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Hand stamp

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-03-16
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Granted: 1978-05-23
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Expires: 1997-03-16
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Abstract

Abstract An improved hand stamp for numbering, dating, etc. is provided. The stamp has printing belts, a shaft and a plurality of polygonal members. The shaft has a protrusion along the entire length, and the polygonal members have a through-hole and a plurality of grooves on the circumferential surface of the through-hole such that the position of the polygonal members may be fixed by an engagement between the protrusion and the grooves. The printing belts are rotated by a rotation of the polygonal members about the shaft against the engagement between the protrusion and the grooves.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshio Yazawa
  • 👤 Fumi Yazawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 09:36
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41K; B41K1/00; B41K1/08; B41K1/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 222 words
A hand stamp comprising: a first side member; a second side member; a bar member releasably connected with an end of said first and second side members; said bar member having a flat bottom surface along the entire length thereof, a cylindrical shaft releasably connected with said first and second side members; said shaft having a single protrusion on the outer surface thereof, said protrusion extending along the entire length of said shaft and having a triangular shape in cross-section, said protrusion being formed integral with said shaft, a plurality of polygonal members each having a through-hole at the center thereof for inserting said shaft therethrough and a plurality of grooves having a triangular shape corresponding to said protrusion in cross-section at spaced intervals on the circumferential surface of said through-hole, thereby releasably engaging said shaft with said polygonal members; a plurality of printing belts having printing characters; said printing belts being tightly suspended by said polygonal members and said bar member, and a plurality of annular members each being connected with one side of one of said polygonal members, wherein said grooves are two times the number of angles of said respective polygonal members, said first and second side members each having a handle portion integral therewith, said handle portions being releasably connected together to form a handle of said stamp.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 222 words
A hand stamp comprising: a first side member; a second side member; a bar member releasably connected with an end of said first and second side members; said bar member having a flat bottom surface along the entire length thereof, a cylindrical shaft releasably connected with said first and second side members; said shaft having a single protrusion on the outer surface thereof, said protrusion extending along the entire length of said shaft and having a triangular shape in cross-section, said protrusion being formed integral with said shaft, a plurality of polygonal members each having a through-hole at the center thereof for inserting said shaft therethrough and a plurality of grooves having a triangular shape corresponding to said protrusion in cross-section at spaced intervals on the circumferential surface of said through-hole, thereby releasably engaging said shaft with said polygonal members; a plurality of printing belts having printing characters; said printing belts being tightly suspended by said polygonal members and said bar member, and a plurality of annular members each being connected with one side of one of said polygonal members, wherein said grooves are two times the number of angles of said respective polygonal members, said first and second side members each having a handle portion integral therewith, said handle portions being releasably connected together to form a handle of said stamp.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The stamp according to claim 1, in which said polygonal members are regular pentagonal whereas said grooves are ten.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1981-05-22 1981-11-21 1982-05-23 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1985-05-22 1985-11-21 1986-05-23 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1989-05-22 1989-11-21 1990-05-23 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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