Self-inking stamp with plier action

• US 3,244,097 A
• Filed: 09/06/1963
• Issued: 04/05/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert F. Tansey, Ross C. Mcrae
• Original Assignee: Robert F. Tansey, Ross C. Mcrae
• Inventors: Mcrae, Ross C., Tansey, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US04/307,108
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• US Class Current: 101/334
• CPC Class Codes: B41K 1/40 Inking devices operated by stamping movement
• CPC Class Codes: B41K 5/023 having type-carrying bands or chains

Claims

1. A SELF-INKING STAMPING DEVICE COMPRISING:

A FRAME;

AN INK PAD ON SAID FRAME;

A TUMBLER WITH PRINTING MEANS THEREON;

MEANS MOUNTING SAID TUMBLER FOR PIVOTAL AND RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME BETWEEN AN INKING AND A STAMPING POSITION AND INCLUDING A CAM SLOT IN SAID FRAME AND CAM SLOT FOLLOWER MEANS ON SAID TUMBLER, SAID CAM SLOT HAVING AN OFFSET PORTION FOR PIVOTING SAID TUMBLER AS SAID CAM SLOT FOLLOWER MEANS MOVES THEREALONG;

A FIRST HANDLE HAVING AN UPRIGHT INTERMEDIATE PORTION, A SELF PORTION EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION, AND A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE GRIPPING PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION;

MEANS ON SAID SHELF PORTION FOR RETAINING SAID FRAME THEREON;

FURTHER MEANS ON SAID SELF PORTION FORMING A SHALLOW ARTICLE RECEIVING CHANNEL AND DEFINING THE STAMPING POSITION FOR SAID TUMBLER;

A SECOND HANDLE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID FIRST HANDLE, SAID SECOND HANDLE HAVING A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE GRIPPING PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE SECOND HANDLE INTERMEDIATE PORTION, SAID SECOND HANDLE FURTHER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED FORWARDLY EXTENDING ARMS EMBRACING OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FRAME, MEANS FORMED ON SAID SPACED ARMS COOPERATING WITH MEANS ON SAID TUMBLER FORMING A LOST MOTION CONNECTION THEREBETWEEN TO GUIDE THE TUMBLER IN ITS MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID SPACED ARMS AS SAID CAM SLOT FOLLOWER MEANS MOVES ALONG SAID SLOT WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND HANDLE GRIPPING PORTIONS ARE MOVED TOWARD EACH OTHER;

AND SPRING MEANS URGING SAID TUMBER TOWARD INKING POSITION.