Patent ID: 8302531

Claim:
A self-inking stamp comprising: an inner frame member ( 10 ) provided therein with a reversing guide ( 14 ), an outer frame member ( 20 ) slidably mounted on the inner frame member ( 10 ) via an elastic member or members ( 30 ) therebetween, a main body ( 50 ) of a stamp containing a character arrangement block ( 51 ) and adapted to be reversed by the reversing guide ( 14 ), and an ink pad ( 42 ) adapted to be arranged within the inner frame member ( 10 ) characterized in: that the inner frame member ( 10 ) is formed on its side wall with a projection ( 16 ) movable toward the inside of the inner frame member ( 10 ), that the outer frame member ( 20 ) is formed on its side wall with a pusher ( 26 ) for pushing the projection ( 16 ) toward the inside of the inner frame member ( 10 ) and an engaging portion ( 27 ) adapted to be engaged with the projection ( 16 ), and that a vertical relative motion between the inner and outer members ( 10 , 20 ) is locked when the projection ( 16 ) is fitted in the engaging portion ( 27 ) and the lock is released when the pusher ( 26 ) is pushed inside to disengage the projection ( 16 ) from the engaging portion ( 27 ).