CN1197009A - Self-feeding ink seal - Google Patents
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A self-inked seal has a supporter of seal head on which there is a sealing surface. Said supporter can hold an ink container with air hole and ink flow control valve. When the ink container is detached from seal, the control valve is automatically moved to off state, otherwise it is in on state. Said supporter has a valve release part and an ink distribution plate. The seal head is wetted by ink as long as there is ink in its container.
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The present invention relates to a kind of self-feeding ink seal, particularly relate to a kind of like this self-feeding ink seal, this seal need not in advance it to be executed the seal surface and contacts with the ink pad that has printing ink, for example directly placing it in the needs of the medium of paper and so on adds a cover on the zone of the marking, and firmly press down, what make the seal head executes the seal surface pressure on this medium, just can print off the marking.
A defective of the above-mentioned type seal is the seal atrophy.The seal head is generally made by foam, rubber, foam rubber or other porous material with a lot of apertures.In existing seal, be full of printing ink in these apertures, when the seal head contacted with medium, printing ink was released from these apertures.Marking of every seal, printing ink is just run out of from these apertures.Along with increasing printing ink is run out from these apertures gradually, the atrophy gradually of the head of seal.After the printing ink in the seal head is used up, can add some printing ink at the seal head by a dropper.But, have found that the printing ink that is added can only make the part of the diameter that has reduced of aperture restore to the original state, so the atrophy of seal head tends to become nonvolatil.
The atrophy amount maximum of seal head can reach 10% to 15%, and this atrophy meeting changes the size of seal, is exactly the size by the marking that seal printed off specifically.
Be used to as the occasion of identifying identity at seal, for example the rural area of seal as the signature use, why self-feeding ink seal is not widely used, and just is its easy atrophy.This means, have to use the common rubber or the stone seal that together cooperate with disc.On hand or on the clothes of user got with printing ink by this seal and ink pad regular meeting, and on other surface that need not affix one's seal.
Therefore, the objective of the invention is to propose a kind of self-feeding ink seal, seal head wherein still can keep after repeatedly using and identical size before it is used, thereby provides a kind of useful selection for the public.
According to the present invention, a kind of self-feeding ink seal is proposed, comprise a supportive device of supporting the seal head, this seal head has a seal surface of executing that is positioned at the bottom, this supportive device can hold a printing ink reservoir that is used to hold printing ink, and in use, as long as also have printing ink in this printing ink reservoir, this seal head just is maintained at the state that is soaked into by printing ink in fact.Described printing ink reservoir preferably is essentially the separate part of a sealing and has a pore and printing ink flow control valve.Preferably, described printing ink reservoir can be pulled down from this self-feeding ink seal.When this printing ink reservoir was pulled down from this self-feeding ink seal, this printing ink control valve was shifted to closed condition, thereby prevented that printing ink from flowing out from this printing ink reservoir.When this printing ink reservoir was in the state of being supported by this supportive device, this printing ink control valve was shifted to opening, thereby allowed printing ink to flow out from this printing ink reservoir.
This printing ink flow control valve is preferably pressed to closed condition in advance.Described supportive device preferably has a valve release member that makes progress upright, is used for cooperating with this printing ink flow control valve of this printing ink reservoir, so that this valve is opened.This supportive device comprises a printing ink dispensing plate that is used for printing ink is sent to from this printing ink reservoir branch this seal head.This valve release member is positioned on this printing ink dispensing plate.
Preferably, this printing ink dispensing plate comprises a plurality of from the extended a plurality of passages of this valve release member, and the end of these passages is an opening that communicates with this seal head.
Preferably, this supportive device comprises this seal head is supported in a plurality of pin that stretch out on the dielectric surface downwards that when using, these pin can be from an extended position motion to being retracted into the position.When applying a downward power on this seal when, these pin motions are to retracted position, and the pin that is positioned at retracted position makes executing of seal head print the surface and can contact with dielectric surface.These pin are preferably pressed to extended position in advance.
The present invention also proposes a kind of printing ink reservoir that is used for self-feeding ink seal, and this printing ink reservoir is essentially the independent part of a sealing, can store printing ink, and has the opening that pore and printing ink can flow out.This opening is a printing ink flow control valve.This printing ink control valve can change between open mode and closed condition, when this printing ink control valve is in closed condition, can prevent that printing ink from flowing out from this printing ink reservoir,, can allow printing ink from this printing ink reservoir, to flow out when this printing ink control valve is in opening.
The present invention also proposes a kind of method of size of the seal head that is used for keeping self-feeding ink seal, comprise the step that a supportive device that is used to support the seal head is provided and an ink source is provided, so that the step of a stable printing ink stream to be provided to this printing ink head in use.
