Electrically operated embossing machine

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AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED EMBOSSING MACHINE COMPRISING: A FRAME; ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME FOR OPERATION THROUGH A CYCLE INCLUDING AN ADVANCE STROKE AND A RETURN STROKE; EMBOSSING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRAME FOR ESTABLISHING EMBOSSMENTS ON A STRIP OF EMBOSSABLE MATERIAL IN RESPONSE TO THE ADVANCE STROKE; CUT-OFF MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRAME FOR SEVERING THE STRIP IN RESPONSE TO THE ADVANCE STROKE; FEED MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRAME FOR ADVANCING THE STRIP THROUGH THE EMBOSSING AND CUT-OFF MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE RETURN STROKE; INTERPOSER MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING SELECTIVELY LOCATED IN EITHER A FIRST POSITION FOR ENGAGING THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS WITH THE EMBOSSING MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID EMBOSSING MEANS DURING THE ADVANCE STROKE, A THIRD POSITION FOR ENGAGING THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS WITH THE CUT-OFF MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID CUT-OFF MEANS DURING THE ADVANCE STROKE, OR A SECOND POSITION FOR ENGAGING NEITHER THE EMBOSSING MEANS NOR THE CUT-OFF MEANS TO ALLOW ONLY ACUTATION OF THE FEED MEANS DURING THE RETURN STROKE; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY LOCATING SAID INTERPOSER MEANS AT ANY ONE OF SAID FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD POSITIONS; AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS WHEN THE INTERPOSER MEANS IS LOCATED AT ANY ONE OF SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD POSITIONS FOR SELECTIVELY ACCOMPLISHING EMBOSSING, INDEXING AND SEVERING OF THE STRIP, RESPECTIVELY.