Patent ID: 7464643

Claim:
A self-inking hand stamp ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 2 ), an actuator yoke ( 3 ) displaceable relative thereto, in which a stamp character part is mounted by means of axle portions ( 10 , 11 ) that project through slit-type openings ( 25 ) in the side walls ( 8 , 9 ) of the housing ( 2 ), at least one of the axle portions being retained in a seat ( 26 , 27 ) in one of the lateral parts ( 12 , 13 ) of the actuator yoke ( 3 ) by means of a separate securing element, said securing element being insertable in the seat ( 26 , 27 ) in axis-parallel manner and snappable therein, the securing element including at least one snap-in element ( 29 , 30 ; 35 ) which cooperates with a corresponding snap-in element ( 31 ; 37 , 38 ) on the lateral part ( 12 , 13 ) of the actuator yoke ( 3 ), and with a turning mechanism ( 7 ) for the stamp plate ( 6 ) so as to move the latter during a displacing movement of the actuator yoke ( 3 ) relative to the housing ( 2 ) from an upper inking position in contact on an ink pad ( 51 ) into a lower stamping position, wherein the securing element is formed by at least one bearing member ( 14 , 15 ) provided with a cylindrical bearing recess ( 28 ) for the axle portion ( 10 , 11 ) of a stamp plate ( 6 ) provided as stamp character part, which bearing member ( 14 , 15 ), in axial direction, has several snap-in positions in the lateral part ( 12 , 13 ) of the actuator yoke ( 3 ).