Patent ID: 8408126

Claim:
A self-inking hand stamp comprising a frame made of metal and including two frame side walls, and an upper cover wall, said upper cover wall interconnecting said two frame side walls, an actuating bow made of metal, which in use is downwardly movable relative to said frame against a spring force, said actuating bow having an upper web and two bow legs protruding from said upper web and displaceable along said frame side walls, a type unit arranged to be upwardly and downwardly displaceable and turnable within said frame, said type unit being coupled with said bow legs of said actuating bow, and guide members comprising two parallel guide webs laterally abutting on the respective one of said bow legs, which is rectangular in elevation and narrower as compared to each one of said frame side walls, said guide members including latch projections engaged in openings of the side walls of the frame, thereby the guide members being attached to the outer sides of the respective frame side walls in the upper region thereof.