Die

Claim 1

A DIE APPARATUS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND DIE MEMBERS MOUNTED TO BE MOVED TOGETHER TO FORM SPACEDAPART HOLES IN PLASTIC FILM, WHEREIN THE FIRST OF SAID DIE MEMBERS COMPRISES AN ELOGNATED SUPPORT SURFACE TERMINATING AT AN EDGE, FOR SUPPORTING THE FILM, AND THE SECOND DIE MEMBER COMPRISES A THIN, ELONGATED, ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEANS, THE MEANS SHAPED TO DEFINE A MULTIPLICITY OF SPACED-APART COLUMNAR PROJECTIONS DIRECTED GENERALLY TOWARDS SAID OTHER DIE MEMBER, SAID PROJECTIONS EXPOSED TO ENGAGE THE FILM, EVERY PROJECTION ARRANGED IN ELECTRICAL SERIES WITH A MULTIPLICITY OF OTHER ONES, A SUPPORT MEANS ENGAGING SAID SHAPED RESISTANCE MEANS AT A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE TIPS OF SAID PROJECTIONS, REINFORCING AND POSITIONING SAID TIPS IN A PREDETERMINED FREE-STANDING WITH THE FACE OF PLASTIC FILM ARRANGEMENT, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID RESISTANCE MEANS HAVING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR PASSING ELECTRIC CURRENT THERETHROUGH, AND MOUNTING MEANS ADAPTED TO MOVE SAID SECOND MEMBER RELATIVE TO THE FIRST TO CARRY THE TIPS OF SAID PROJECTIONS, WHEN HEATEWD, PAST, AND CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER WHEREBY, WHILE SAID FILM IS SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID RESISTANCE-HEATED PROJECTIONS FORM A CORRESPONDING ARRANGEMENT OF HOLES IN SAID PLASTIC FILM.