Back to results
US 5,313,885 AGranted
Apparatus and method for a see through ink stamp with detachable dies
OwnerJeffrey M. Winstoninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hand held apparatus for stamping ink images on paper, comprising a handle, which is substantially transparent, a printing die, which is able to bold ink on a printing surface thereof, and an attachment means by which said printing die is able to be detachably attached to the handle. The printing surface comprises a resilient, opaque substance, such as natural rubber.
Claims10
An apparatus for stamping ink images on image carrying material, comprising:
- a. a substantially transparent handle having at least one substantially rigid and planar surface;
- b. at least one printing die of arbitrary size and shape having a printing surface and a second surface opposite the printing surface, where means for holding ink in a pattern are formed on each printing surface;
- and
- c. reusable attachment means by which said printing die is able to be manually attached to, manually detached from, and manually reattached to said planar surface of said handle without substantially degrading:
- (a) the printing die;
- and (b) the ability of the attachment means to detach and reattach the printing die, where the attachment means further attaches the printing die to the handle in a manner that allows an end user to adjust said printing die in an unlimited number of arbitrary orientations relative to said handle, where the attaching means comprises magnetic substance imbedded in one of the printing die and the handle and a magnetically attractable substance imbedded in the other of the printing die and handle;
- wherein
- both (i) a substantial portion of the second surface on the printing die;
- and (ii) at least a portion of the image carrying member are visible through the handle.
6 more elements
A method of forming an an artistic ink image on image carrying material, comprising:
- a. providing a substantially transparent handle;
- b. providing a first group of at least one printing die of various sizes and shapes, where each printing die has a printing surface and a second surface opposite the printing surface, where means for holding ink in a pattern corresponding to the ink image are formed on the printing surface;
- c. providing attachment means for allowing printing dies to be selectively attached to, detached from, and adjusted on the second surface by an end user in an unlimited number of arbitrary orientations with respect to the handle without substantially degrading:
- (a) the printing die;
- and (b) the ability of the attachment means to detach and reattach the printing die;
- d. forming indicating means on each printing die for indicating an orientation of the ink holding means on the printing surface thereof;
- e. attaching the second surface of each printing die in the first group to the handle with the attaching means in a first arbitrary orientation with respect to the handle;
- f. applying ink to the ink holding means of each die in the first group of at least one die;
- and
- g. so adjusting the first group of at least one printing die while viewing the indicating means and image carrying material through the handle that the patterns formed by the ink holding means are placed in a desired orientation with respect to the image carrying material;
- h. bringing the first group of at least one printing die in contact with the image carrying material so that the ink holding means transfers a first ink image thereto.
8 more elements
An apparatus for stamping ink images on image carrying material, comprising:
- a. a substantially transparent handle having at least one substantially rigid and planar surface;
- b. at least one printing die of arbitrary size and shape having a printing surface and a second surface opposite the printing surface, where means for holding ink in a pattern are formed on each printing surface;
- and
- c. reusable attachment means by which said printing die is able to be manually attached to, manually detached from, and manually reattached to said planar surface of said handle without substantially degrading:
- (a) the printing die;
- and (b) the ability of the attachment means to detach and reattach the printing die, where the attachment means further attaches the printing die to the handle in a manner that allows an end user to adjust said printing die in an unlimited number of arbitrary orientations relative to said handle, where the attachment means comprises an adhesive layer formed on the second surface of the dies, and where the adhesive layer allows the end user to manually attach the dies to the handle and manually detach the dies from the handle in a manner that allows adjustment of the dies on the handle;
- wherein
- both:
- (i) a substantial portion of the second surface on the printing die;
- and (ii) at least a portion of the image carrying member are visible through the handle.
7 more elements
An apparatus for stamping ink images on image carrying material, comprising:
- a. a substantially transparent handle having at least one substantially rigid and planar surface;
- b. at least one printing die of arbitrary size and shape having a printing surface and a second surface opposite the printing surface, where means for holding ink in a pattern are formed on each printing surface;
- and
- c. reusable attachment means by which said printing die is able to be manually attached to, manually detached from, and manually reattached to said planar surface of said handle without substantially degrading:
- (a) the printing die;
- and (b) the ability of the attachment means to detach and reattach the printing die, where the attachment means further attaches the printing die to the handle in a manner that allows an end user to adjust said printing die in an unlimited number of arbitrary orientations relative to said handle, where the attachment means comprises:
- magnetic material formed in the printing dies;
- and magnetically attractable material imbedded in a pattern in the handle, the die being attached to the handle by the attraction of the magnetically attractable material to the magnetic material, and the pattern allowing the end user to view a substantial portion of the die through the handle;
- wherein
- both:
- (i) a substantial portion of the second surface on the printing die;
- and (ii) at least a portion of the image carrying member are visible through the handle.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.