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IN A TOOL FOR EMBOSSING A CONTINUOUS STRIP OF MATERIAL HAVING A BODY MEMBER AND DIE MEANS ON SAID BODY MEMBER OPERABLE TO EMBOSS SAID STRIP, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID TOOL OF VARIABLE SPACER MEANS COMPRISING A SHAFT TRANSVERSELY JOURNALLED ON SAID BODY MEMBER REARWARDLY OF SAID DIE MEANS AND MOVABLE TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BODY MEMBER BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE POSITIONS, A STRIP FEED ROLL MOUNTED UPON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND RELATIVE TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT THEREON, SAID FEED ROLL BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID STRIP AND ADVANCE SAME A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE TOWARDS SAID DIE MEANS UPON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED RATCHET WHEELS FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID SHAFT, SAID RATCHET WHEELS EACH HAVING A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF TEETH, A FEED PAWL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BODY MEMBER TO ENGAGE DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID RATCHET WHEELS IN DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID TRANSVERSE POSITIONS OF SAID SHAFT, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PAWL UPON EACH ACTUATION OF SAID DIE MEANS, SAID RATCHET WHEELS BEING COAXIALLY JUXTAPOSED PORTIONS OF A UNITARY PLURAL RATCHET WHEEL ELEMENT, SAID ELEMENT HAVING MEANS COAXIALLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FEED PAWL UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEMENT BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS FOR GUIDING THE PAWL INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NOTCHES ON THE RESPECTIVE PORTIONS.