Claims
- 1. A parts stamper which comprises:a body having a yoke structure defined at one end by a pair of spaced-apart wall members and an actuator at an opposite end; a pair of opposable jaw members, each jaw member including a cam roller bearing at one end and a tool seat at an opposite end; a cam element which contacts the cam roller bearings of the pair of jaw members; a linkage structure driven by the actuator and coupled by the cam element; an anvil attached to the tip seat of one the opposable jaw members; and a removable die assembly mounted to the tool seat of the other of the opposable jaw members; wherein the die assembly having indicia affixed thereon; and wherein at least a portion of the anvil is configured to provide a resistance force against the indicia when the pair of opposable jaw members are in a clamped position.
- 2. The parts stamper according to claim 1, wherein the removable die assembly comprises a die set block and a number backing plate.
- 3. The parts stamper according to claim 2, wherein the number backing plate includes a first pair of threaded bores for mounting the die set block to the number backing plate and a second pair of threaded bores for mounting the mounting backing plate to the tool seat of the jaw member.
- 4. The parts stamper according to claim 2, wherein the die set block includes at least one die and a retainer to secure the die to the number backing plate.
- 5. The parts stamper according to claim 1, wherein one of the spaced-apart wall members has a hole disposed therethrough, and wherein one of the jaw members has a hole disposed therethrough, such that a detent pin is extendable through the hole of the one of the spaced-apart wall members and the hole of the one of the jaw members to selectively fix the one of the jaw members relative to the one of the spaced-apart wall-members.
- 6. A parts stamper which comprises:a body having a yoke structure defined at one end by a pair of spaced-apart wall members and an actuator at an opposite end; a pair of opposable jaw members, each jaw member including a tool seat; and a removable die assembly mounted to the tool seat of one jaw member; wherein the removable die assembly comprising a number backing plate attached to one jaw member and a die set block attached to the number backing plate; and wherein the die set block having indicia extending therefrom, such that when applied to a workpiece surface, the indicia is impressed into the workpiece surface to create an impressed portion thereon in which the impressed portion is a reproduction of the indicia.
- 7. The parts stamper according to claim 6, further comprising an anvil mounted to the tool seat of the other jaw member.
- 8. The parts stamper according to claim 6, wherein the number backing plate includes a first pair of threaded bores for mounting the die set block to the number backing plate and a second pair of threaded bores for mounting the mounting backing plate to the tool seat of the jaw member.
- 9. The parts stamper according to claim 8, further comprising a plurality of threaded fasteners to attach the die set block to the number backing plate and the number backing plate to the tool seat of the jaw member.
- 10. The parts stamper of claim 6, wherein the die set block includes at least one die and a retainer to secure the die to the number backing plate.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 09/677,661, filed Oct. 2, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,324,886 B1, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 09/212,722, filed Dec. 16, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,125,684, which is related and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/069,970, filed Dec. 18, 1997, the complete disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
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