Be described in detail below in conjunction with several preferred embodiments of accompanying drawing self-feeding ink seal of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of a preferred embodiment of self-feeding ink seal of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the bottom view of the printing ink dispensing plate of self-feeding ink seal of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the parts explosion of a preferred embodiment of self-feeding ink seal of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the oil flow control valve of self-feeding ink seal of the present invention and the amplification view of valve release member.
Fig. 5 is the stereogram of another preferred embodiment of self-feeding ink seal of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the side view of self-feeding ink seal shown in Figure 5.
Self-feeding ink seal of the present invention as shown in Figure 1, 2, 3 has a supportive device 5, and this supportive device 5 comprises a printing ink dispensing plate 10 and a seal supporter 15.Printing ink dispensing plate 10 and seal supporter 15 also can be made into a unified part for the convenience of assembling can be made into two independent parts.Seal supporter 15 is being supported seal head 20 (Fig. 1).Seal head 20 execute seal surface to lower surface 25 as one, on have image, character, letter or its to make up the pattern that is constituted.
The objective of the invention is to propose a kind of self-feeding ink seal, its head still can keep after repeatedly using and identical size before it is used.The realization of this purpose realizes that by a kind of like this self-feeding ink seal wherein the quantity of ink at the seal head always remains on the level of soaking in fact.This printing ink head therefore also be by suitable permeable material well known in the art for example foam, rubber or other materials similar or their composition make, thereby make printing ink flow to lower surface 25 places in surface 60 from it by the gravity and the fluid energy of flow.
When head 20 contacted with the medium of for example a piece of paper and so on, the printing ink that the printing ink release just of the contact portion of head 20 is executed in the seal surface 25 in other words was printed on the paper.Transferred on the paper owing to execute the lip-deep printing ink of seal, thus in the head other parts printing ink can automatic stream this execute the seal surface.If or be provided with ink source near upper surface 60 places of seal head, printing ink makes the printing ink in this ink source flow to the seal head from this ink source to the mobile meeting of executing the seal surface, thereby sets up a running system that comprises ink source, head and paper.As if printing ink can only be stored in a Xiao Chi on the upper surface 60 that is positioned at head 20.But; this set makes become very difficulty and regular meeting of the filling of printing ink make very dirty; printing ink is overflowed from seal; pollute some surfaces, paper, user's hand and clothes, and make the seal head execute fuzzy marking of formation when seal is surperficial to be contacted with paper because of the too many printing ink of filling makes easily.
A kind ofly can contact with the seal head steady and can supply ink source printing ink, easy to use effectively and be shown among Fig. 1,2,3.There is shown a printing ink reservoir 65 that is used to store printing ink at these.Be reason easy to assembly, this printing ink reservoir is made of two parts, bottom 70 and cap 75.
This printing ink reservoir 65 also has an opening that is used for ink flow, printing ink stream by this opening is preferably controlled by a printing ink flow control valve 85, and when this valve was in open mode, printing ink stream can flow out from the printing ink reservoir, and it is in off position the time, and printing ink can not flow out from the printing ink reservoir.A lot of known valves can be realized finishing this effect, and one of them is shown among Fig. 4.The valve that is appreciated that other structure also can reach effect same.
Preferred printing ink flow control valve 85 shown in Fig. 4 has 90, one rubber of a printing ink release pin (other suitable material also can) sealing, 0 shape ring 95 and is enclosed within on the pin 90.During use, as shown in Figure 4, this pin 90 is withstood on the open position by the valve release member 100 that protrudes upward on the printing ink dispensing plate 10.The printing ink reservoir can be engaged in the printing ink dispensing plate 10 easily by the sliding mode of inserting.The size of printing ink reservoir makes it sufficiently tight with cooperating of printing ink dispensing plate, makes that valve release member 100 can upwards withstand on the printing ink release pin 90 and open valve 85 when printing ink flow control valve 85 arrives at the fixed position that is positioned at valve release member 100 tops.Thereby printing ink can flow to printing ink dispensing plate 10 from the valve opening 110 of printing ink reservoir 65 through opening because of moving upward of printing ink release pin 90.
