Patent ID: 8695500

Claim:
A self-inking stamp, comprising a housing, in which an ink pad holder adapted to receive an ink pad and a stamping unit comprising stamp types are arranged, wherein the ink pad holder is replaceably arranged in the housing, an actuating member slidably mounted on the housing, which actuating member is coupled with a turn-over mechanism for pivoting the stamping unit between a coloring position in which it is held against the ink pad in the ink pad holder and a print position provided for printing on a print surface, a signal generator adapted to record actuating operations, said actuating operations comprising a movement of the actuating member into an actuating position corresponding to the print position, an electronic evaluating unit, which is connected to the signal generator for processing a signal supplied by the signal generator, wherein the evaluating unit comprises a counting module for counting the actuating operations, and a switching member connected to the evaluating unit, which switching member is arranged to be switched from a first switching state to a second switching state when the ink pad holder is inserted or removed.