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Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A THIN MATERIAL CONVERTING MACHINE HAVING MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING THIN MATERIAL IN A PATH, EMBOSSING APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST ROTARY DIE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MACHINE AND HAVING A DIE PORTION ADAPTED TO ROTATE THROUGH A TANGENT POSITION WITH SAID PATH, (B) A SECOND ROTARY DIE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MACHINE IN OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID FIRST DIE MEMBER AND HAVING A DIE PORTION MATEABLE WITH SAID FIRST DIE PORTION AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE THROUGH SAID TANGENT POSITION WITH SAID PATH, AND (C) MOTION TRANSMITTING MEMBERS CONNECTED TO SAID DIE MEMBERS AND COOPERATING TO CAUSE SAID DIE MEMBERS TO ROTATE SYNCHRONOUSLY AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIE PORTIONS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ARRIVE AND MATE AT SAID TANGENT POSITION, (D) SAID DIE MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND SHAFT, BEARING MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID SECOND SHAFT, SAID BEARING MEANS INCLUDING A SHAFT BEARING RECEIVING ONE END OF SAID SECOND SHAFT, A HOUSING CONTAINING AND SUPPORTING SAID BEARING AND HAVING A REAR HINGE PIN RECEIVING PORTION, A MOUNTING BRACKET FIXED TO ONE OF SIDE WALLS AND HAVING A PIN RECEIVED IN SAID HOUSING AT SAID HINGE PIN RECEIVING PORTION FOR VERTICALLY PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID HOUSING ON SAID BRACKET, (E) A FORWARDLY EXTENDING BLOCK ON SAID HOUSING AND SPACED ABOVE SAID BRACKET, SAID BLOCK HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING BORE THEREWITH, AN ELONGATED ROD EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH SAID BORE AND HAVING A LOWER END PORTION PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET AND A THREADED UPPER END EXTENDING ABOVE SAID BLOCK, A NUT ON SAID THREADED UPPER END, A HELICAL COMPRES-