Abstract: A hand stamp has a housing and an actuating yoke extending over the housing and displaceable against a spring force, which actuating yoke has legs guided on the side walls of the housing, at least one horizontally displaceable latching element being provided in one of the legs and having the form of a resilient tongue engageable in a latching recess, which latching recess is arranged on the adjacent side wall of the housing and is provided with an undercut portion at its upper rim, and the free end of the tongue can be hooked behind this undercut portion.

Abstract: A self-inking pad has a reversible mechanism (3) for the print characters (4) arranged in a housing (2) and a metallic actuator yoke (7) slidably mounted on the housing (2), overlapping the same. The actuator yoke can be pressed down against the force of a return spring (9) in order to effect printing of the print characters, a handle (10) being arranged on the actuator yoke for that purpose. The handle is hollow, receives and supports an end (9a) of the return spring (9), whereas the other end (9b) of the return spring (9) is supported by a crosspiece (11) of the housing (2) and is surrounded by a sleeve (12) arranged on said crosspiece. When the actuator yoke is pressed down, the sleeve is pushed into the cavity of the handle (10). The sleeve is provided with at least one recess into which a sliding catch (17) arranged in a guide and linked to the actuator yoke (7) can be pushed in order to lock the actuator yoke in a determined position of its path of travel.

Abstract: Hand stamp with a self-inking device and provided with an inversion mechanism arranged in a housing (3), said mechanism moving the printing types (4, 5) of the stamp from an upwardly pointing position adjacent to the ink carrier (6) inserted in the housing, downwardly into the printing position, during which movement such mechanism pivots, such mechanism, for actuating such inversion and printing action, being connected with a U-shaped actuating yoke (12) extending across the housing. The housing (3) of the stamp has a frame part (1) made of metal, in which the inversion mechanism and the printing types are arranged, and a plastic guide element (2) arranged on the top side of the frame part, such guide element being placed on the frame part or inserted in the latter. The guide element (2) forms a guide for sliding in the ink carrier and preferably aslo guides for the actuating yoke (12).

Abstract: An adjustable stamp is provided having at least one loop-shaped type ribbon guided by an adjustment wheel and a support strip, the type set for printing being disposed at the bottom side of the support strip, and a frame plate supporting a printing plate producing a permanent imprint and having a window through which the type disposed on the support strip projects. The frame plate is displaceably supported by means of guide strips leading into the interior of the housing of the stamp and is displaceable by means of a manipulating device connected to the guide strips.