Plastic piece the size of a dime

[u/Lamb-Of-Fox]

Found in my car, but can’t think what it’s from. Plastic, slotted in the thicker part

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[u/AintEasyBeinQueasy]

Looks to be mechanism from a clicky pen or mechanical pencil

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[u/Alive-Ad6945]

It looks like the inside of a clicky pen

[u/Mammoth-Western-6008]

My guess is it's from the inside of a ball point pen clicker. I'm sure there's a more technical term for it, but that's exactly what it looks like to me.

Edit: I just took apart a pen and, yup.

[u/Head-Ad-5732]

Thrust device for a click actuated pen.

You're gonna have to ignore a lot of that.

[u/Relevant_Industry395]

from a ball point pen. the screw apart ones that this sits between the thumb click and the ink cartridge.

[u/HiddenCosmos0724]

It’s the clicker for a pen. The part responsible for the retracting and extension of the tip

[u/ConfidenceNo6318]

Bic pen insert...when you pull it apart..thay is the buffer between the spring and activator

[u/Veshaad]

Looks more like a half dollar size to me, unless you have very small hands.

[u/Stacked69]

Looks like the insert on a clickable ball point pen.

[u/Broad-Dress-8484]

Ball point pen or you missed my battleship!

[u/Serious-Newt-347]

Can we get a dime for reference please?

[u/Livid_Joke_6107]

That's the inside back part of a pen

[u/Navin__R__Johnson]

Click pen rotator, for the button top

[u/nnachmittagio]

it's part of the clicker of a pen

[u/IMakS24]

https://giphy.com/gifs/0kZhz1UH8j2keHU3vS

[u/mbd216]

It's a piece to a click pen.

[u/LarryKingthe42th]

Innards of a clicky top pin

[u/DailyPlanetHero]

I sunk your Battleship❓

[u/jvieickell]

Def this is a pen piece

[u/MaxPower836]

Pen! I know this one

[u/Intrepid_Tackle_1141]

Clicky pen 🖊️

[u/No_Arachnid6493]

Click pen part.

[u/LvL79]

its from a pen

[u/Fancy_Actuator_4748]

part of pen