Embossing tool for selectively accommodating material of different sizes

Claim 1

IN AN EMBOSSING TOOL CAPABLE OF ESTABLISHING AN EMBOSSMENT IN ELONGATED STRIP MATERIAL OF DIFFERENT WIDTHS AND HAVING EMBOSSING MEANS THEREIN FOR ESTABLISHING THE EMBOSSMENT, A STRIP GUIDE FOR SELECTIVELY GUIDING A STRIP OF ONE WIDTH ALONG A FIXED PRESCRIBED LONGITUDINAL PATH TO AND FROM THE EMBOSSING MEANS AND POSITIVELY ALIGNING THE CENTER LINE OF THE STRIP WITH THE EMBOSSING MEANS BETWEEN AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT THEREOF, SAID STRIP GUIDE COMPRISING: MEANS PROVIDING A FIRST GUIDE CHANNEL AT THE ENTRANCE AND A SECOND GUIDE CHANNEL AT THE EXIT OF THE EMBOSSING MEANS FOR LATERALLY ALIGNING THE STRIP ALONG THE PRESCRIBED PATH, SAID GUIDE CHANNELS EACH INCLUDING LATERALLY SPACED LOCATING SURFACES DEFINING GUIDE CHANNELS OF LESSER AND GREATER WIDTHS; AND MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FIXED PRESCRIBED PATH IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL DIRECTIONS BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION, MOVEMENT OF SAID MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY ADJUSTING SPACED LOCATING SURFACES AT EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND GUIDE CHANNELS TO THEREBY ADJUST SAID GUIDE CHANNELS FROM ONE OF SAID WIDTHS TO THE OTHER OF SAID WIDTHS TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT WIDTHS OF TAPE, SAID GUIDE CHANNELS, SAID LOCATING SURFACES AND SAID MOVABLE MEANS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT THE CENTERLINE OF THE STIP TO BE EMBOSSED IS MAINTAINED TRANSVERSELY AS WELL AS LATERALLY TO THE SAME FIXED PRESCRIBED PATH REGARDLESS OF THE WIDTH OF THE STRIP.