Ink pad for self-inking stamp
AssigneeTrodant GmbH
InventorKlemens Treml
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Abstract
Ink pad for a self-inking stamp which is provided with a housing with a support frame and a stamp platen support which by a swivel motion is movable in this housing from an idle position into a stamping position and which is connected to an actuator handle moveable against a return spring relative to the housing, the ink pad being insertible into a receiving shaft of the housing by means of a substantially tub-shaped pad holder and a sealing frame extending about the periphery of the pad holder provided with a sealing lip protruding from the pad holder which in the operational position of the pad holder in the receiving shaft of the stamp housing sealingly engages stamp platen support under elastic deformation.
Claims8
(New) An ink pad for use with a self-inking stamp provided with a housing having a support frame and a stamp platen support mounted in the housing for swiveling motion against the bias of a spring between an idle position and a stamping position and with means for forming a shaft for receiving the ink pad, the ink pad comprising:
- an ink pad holder having a bottom wall and a periphery formed by a plurality of side walls protruding from the bottom wall;
- a frame extending from the periphery in substantially parallel relationship to the bottom wall;
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- an elastically deformable lip protruding from the sealing frame in a direction opposite the bottom wall for engaging the stamp platen support in the idle position thereof for sealing the ink pad from the environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.