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US 8,336,454 B2Granted
Stamping device including cover member and interlock mechanism for causing rotation of cover member
AssigneePlus Corporation
InventorJun Ushijima
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Abstract
When a roller is moved to an opening of a case by a pressing action to the roller, a cover member on a stamp face rotates such that the stamp face is exposed at the opening. Such a mechanism allows a working state and an off-duty state of a roller stamp to be easily switched between. Also, the cover member covers the opening side of the stamp face before the roller is squeezed out. Such a configuration prevents the stamp face from being accidentally exposed while the roller stamp is not in use.
Claims4
A stamping device comprising:
- a rotating body with a stamp face provided on an outer circumferential surface thereof;
- a case that encloses therein the rotating body and includes an opening of a size that allows at least a part of the stamp face to pass therethrough;
- a support unit that allows the rotating body to rotate about its axis and a part of the stamp face to be exposed in the opening;
- a cover member that covers the part of the stamp face exposed in the opening, the cover member being supported by the support unit so as to rotate independently from the rotating body;
- a presser that presses the rotating body toward the opening together with the support unit, thereby causing at least a part of the stamp face to stick out from the opening;
- an elastic member that biases the presser in a direction opposite to the opening;
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- an interlock mechanism that causes, when the rotating body is pressed by the presser, the support unit to rotate in response to the pressing motion;
- wherein the rotation of the support unit causes the cover member to rotate inward into the case, thereby allowing the stamp face to freely stick out from the opening.
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A stamping device comprising:
- a rotating body with a stamp face provided on an outer circumferential surface thereof;
- a case that encloses therein the rotating body and includes a first case member, a second case member, and an opening of a size that allows at least a part of the stamp face to pass therethrough, the second case member being pivotally supported by the first case member and locked thereto at a boundary therewith, so as to move the rotating body toward the opening in the locked state;
- a support unit that allows the rotating body to rotate about its axis and a part of the stamp face to be exposed in the opening;
- a cover member that covers the part of the stamp face exposed in the opening, the cover member being supported by the support unit so as to rotate independently from the rotating body;
- a presser that presses the rotating body toward the opening together with the support unit, thereby causing at least a part of the stamp face to stick out from the opening;
- an elastic member that biases the presser in a direction opposite to the opening;
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- an interlock mechanism that causes the support unit to rotate in response to the pressing motion, by causing the rotating member to be moved by a biasing force of the elastic member when the second case member is disengaged and pivotally moves away from the first member and a bulging portion is disengaged from the presser;
- wherein the rotation of the support unit causes the cover member to rotate inward into the case, so that the cover member covers a portion of the rotating body opposing the second case member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.