Patent ID: 6829993
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B41K,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock apparatus in combination with a hand stamping device, said hand stamping device including an actuator frame slidable relative to a base frame to present a stamp platen residing in a frame cavity to a window in said base frame, said lock apparatus including the combination of:locking heads having upstanding anchor walls protruding from a back wall such that the anchor walls of one locking head receive said actuator frame and the anchor walls of the other locking head extend in said frame cavity to prevent access to said stamp platen; struts for connecting said locking heads in a space apart relation with said anchor walls extending toward each other for receiving said actuator frame and base frame of said hand stamping device there between; and a lock for interlocking said locking heads in a spaced apart relation between said struts.