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US 7,950,327 B2Granted
Stamping device and a media processing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorNorio Nagata
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Abstract
A stamping device comprising a stamp, a drive mechanism for moving the stamp between a printing position and a standby position, and a return urging member that urges the stamp towards the standby position in order to return the stamp to the standby position if the drive mechanism becomes inoperable.
Claims13
A stamping device comprising:
- a stamp;
- a drive mechanism for moving the stamp between a printing position and a standby position, the drive mechanism including:
- a guide shaft,
- a slider slidably engaging the guide shaft,
- a slider drive mechanism for moving the slider,
- a stamp mounting block on which the stamp is mounted, the slider being movable relative to the stamp mounting block towards and away from the printing position, the stamp mounting block slidably engaging the guide shaft,
- an elastic member which biases the stamp mounting block towards the printing position, and
- a return urging member that urges the slider towards the standby position such that the slider is returned to the standby position if the drive mechanism becomes inoperable so that the slider pulls the stamp mounting block away from the printing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.