Embossing tool with cutting means between embossing station and tape supply

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR EMBOSSING A STRIP OF EMBOSSABLE MATERIAL WHEREIN THE STRIP IS ADVANCED IN PREDETERMINED INCREMENTS ALONG A PATH THROUGH THE BODY OF THE TOOL FROM A STRIP SUPPLY TO AN EMBOSSING STATION, SAID TOOL COMPRISING: A HOUSING; EMBOSSING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DIE SETS LOCATED BETWEEN THE RADIALLY INNER AND OUTER BOUNDARIES OF ANNULAR MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR SELECTIVE POSITIONING OF ANY ONE OF THE DIE SETS AT THE EMBOSSING STATION, SAID ANNULAR MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND RADIALLY EXTENDING, AXIALLY SPACED ANNULAR MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS CARRYING THE PUNCH PORTIONS OF SAID DIE SETS AND THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS CARRYING THE DIE PORTIONS OF SAID DIE SETS: MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR GUIDING SAID STRIP ALONG SAID PATH, THE PATH EXTENDING OVER THE ANNULAR MEMBERS INTO THE AREA WITHIN THE INNER BOUNDARY OF SAID ANNULAR MEANS AND THENCE BETWEEN THE SPACED ANNULAR MEMBERS AT THE EMBOSSING STATION; AND FIXED MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT AT LEAST ONE LOCATION ALONG THE ANNULAR MEANS REMOTE FROM THE EMBOSSING STATION FOR URGING THE PUNCH AND DIE PORTIONS OF AT LEAST THE DIE SET AT THE REMOTE LOCATION INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO INTERLOCK SAID FIRST AND SECOND ANNULAR MEMBERS TOGETHER IN FIXED RELATIVE RELATIONSHIP FOR CONCURRENT ROTATION DURING ROTATION OF THE ANNULAR MEANS.