN SAID SHARPENING MEANS; RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS FOR PREVENTING SAID FEEDING MEANS FROM MOVING SAID CORE FORWARDLY IN SAID BARREL; SAID CAP BEING SHIFTABLE BY MANUAL FORCE TO SAID MAXIMUM REARWARD POSITION AND AGAINST SAID LATCH MEANS TO RELEASE THE SAME; SAID MOUNTING MEANS EMBODYING MEANS PERMITTING SAID CAP TO BE SHIFTED BY SAID FEEDING MEANS FROM SAID MAXIMUM REARWARD POSITION TO SAID FORWARD POSITION TO ALLOW REENGAGEMENT OF SAID LATCH MEANS WHEN SAID MANUAL FORCE ON SAID CAP IS REMOVED.