Stamping device for embossing characters on plates

Claim 1

IN A STAMPING DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING CHARACTERS ON PLATES, IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF SPACED STATIONARY BOXES, A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER HOLDERS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED IN ROWS AND COLUMNS IN SAID BOXES, AND ARRANGED TO SLIDE IN PAIRS CONSTITUTING RESPECTIVE COMPLEMENTARY MALE AND FEMALE DIES SEPARATED BY A CHANNEL, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF STRIKERS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF SAID COLUMNS, EACH PAIR OF STRIKERS BEING EXTERNALLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOXES FOR ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARACTER HOLDERS IN A SINGLE COLUMN, MEANS FOR DISPLACING EACH OF A SELECTED PAIR OF SAID STRIKERS IN FRONT OF EACH OF A SELECTED PAIR OF DIES IN A PARTICULAR ROW OF A CORRESPONDING COLUMN, LATCHING MEANS FOR SAID PAIRS OF STRIKERS FOR ARRESTING SELECTED OF SAID PAIRS OF STRIKERS IN FRONT OF A SELECTED PAIR OF DIES PERTAINING TO ONE OF SAID ROWS, A PLATE-HOLDER ADAPTED FOR CONTAINING A REMOVABLY DISPOSED PLATE THEREIN, SAID PLATEHOLDER HAVING OPENED SIDES FACING EACH BOX, SAID PLATEHOLDER BEING MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT IN ITS PLANE IN SAID CHANNEL, PRIMARY DISPLACEMENT MEANS FOR SAID PLATEHOLDER TO MOVE THE SAME IN SAID CHANNEL PARALLEL TO SAID ROWS AND COLUMNS OF CHARACTER HOLDERS, IN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE SELECTIONS AND MOTIONS OF SAID STRIKERS, SECONDARY DISPLACEMENT MEANS FOR SAID PLATE-HOLDER FOR ADDING TO THE AFORESIDE MOTIONS TWO AMPLITUDES CORRESPONDING ONE TO A PREDETERMINED LINE OF EMBOSSINGS ON SAID PLATE AND