Embossing tools with interchangeable embossing means and pawl normally disengaged from ratchet

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR EMBOSSING STRIP MATERIAL WHEREIN A STRIP OF EMBOSSABLE MATERIAL IS ADVANCED THROUGH THE BODY OF THE TOOL FROM A STRIP SUPPLY TOWARD AN EMBOSSING STATION IN THE BODY IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION OF ACTUATING MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION FOR ACTUATING EMBOSSING MEANS AT SAID EMBOSSING STATION, SAID TOOL INCLUDING MEANS FOR PROVIDING READILY INTERCHANGEABLE EMBOSSING MEANS MOUNTED IN THE BODY FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS TO ALLOW THE LOCATION OF SELECTED EMBOSSING MEANS AT SAID EMBOSSING STATION AND FACILITATING THE INTERCHANGE OF SAID EMBOSSING MEANS BY PROVIDING FOR THE SELECTIVE RETRACTION OF THE STRIP MATERIAL FROM THE EMBOSSING STATION TOWARD THE SUPPLY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: MEANS FOR GRIPPING THE STRIP, SAID GRIPPING MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY MOVABLE IN A FIRST DIRECTION FOR ADVANCING SAID STRIP TOWARD THE EMBOSSING STATION AND IN A SECOND DIRECTION FOR RETRACTING SAID STRIP FROM THE EMBOSSING STATION; ADVANCING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID GRIPPING MEANS IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION; MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID ADVANCING MEANS FROM SAID GRIPPING MEANS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS FROM SAID SECOND POSITION TOWARD SAID FIRST POSITION; MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID ADVANCING MEANS FROM SAID GRIPPING MEANS UPON THE ARRIVAL OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS AT SAID FIRST POSITION IN RESPONSE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE ACTUATING MEANS AT THE FIRST POSITION; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID GRIPPING MEANS IN SAID SECOND DIRECTION TO RETRACT THE STRIP FROM THE EMBOSSING STATION WHEN SAID ADVANCING MEANS IS DISENGAGED;