Claims
- 1. A method of providing customers with marking stamps of the self-inker type comprising the steps:a) inputting type data to a computer; b) printing at least one photonegative and placing it optically adjacent to a single die cavity and forming a liquid-tight planar boundary for said cavity; c) filling at least one single die cavity with a light curable photopolymer; d) exposing said photopolymer through said photonegative to form a marking die; and e) removing said masking die from said cavity and placing it on the platen of a self-inker stamp body, whereby a stamp can be finished in about five minutes.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein, in step a, said type data is input to said computer over the Internet.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein, in step a, said type data is input to said computer by a customer in a point-of-sale location whereby the customer can receive a finished stamp in about five minutes.
- 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, after step a, the step of printing an index card whereby the customer can check the accuracy of the type data before step b is carried out.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein, in stop b, at least two identical of said photonegatives are produced and superimposed to create a denser photonegative.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein, in step b, non-identical photonegatives are printed and placed in separate single die cavities.
- 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the additional step, after step d, of pressing said marking die onto absorbent material to absorb uncured polymer.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein, in step e, an adhesive is used to cement said die to said platen.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein said single die cavity is formed with a non-UV-transmitting disposable cavity plate.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said disposable cavity plate comprises cardboard.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein in step c, said filling of said cavity is accomplished by injecting said photopolymer through a hole in the side of said cavity and driving air out a substantially opposite hole with said photopolymer.
- 12. The method of claim 11 wherein, in step d, said photopolymer in said cavity is additionally exposed through a planar side opposite said photonegative.
- 13. The method of claim 1 wherein, in step d, said photopolymer in said cavity is additionally exposed through a planar side opposite said photonegative side.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from a provisional application, serial No. 60/156,405, filed on Sep. 28, 1999, incorporated herein by reference.
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The Stamp Man, Internet Ordering Guide, Dec. 1997.* |
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/156405 |
Sep 1999 |
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