Stamp apparatus having means to produce stencils

A stencil producing apparatus for producing a stencil having a desired stencil image, comprising:

• storing means for storing a plurality of data representing a plurality of image forming elements of at least two types, one of said types being non,alphanumeric, said storing means stores a plurality of character data representing a plurality of character images and a plurality of accessory data representing a plurality of accessory images to be combined with the character images, each of the plurality of accessory data includes a frame data representing a corresponding one of a plurality of frame images to be combined with the character images;
• selecting means for selecting at least one of the plurality of data of each of the at least two types of image forming elements which constitutes a desired stencil image;
• combining means for combining the selected data of the at least two types of image forming elements into an image data corresponding to the desired stencil image;
• and
• perforating means for selectively perforating a blank stencil paper to form holes in accordance with the image data, to thereby produce a stencil having the desired stencil image.

A stamp producing apparatus for producing a stamp member capable of stamping a desired stamp image onto a desired any kind of object, said stamp producing apparatus comprising:

• character storing means for storing data of a plurality of character images and a plurality of character codes representative of the plurality of character images;
• frame storing means for storing data of a plurality of frame images and a plurality of frame codes representative of the plurality of frame images;
• input means for inputting at least one character code representative of at least one character image desired to be contained in a stamp image desired to be stamped on a desired any kind of object and at least one frame code representative of at least one frame image desired to be combined with the at least one character image into the desired stamp image;
• selecting means for selecting at least one of the plurality of character images stored in said character storing means in accordance with the character code inputted in said input means and for selecting at least one of the plurality of frame images stored in said frame storing means in accordance with the frame code inputted in said input means;
• combining means for combining data of the selected at least one character images and data of the selected at least one frame images into data of the desired stamp image;
• supporting means for supporting a blank stencil medium;
• perforating means for selectively forming holes on the blank stencil medium supported by said supporting means, in accordance with the data of the desired stamp image produced by said combining means, to thereby produce a stencil formed with a stencil image corresponding to the desired stamp image;
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• attaching means for attaching the thus produced stencil onto a stencil holding member to thereby produce a stamp member capable of stamping the desired stamp image onto a desired any kind of object.