Can continue to be positioned at exactly under the printing ink reservoir 65 in order to ensure release member 100, have a locating slot 67 in the bottom of printing ink reservoir 65, be used for when printing ink reservoir sliding fit is gone into printing ink dispensing plate, pilot valve release member 100 cooperates with printing ink flow control valve 85.(not shown) when printing ink flow control valve 85 is in closed condition, 0 shape ring 95 contact and seal up opening with valve opening 110, thereby prevent that the printing ink in the printing ink reservoir from flowing out from the printing ink reservoir.Preferably for example helical spring, leaf spring or other suitable device that can produce precompression are pressed in closed condition to printing ink flow control valve 65 in advance by a precompression device.When printing ink reservoir 65 was not positioned in the printing ink dispensing plate 10, valve 85 was in closed condition, thereby has prevented that printing ink from flowing out from printing ink reservoir 65.Because valve 85 is not in closed condition and printing ink can not flow out from the printing ink reservoir when printing ink reservoir 65 is positioned in the printing ink dispensing plate, so management, packing and the transportation of this removable printing ink reservoir 65 become very convenient.
As mentioned above and as shown in Figure 1, the profile of printing ink reservoir 65 is preferably, even be in when installing the position when plate 35,40 and shank 30, it also can easily be slided in the printing ink dispensing plate 10 of packing into or therefrom skid off.Like this, when printing ink used up, the replacing of printing ink reservoir became very convenient.The printing ink reservoir preferably is made of transparent material, thereby allows the user can easily observe the surplus of printing ink.Thereby before aforesaid atrophy appearred in the diameter of scarce China ink of seal head and aperture, the printing ink reservoir just can be changed timely.
Although aforesaid printing ink reservoir is positioned in the printing ink dispensing plate by sliding fit, it also can be fixed by other a lot of mode, for example by snap fit in plate 10, or utilize a downward force rate as with a lid, threaded engagement is lived printing ink reservoir location on the printing ink reservoir, perhaps even with printing ink reservoir thread connection live, contact with printing ink release pin 90 as long as can guarantee valve release member 100.
Thereby guarantee that in order to ensure all parts that the printing ink in the printing ink reservoir 65 can flow to the seal head printing ink is at upper surface 60 and then executing even distribution on the seal surface 25 down, in printing ink dispensing plate 10, be provided with a plurality of printing ink dispensings road 115, be used for printing ink is delivered to seal head 20 from opening 110.Many the by-paths of dispensing road 115 as shown in Figure 3 for telling from dispensing road, center, this design has found it is highly effective.Be appreciated that other effective dispensing form also is highly effective.End in all dispensing roads all has the little opening 120 that at least one communicates with upper surface 60, is used to make printing ink to flow to seal head (see Fig. 2, it shows the bottom of the printing ink dispensing plate 10 among Fig. 3) through dispensing road 115.As an alternative, opening 120 also can be provided with at interval along the dispensing road but not only be arranged on their end.
In use, a requirement is, when seal is not subjected to a downward power, and the executing seal surface 25 and can not contact of head 20 with medium.This requirement can be passed through accomplished in many ways, one of them is shown in the drawings, this mode is, be provided with a plurality of from supportive device 5 pin 125 that stretches out downwards of seal supporter 15 in other words, the distance that they stretch out downwards greater than the seal head from supportive device 5 seal supporter 15 distance of stretching out downwards in other words.Pin 125 is provided with like this, and when a downward masterpiece was used on the seal, pin 125 retraction supportive devices 5 were in other words in the seal supporter 15, executes contacting of seal surface 25 and medium thereby no longer stop.But when this downward power unloaded, pin 124 stretched out the seal supporter 15 in other words from supportive device 5, will execute the top of top, seal surface to medium.Preferably for example helical spring, leaf spring or other suitable device that can produce precompression are pressed in extended position to pin 125 in advance by prepressing device 128.In addition, use a telescopic annular element also to be fine.
As an alternative, the stable ink source design that is used for the seal head of the present invention also goes for the self-feeding ink seal of other type.For example the present invention can also be used for the related seal type of BP GB2226276B, wherein, the seal head is connected in shank, and apply a downward pressure at shank, the seal head is contacted with medium by an annular supporter that stands on the medium, just can make and execute seal surface and contact with dielectric surface.
For easy to use, also can be provided with image protection plate 40 and shank support plate 35 on the shank 30, support plate 35 is engaged on the shank and is supporting shank, is connected in simultaneously on the supportive device 5 (or printing ink dispensing plate 10).Shank 30 is held on shank 30 by upright shank supporter 45 easily by support plate 35, and the thin base portion 50 of shank 30 is inserted in the shank supporter 45.
For easy to use; can be bonded in or be positioned on the upper surface 55 of shank support plate 35 by image, character or letter or its duplicate that makes up the pattern that is constituted on the seal surface 25 of executing of seal head 20, and the image protection plate 40 that is made of transparent material covers.Scheme as an alternative, this pattern also can be printed directly on the upper surface 55 of shank support plate 35, and the pattern baffle can dispense.Certainly, to those skilled in the art, shank can be connected on the shank support plate by any suitable manner obviously; in fact; shank, shank support plate and pattern baffle are can select the part that uses, is not essential features of the present invention.
