Patent ID: 6994025

Claim:
A self-inking hand stamp with upper impact inking, which comprises (a) a stamp housing, (b) a stamp aggregate arranged in the stamp housing, the stamp aggregate being capable of moving from an inking position on an ink pad into a stamping position, (c) an actuating frame incorporating a reversing mechanism, which is mounted in form of a cap on top of the stamp housing and can be depressed relative thereto against a spring force for moving the stamp aggregate from the inking position into the stamping position, the actuating frame comprising (1) two broad sides opposite each other, (2) two narrow sides opposite each other, the narrow sides extending into legs resting laterally on the stamp housing, and (3) a top side having a receiving recess for accommodating an information sheet, the receiving recess extending continually from the top side to at least one of the broad sides and being delimited by edges before it reaches the narrow sides, and (d) a one-piece transparent cover detachably mounted over the receiving recess, the cover being curved to conform to the receiving recess, and comprising (1) locking projections inwardly extending from the edges thereof for snapping into locking recesses in the edges of the receiving recess on the broad sides, the locking projections also forming means for holding the information sheet in a curved shape conforming to the curved transparent cover on an inside thereof when the transparent cover is detached from the top side of the actuating frame.