Embossing tool

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR EMBOSSING A LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE TAPE COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING HAVING A TUNNEL, (B) A CARRIAGE ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED TO CARRY THE LENGTH OF TAPE, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A SURFACE WITH A LINEAR SEQUENCE OF AREAS ON WHICH LETTERS, NUMBERS AND THE LIKE CAN BE REMOVABLY INSCRIBED, (C) DRIVE MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE CARRIAGE STEP BY STEP BY EQUAL INTERVALS THROUGH THE TUNNEL, (D) SAID HOUSING HAVING A VIEWING APERTURE ADJACENT THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE CARRIAGE THROUGH WHICH THE SUCCESSIVE AREAS OF THE CARRIAGE ARE EXPOSED ONE AFTER ANOTHER TO VIEW, WHEREBY THE CARRIAGE CAN BE PREPARED BY INSCRIBING LETTERS, NUMBERS AND THE LIKE ONE IN A SQUARE WHICH DURING OPERATION OF THE TOOL WILL BE PRESENTED SERIATIM THROUGH THE APERTURE FOR OBSERVATION, (E) PRESS ASSEMBLY MEANS MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING FOR IMPRESSING CHARACTERS ON THE LENGTH OF TAPE, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A CHARACTER WHEEL HAVING A SPACED DIE AND ANVIL BETWEEN WHICH THE LENGTH OF TAPE PASSES, SAID DIE AND ANVIL INCLUDING REGISTERED SETS OF ASSOCIATED MALE AND FEMALE CHARACTERS, AND (F) ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING A SELECTED PORTION OF THE DIE TOWARD THE ANVIL TO EMBOSS THE TAPE WITH A SELECTED CHARACTER CORRESPONDING TO THE LETTER, NUMBER OR THE LIKE OBSERVED IN THE APERTURE.