Embossing tool for selectively accommodating material of different widths

Claim 1

IN AN EMBOSSING TOOL CAPABLE OF ESTABLISHING AN EMBOSSMENT IN ELONGATED STRIP MATERIAL OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT WIDTHS, THE TOOL INCLUDING A HOUSING WITH AN EMBOSSING STATION THEREIN, EMBOSSING MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING LOCATED AT SAID STATION FOR ESTABLISHING THE EMBOSSMENT, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE STRIP MATERIAL FROM A SUPPLY OF STRIP MATERIAL THROUGH THE HOUSING TO THE EMBOSSING STATION IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION ALONG A LONGITUDINAL PATH PASSING THROUGH AN ENTRANCE TO THE EMBOSSING MEANS AND AN EXIT THEREFROM, AND FIXED GUIDE MEANS BETWEEN THE SUPPLY AND THE EMBOSSING MEANS FOR ALIGNING THE CENTER LINE OF THE STRIP MATERIAL WITH THE ENTRANCE TO THE EMBOSSING MEANS: A STRIP GUIDE IN THE HOUSING AT A LOCATION LONGITUDINALLY BEYOND THE EXIT FROM THE EMBOSSING MEANS AND THE EMBOSSING STATION IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE SUPPLY OF STRIP MATERIAL AND JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID EXIT, SAID STATION AND THE EMBOSSING MEANS THEREIN FOR SELECTIVELY LATERALLY ALIGNING THE CENTER LINE OF ANY ONE STRIP WITH A PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL LINE AND SELECTIVELY GUIDING A STRIP OF ONE WIDTH ALONG A FIXED LONGITUDINAL PATH PASSING THROUGH SAID EMBOSSING STATION AND POSITIVELY ALIGNING THE STRIP LATERALLY WITH THE EMBOSSING MEANS AT SAID STATION; AND MOVABLE MEANS IN SAID HOUSING JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID PATH AND SAID STATION AT SAID LOCATION, SAID MEANS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FIXED PATH AND COOPERATING WITH THE STRIP GUIDE JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID STATION FOR CHANGING THE LATERAL WIDTH OF SAID STRIP GUIDE SO AS TO SELECTIVELY GUIDE AND POSITIVELY ALIGN A STRIP OF A SECOND WIDTH LATERALLY WITH THE EMBOSSING MEANS AT SAID STATION WHILE MAINTAINING SAID LATERAL ALIGNMENT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE STRIP ALONG SAID PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL LINE.