A lid 130 can cover on seal, is used for protection and executes that seal surface 25 is unlikely is made dirty and dry up, also can avoid waiting printing surface and user's hand and clothes simultaneously and can not executed the printing ink that prints on surperficial 25 and make dirty.
Fig. 1 and 3 is depicted as the seal of a rectangle, and Fig. 5 and 6 is depicted as the seal of a circle.And the present invention is applicable to the seal of Any shape.
More than be description, in the scope of appended claim, can also do various changes and modifications embodiments of the invention to the preferred embodiments of the present invention.
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1, a kind of self-feeding ink seal, it is characterized in that, comprise a supportive device of supporting the seal head, this seal head has a seal surface of executing that is positioned at the bottom, this supportive device can hold a printing ink reservoir that is used to hold printing ink, and in use, as long as also have printing ink in this printing ink reservoir, this seal head just is maintained at the state that is soaked into by printing ink in fact.
2, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described printing ink reservoir is essentially the separate part of a sealing.
3, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, has a pore on the described printing ink reservoir.
4, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described pore is made of a kind of porous material, and the size in the hole in this material can enter in this printing ink reservoir air but printing ink is flowed out from the printing ink reservoir.
5, as any one described self-feeding ink seal in the above-mentioned claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that having a printing ink flow control valve on the described printing ink reservoir.
As any one described self-feeding ink seal in the above-mentioned claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that 6, described printing ink reservoir can be pulled down from this self-feeding ink seal.
7, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, when this printing ink reservoir was pulled down from this self-feeding ink seal, this printing ink control valve was shifted to closed condition, thereby prevents that printing ink from flowing out from this printing ink reservoir.
8, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, when this printing ink reservoir was in the state of being supported by this supportive device, this printing ink control valve was shifted to opening, thereby allows printing ink to flow out from this printing ink reservoir.
As claim 7 or 8 described self-feeding ink seals, it is characterized in that 9, this printing ink flow control valve is pressed to closed condition in advance.
10, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described supportive device has a valve release member that makes progress upright, is used for cooperating with this printing ink flow control valve of this printing ink reservoir, so that this valve is opened.
As any described self-feeding ink seal in the above-mentioned claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that 11, this supportive device comprises a printing ink dispensing plate that is used for printing ink is sent to from this printing ink reservoir branch this printing ink head.
As claim 10 or 11 described self-feeding ink seals, it is characterized in that 12, this valve release member is positioned on this printing ink dispensing plate.
13, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, this printing ink dispensing plate comprises a plurality of from the extended a plurality of passages of this valve release member, and the end of these passages is an opening that communicates with this seal head.
14, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, this printing ink dispensing plate comprises that one is extended many passages from the extended central passage of this valve release member again from this central passage, and the end of these passages has an opening that communicates with this seal head.
15, as any described self-feeding ink seal in the above-mentioned claim 1 to 14, it is characterized in that, this supportive device comprises this seal head is supported in a plurality of pin that stretch out on the dielectric surface downwards that when using, these pin can be from an extended position motion to being retracted into the position.
16, self-feeding ink seal as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, when applying a downward power on this seal when, these pin motions are to retracted position, and the pin that is positioned at retracted position makes executing of seal head print the surface and can contact with dielectric surface.
As claim 15 or 16 described self-feeding ink seals, it is characterized in that 17, these pin are pressed to extended position in advance.
As the described self-feeding ink seal of above-mentioned claims 1-17, it is characterized in that 18, this printing ink reservoir sliding fit is in this supportive device.
19, a kind of printing ink reservoir that is used for self-feeding ink seal is characterized in that, this printing ink reservoir is essentially the independent part of a sealing, can store printing ink, and has the opening that pore and printing ink can flow out.
20, printing ink reservoir as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, this opening is a printing ink flow control valve.
21, printing ink reservoir as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that, this printing ink control valve can change between open mode and closed condition, when this printing ink control valve is in closed condition, can prevent that printing ink from flowing out from this printing ink reservoir, when this printing ink control valve is in opening, can allow printing ink from this printing ink reservoir, to flow out.
22, as any described printing ink reservoir among the above-mentioned claim 19-21, it is characterized in that this printing ink reservoir is made of transparent material.
23, a kind of method of size of the seal head that is used for keeping self-feeding ink seal, it is characterized in that, comprise the step that a supportive device that is used to support the seal head is provided and an ink source is provided, so that the step of a stable printing ink stream to be provided to this printing ink head in use.
24, a kind of method as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that, this self-feeding ink seal is any described seal among the claim 1-18, and this ink source is any described printing ink reservoir among the claim 1-22.
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