Embossing machine

Claim 1

EMBOSSING APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, UPPER AND LOWER MATING EMBOSSING ROLLS COUPLED TO SAID FRAME, MEANS SUPPORTING THE ENDS OF SAID UPPER ROLL IN FIXED RELATION TO SAID FRAME, MEANS SUPPORTING THE ENDS OF THE LOWER ROLL SO THAT THE LOWER ROLL MAY BE MOVED TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE UPPER ROLL, MOTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID MEANS SUPPORTING THE ENDS OF THE LOWER ROLL FOR EFFECTING SUCH MOVEMENT OF THE LOWER ROLL, A DRIVING GEAR AND A DRIVEN GEAR DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID ROLLS AND IN MESHING INTERENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID DRIVING GEAR FOR ROTATING THE SAME, AN UPPER TRANSMISSION MEANS EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID GEARS TO SAID UPPER ROLL, SAID UPPER TRANSMISSION MEANS COMPRISING A SHAFT, A PAIR OF COUPLINGS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ON SAID SHAFT, SAID COUPLINGS BEING OF THE TYPE PERMITTING FLEXING IN ANY LATERAL DIRECTION, A LOWER TRANSMISSION MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE OTHER GEAR TO SAID LOWER ROLL, SAID LOWER TRANSMISSION MEANS COMPRISING A SHAFT, A PAIR OF COUPLINGS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ON SAID SHAFT, SAID COUPLINGS BEING OF THE TYPE PERMITTING FLEXING IN ANY LATERAL DIRECTION TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF THE LOWER ROLL TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE UPPER ROLL WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE MESHING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID GEARS, AND ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT MEANS ON SAID SHAFT OF SAID UPPER TRANSMISSION MEANS BETWEEN SAID COUPLINGS FOR ADJUSTING THE ROTARY DISPOSITION OF SAID UPPER ROLL WITH RESPECT TO SAID LOWER ROLL WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE MESHING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID GEARS.