Hand stamp and type therefor

Claim 1

A HAND STAMP COMPRISING A CHANNEL BODY, SAID BODY HAVING SAID WALLS JOINED BY A CROSSHEAD, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID CROSSHEAD HAVING A RECESS EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF, A HANDLE MEMBER DIRECTLY FIXED TO THE CROSSHEAD CENTRALLY OF SAID BODY, A TYPE UNIT FOR MOUNTING IN THE CHANNEL OF SAID BODY, SAID UNIT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED ROD HAVING ENDS PROJECTING BEYOND ENDS OF SAID BODY, TYPE MEMBERS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE ROD, SAID MEMBERS HAVING APERTURES IN WHICH THE ROD IS ARRANGED FOR FRICTIONAL SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS ON SAID ROD, ONE OUTER SURFACE OF EACH MEMBERS HAVING A PRINTING CHARACTER THEREON, THE OPPOSED INNER SURFACE OF SAID MEMBER HAVING A GUIDANCE CHARACTER THEREON, BOTH CHARACTERS PROJECTING FROM THE SURFACES OF SAID MEMBER, MEANS MOUNTED IN THE RECESS OF SAID CROSSHEAD AND EXTENDING OVER THE ENDS OF SAID BODY AND ENGAGING SAID ROD ENDS FOR YIELDABLY SUPPORTING THE TYPE UNIT IN THE CHANNEL OF SAID BODY, A YIELDABLE BACKING ARRANGED IN SAID CHANNEL, AND SAID GUIDANCE CHARACTERS BEING NORMALLY EMBEDDED IN SAID BACKING IN DEFINITELY POSITIONING SAID MEMBERS IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON SAID ROD.