US1762027A - Rubber time stamp and dater - Google Patents

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June 3, 1 930. G..A. PICK'UP- 1,762,027

RUBBER TIME STAMP AND DATER Filed June 27, 1927 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 I A? b mumu 11' um .A TpRNEY June 3, 1930. I G. A. PICKUP 1,762,027

RUBBER TIME SVTAMP AND ISATER File d June '27, 1927 i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY 2 52W, O

ATTt JRNEY NITNESS%4W Patented June 3, 1 930 UNITED STATES Mum OFFICE GEORGE A. PICKUP, E EASTNASHVILLE, TENNESSEE RUBBER TIME S AMP AND DATER 71' Application filedJune 27,

' This invention relates to printing, and its general'object is to provide-astamp that is capable of stamping the date and tune and is adjustable for that purpose in an. easy and expeditious manner withv'ery little effort, yet will remain in its set position until manually changed. r

The principal object of the invention is to provide a stamp of the changeable type as set forth, that is composed of rubber in all 5-co1nr1binaticn and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended time ring is similar with-the'exception of claim.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which: v

Figure l is a front elevation of the stamp forming the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the application of the time ring and the indicating finger thereof.- a

Figure 3 is' a bottom plan view of the stamp as shown'in Figure2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on'line 4--4 of Figure l. v

Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the application of the date ring.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the stamp as shown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail the 50 reference numeral 1 indicates the body of 1927. Serial No. 201,843.

the stamp which is formed from. rubber and is provided with a recess 2 which in reality makes the body substantially hollow asbest'shown in' Figure 4 of thedrawings. Rising centrally from thetop-of said body is a projection?) provided with a bore which registers with and forms a continuation of a bore extending through the body and tenni nating in the recess-2 and for distinction the bores as above set forth are indicated by the reference numeral't.

. The recess-2 is enlarged at its lower end;

to provide an annular shoulder 5 and .disposed in the enlarged portion of the recess 2 and engaging the shoulder 5 .is a disk 6 arranged about its bottom portion as shown. The d1sk 1s fixed 1n the recess and the flange 7 thereof is disposed in engagement with a. 6

ring whichfis shouldered to secure said disk to the body and is mounted for rotation on thedisk and said ring is formedwith an annular recess having a fiat bottom wall 9 and downwardly tapered upper wall 10 so] as to accommodate a like shape flange 11 formed on the body as best shown in Figure 4c of the drawings.

The construction ofthe datingring and course that the date ring is provided with numerals indicating the days of the month and which as shown in Figures 5 and 6 are disposed upon the upper and lower sur and can be associated withthe flange 11 at" the will of'the'operatojr, and when disposed in the operative position as shown'in Figure I l, it will be apparent that upon-rotating the rings that the disk 6 will remain stationary and due to the engagement. of the disk 6 with the rings, it" will'retain the rings in their adjusted positions. The numerals" formed on the upper surface of the ring are arranged on a raised portion 12 and cooperating with these last mentioned numerals is a finger 13 which is integrally formedwith- IUD e5 which is provided with an annular flange 7* I Y the body 1 and projects therefrom in a manner to overlie the figures in the rotation of the rings, so that the stamp can be set without referring to the stamping surface there- The numerals formed on the bottom of the rings are disposed upon the surface of a depending portion 14 and extending outwardly from the raised portion 12 and depending portion 14 is a ribbed flange 15 which provides a gripping surface so that the stamp can be set with very little effort on the part of the operator.

The disk 6 may be provided with any words desired, but in the present instance the word Received is formed on the bot tom surface of the disk together with a pointer which is indicated by the reference numeral 16. The pointer cooperates with thenumerals on the lower face of the rings and is of course aligned with the finger 13 for the obvious purpose'of pointing to the number set on the stamp. The disk 6 is also provided with a groove 17 which may receive rubber type bearing legends P. M. or A. M. when the ring bearing the time numerals is associated with the body, but

of course when the ring bearing thenumerals of the month is arranged on the body, the slot 17 is adapted to have arranged thereintype which bear the name of the monthandthe year.

The upper surface of thebody 1 is slightly raised and this raised portion is provided with a fiat upper surface which surrounds the projection 3 and is adapted to accommodate the lower surface of the handle 18 which is formed from wood and includes a recess to receive the projection 3, and the handle is secured to the body through the 'instrumentality of a screw 19 passing through the bores at and embedded in the handle as best shown in Figure l of the drawings. The screw 19 is of the usual kerfed head variety and is provided with a washer 20 so that the head will not damage the body 1 in fixing the same to the handle. From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be obvious that l the stamp which forms the subject matter of the present invention is extremely simple in'construction, and is adjustable and interchangeable so that it is capable of stampmg the t me and date in a clear manner notwithstanding the faot that the stamp ineludes a wooden handle which of course adds to its strength and makes the same substantially rigid whereby it can be easily handled and prolongs the life of the stamp as will be readily apparent.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim;

What I claim is:

A time and dating stamp of the character described comprising a hollow rubber body,

a flange formed on said body at its lower end, a substantially rigid handle secured to said body at its upper end, rubber rings, one

GEORGE a. Pick-UP.

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