Strip embossing implement having enclosed dies and sliding embossing contact

Claim 1

A HAND OPERATED EMBOSSING IMPLEMENT COMPRISING: (A) HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSED MAJOR SIDEWALLS AND A PAIR OF HANDLE MEMBERS EXTENDING IN SINGLE HAND GRIP RELATIONSHIP ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING MEANS, ONE OF SAID HANDLE MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING MEANS BY A PIVOT MEMBER AFFIXED BETWEEN SAID SIDEWALLS AND HAVING AN AXIS WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING MEANS; (B) DIE WHEEL MEANS AFFIXED ROTATIVELY WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID PIVOT MEMBER, SAID DIE WHEEL MEANS INCLUDING OPPOSED SPACED APART MALE AND FEMALE DIES ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING AN EMBOSSABLE MEMBER IN STRIP FORM THEREBETWEEN, SAID EMBOSSABLE MEMBER, WHEN BETWEEN SAID DIES, DEFINING AN IMAGINARY PLANE WHICH INTERSECTS SAID AXIS OF SAID PIVOT MEMBER; AND (C) ACTUATING MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING MEANS AND OPERABLE BY SAID ONE HANDLE MEANS BEING PIVOTED ABOUT IT PIVOT MEMBER TO SELECTIVELY BRING OPPOSED MALE AND FEMALE DIES INTO CONTACT FOR EMBOSSING A DESIRED CHARACTER ON SAID EMBOSSABLE MEMBER.