Device for hot stamping indicia on webs

Claim 1

IN A PORTABLE DEVICE FOR HOT STAMPING INDICIA ON A CONTINUOUS HEAT SENSITIVE WEB, THE COMBINATION OF: A HOUSING, A TRIGGER MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING, A FLAT WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID FLAT WHEEL, A HAMMER MEANS MOVEMENT TOWARD SAID FLAT WHEEL, MEANS FOR WHEEL FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD SAID FLAT WHEEL, MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY HEATING SAID HAMMER MEANS, AN ANVIL MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FLAT WHEEL OPPOSITE SAID HAMMER MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD SAID FLAT WHEEL AND HAMMER MEANS, SAID FLAT WHEEL HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING HEAT-CONDUCTIVE FINGERS AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIPHERY, SAID FINGERS HAVING RAISED INDICIA FACING SAID ANVIL, MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE WEB BETWEEN SAID ANVIL AND SAID FLAT WHEEL, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID HAMMER MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF SAID FINGERS UPON DEPRESSSION OF SAID TRIGGER MEMBER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY HEATING AND FLEXING THAT FINGER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WEB AND FOR MOVING SAID ANVIL TOWARD SAID WEB FOR HOT STAMPING THE INDICIUM OF THAT FINGER ON THE WEB.