US2200893A - Stamp or the like - Google Patents

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May 14,1940- l. POLLACK STAMP 0R THE LIKE Filed March 22, 1939 bwmNUnONNw unirev sTATss ATsT Fries STAMP OR THE LIKE Irwin L. Pollack, Chicago, Ill., assigner to American Decalcomania Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application March 22, 1939, Serial No. 263,569

Claims. (Cl. 28B-10) This invention relates to a stamp or the like. Any suitable water-soluble ink may be ern- It is particularly useful in connection with ployed. For example, a soluble dextrine provided stamps, labels, or other devices which are apwith White Tibar pigment has been found satisplled to packages or containers. factory. Ii desired, glycerin or glycerin reduced An object of the invention is to provide exwith water` may be added. Since Water-soluble 5 tremely simple and effective means for preventinks are well known and in common use, a de,- ing the soaking oi of stamps, labels, etc., and the tailed description is believed unnecessary.

reuse ci the same. A further object is to prevent In the operation of the device, the stamp or the complicated structure heretofore thought label is applied to a container, such as, for eX- l necessary for preventing the reuse oi stamps or ample, a beer barrel, by applying adhesive to the labels and the substitution therefor of a strucbarrel or to one side of the stamp and thus seture consisting of less parts and which is much curing the stamp to the barrel. Should one atless expensive to produce. A further object is to tempt to soak oli the stamp for reuse, the appliprovide a simple structure which functions. more cation of Water results in some of the water pass- !5 certainly and more effectively than those heretoing through the porous paper and dissolving 15 fore in use for preventing the reuse of stamps, the `white dextrine ink. The dissolving of the labels, and the like. Other objects and adinl: causes the letterine Void, 0r SuGh Other vantages will appear as the specification proceeds. word as was formed by the ink, to become visible The invention is illustrated, in a preferred emthrough the C0101 layer? Thus, Onev Carl readily bodiment, by the accompanying drawing, in see that the stamp is marked Void and its reuse 20 Whichprevented.

Figure l a plan view of the stamp partly In the present construction, it will be obbroken away toV show successively the top imserved that the water-impervious layer is conpyint layer, the Color layer, 3,150 known as the tinuous over the entire surface of the strip and Water-impervious layer, the paper layer having thus protects the face of the strip from small g5 thereon the marking Vcid, and the bottom imn amounts of moisture as found in fog or inist or print layer; 2i, aside elevational View of the as may be found in the air in humid sections. same showing the various layers; and Fig. 3, a, The porous paper enables the dissolved ink to be l transverse sectional view taken along the line 3 of readily absorbed S0 that the SPECS OTmSIly GC- Fig. 1, the line 3 passing through all four layers cupied by the ink within the color layer forms 30 of the. same. prominently fthe Words indicating cancellation In the practice of my invention, I first select or voiding. a paper base which is preferably porous s0 as to It will be observed that no glue or adhesive is permit the ready flow of Water therethrough. now necessary with this type of structure. The

5 Upon the upper face of the paper, I print Such action of the invisible ink is positive in that it 35 words as Void or Cancelled or some similar readily disappears in the presence of the Water word, using water-soluble ink for this purpose. flowing through the paper.

The ink preferably should be White or of such While in the foregoing deSClptOIl, I haV color so as not to show through the coloring layer SpeCied Certain details, it Will be understood 40 superposed ther-ecn. that these are for the. purpose of illustration, 40

Over the imprinting in water-soluble ink, I and it will further be obvious that those skilled next form a' color layer or a Water-impervious in the art may readily employ SubStitutOns Withlayer. This is preferably continuous covering out departing from the spirit of my invention. the entire top surface of the sheet, Upon the I wish it to be understood that I do not desire Water-impervious layer, I next imprint a stamp to be limited to the exact details of construction 45 design, label design, etc. in spaced arrangement-, shown and described, for obvious modifications If desired, perforations may be formed between Will 000111" t0 a PelSOrl Skld in the art. the stamps so as to permit their ready separa- 1 Clam tion 1. In a 4device of the character set forth, a pa- As shown in the illustration, an imprint or per strip, imprinting thereon in Water-soluble ink, 5()v design is also formed on` the bottom side of the a water-impervious layer over said ink and papaper strip, this design preferably corresponding per and concealing said ink, and a design imprint to the design on the top of the color layer. If on said Water-impervious layer. desired, however, this latter design may be 2. In a device of the character set forth, a paomitted. per strip, an imprint thereon in white Water- 55 soluble ink, a water-impervious layer thereon and, concealing said ink, and an imprint on said Water-impervious layer.

3. In a device of the character set forth, a. porous paper strip, an imprint thereon in Watersoluble ink indicating voiding when the ink is dissolved, a water-impervious layer over said ink and paper and concealing said ink, and a design over said Water-impervious layer.

4. A stamp or the like comprising a strip of porous paper, an imprint on the bottom side thereof, a design on the top side of the paper written in Water-soluble ink and indicating voiding of the stamp when the ink is dissolved, a water-impervious layer over the said design and concealing said design, and imprinting on the top of said water-impervious layer.

5. A stamp or the like comprising a porous paper strip, an imprint thereon in Water-soluble ink indicating voiding When the .ink is dissolved, a Water-impervious klayer over said ink and paper and concealing said ink, and an im- 1.0

print on said water-impervious layer.

IRWIN'L. POLLACK.

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