Verification stamp equipment
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsSiro Sato, Kazuyuki Nishino, Shiro Hatakeyama
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Abstract
Disclosed is a stamping device for use in facsimile equipment, wherein a document has a mark stamped hereon after its information has been transmitted. The stamp device is composed of a stamp body which has a stamp face for marking the document and a handling knob; a mounting plate for detachably holding the stamp body; and a solenoid for moving the mounting plate, whereby the stamp face is pressed onto the document so as to stamp the mark. The stamp body and the mounting plate are shaped so that the stamp body is engaged with a freely removed from the mounting plate by using the knob of the stamp body.
Claims7
A stamping apparatus for use in a facsimile machine apparatus for stamping a document with a mark, comprising:
- stamp means having a stamp face for marking a document;
- slider means for detachably holding the stamp means, the stamp means being removable from the slider means by applying a removing force along a removing direction and being insertable into the slider means by applying an inserting force along an inserting direction;
- driving means in fixed relation to the facsimile machine for moving the slider means relative to the facsimile machine between a first position, wherein the stamp face is spaced from the document, and a second position, wherein the stamp face is in engagement with the document;
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- mounting means for mounting said driving means to the facsimile machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.