Patent ID: 8408125

Claim:
An ink storage member unit for storing stamping ink and for delivering the same to a partially open-pored printing plate of a pre-inked hand-operated stamp, comprising, in this order: an ink storage member, a retaining means which accommodates and encloses the ink storage member, which retaining means is a separate trough-shaped retaining member in the form of a cassette with an upper bottom wall opposite an opening for attaching the printing plate, and with at least one ink refilling opening in said upper bottom wall, and a separate coupling member put onto the retaining member at the upper bottom wall side in a pre-mounted position, wherein the trough-shaped retaining member comprises at least one snap-on shoulder at the edge of its upper bottom wall, said snap-on shoulder being adapted to be directly engaged by a snap-on leg of the separate coupling member when mounting the retaining means, and wherein said retaining member comprises a snap-in opening in its upper bottom wall, said snap-in opening being adapted to be directly engaged by snapping legs of a separate connecting part of the hand-operated stamp, said ink storage member unit further comprising a box-shaped package accommodating the ink storage member, the retaining means and the coupling member in an assembled state thereof.