Stamp with automatic inking means

Claim 1

A HAND STAMP COMPRISING AN ELONGAGTED TUBULAR HOUSING, A HOLLOW ACTUATING PLUNGER TELESCOPED IN ONE END OF THE HOUSING, A DIE FIXED IN AND PROJECTING FROM THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING, AN ELONGATED ROD PROJECTING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND INTO SAID HOLLOW PLUNGER, MEANS PIVOTALLY FIXING ONE END OF THE ROD WITHIN THE PLUNGER, A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS, IN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT THE SECOND END THEREOF, A SHAFT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE HOUSING WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SLOTS, A CENTRALLY LOCATED CRANK IN SAID SHAFT, THE SECOND END OF THE ROD BEING PIVOTALLY FIXED TO SAID CRANK, A CAP LOOSELY TELESCOPED OVER THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING, SAID CAP INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSED ARMS POSITIONED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOUSING AND RIGIDLY FIXED, ADJACENT THEIR ENDS, TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SHAFT, INK PAD MEANS IN THE INNER END OF THE CAP, MEANS RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID PLUNGER OUTWARDLY OF SAID ONE END OF THE HOUSING AND, THROUGH THE ROD, THE INK PAD INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DIE, SAID SLOTS BEING A LENGTH SUFFICIENT SO AS TO ALLOW, THROUGH PRESSURE ON THE PLUNGER, MOVEMENT OF THE CAP LONGITUDINALLY BEYOND THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING, MEANS RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF SAID CAP TO SOLELY A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION UNTIL A MOVEMENT THEREOF BEYOND THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING, AND MEANS LIMITING THE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CAP BEYOND THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING, SAID CRANK EFFECTING A LATERAL PIVOTING OF THE CAP SUBSEQUENT TO A LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE CAP BEYOND THE SECOND END OF THE HOUSING.