Hand Stamp With Static QR Code And Adjustable Type Bridge

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hand stamps lack a simple and cost-effective method for reliable authentication of objects, often having complex structures and insufficient authentication features, making them cumbersome to use and difficult to distinguish between similar products.

Innovation Solution

A hand stamp with a static cliché and an adjustable type unit featuring a two-dimensional stamp code, where the static cliché contains encoded information and the adjustable type unit allows for different printing types, enabling secure and unique authentication of objects by encoding user IDs and supporting surface adjustments for precise positioning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a programmable stamp with movable image elements is used, then authentication capability is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication capabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the authentication function from a complex programmable stamp system and implements it through a simple two-dimensional stamp code integrated into the static cliché. This separates the authentication mechanism (static code) from the variable information (adjustable type unit), eliminating the need for complex actuators and holding devices while maintaining reliable authentication capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If a programmable stamp with movable image elements is used, then authentication capability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication capabilityVSAvoidusability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the complex operation requirements of programmable stamps by extracting the authentication function into a static two-dimensional code that requires no actuation. The adjustable type unit simply overlays variable information on top of this static code, allowing users to operate the stamp intuitively without understanding complex programming or actuation mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of manufacture

If hand stamps without unique identification are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but reliability of authentication deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidauthentication reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the authentication identification function directly into the static cliché by integrating a two-dimensional stamp code. This code is manufactured as an integral part of the stamp plate alongside the static text, eliminating the need for separate identification mechanisms while ensuring that each stamp has unique, reliable authentication capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Device complexity

If adjustable type units without precise positioning are used, then device simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision of position deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidposition precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates an equipotential positioning system where the bridge with support surface provides a standardized reference plane for all adjustable type units. This ensures that each type carrier aligns precisely with the static cliché and two-dimensional code, maintaining consistent positioning accuracy across different settings without requiring complex individual positioning mechanisms for each type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #12Equipotentiality

Data Source

PatentEP3658384B1Hand stamp
Publication Date: 2020.10.28 COLOP STEMPELERZEUGUNG SKOPEK GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a hand stamp (1) having a stamp plate (2) which has a static cliché (3) and having an adjustable type assembly (4) which has different printing characters (5), the static cliché (3) of the stamp plate (2) having a two-dimensional stamp code (7), and the type assembly (4) having a bridge (11) with a supporting face (12), which supporting face (12) is provided to support a printing character, set for a stamp impression (13), of an adjustable type strip (9) of the type assembly (4), and the extent of the width (B) of which in the adjustment direction (R) of the type strip (9) is greater than the extent (E) of the printing character in the same direction (R).