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US 8,522,680 B2Granted
Apparatus for forming embossed and printed images
OwnerFaye Angevineinventor
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Abstract
A printing and embossing folder includes a first panel member having a plurality of holes and a second panel member hingedly coupled to the first panel member having a plurality of holes in corresponding relationship to the holes of the first panel member. A set of design tiles include positive relief designs disposed thereon. A corresponding set of design tiles have either negative relief designs for embossing or no relief for printing. The tiles can be positioned at any desired location on the folder so long as the positive design tiles are positioned opposite a corresponding tile for either embossing or printing. Inserting a sheet of paper within the folder and pressing the folder will cause the design to be embossed or printed into the paper.
Claims36
A printing and embossing folder, comprising;
- a first panel member having a first surface defining a first plurality of holes;
- a second panel member hingedly coupled to the first panel member having a second surface defining a second plurality of holes in corresponding relationship to said first plurality of holes and in alignment to said first plurality of holes when the first and second panel members are in a closed position;
- a first plurality of tiles each having a different positive relief design disposed on a first side thereof and at least one peg depending from a second side thereof, said at least one peg removably coupled to at least one of said first plurality of holes;
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- a second plurality of tiles each having a first side and having at least one peg depending from a second side thereof, said at least one peg of the second plurality of tiles removably coupled to at least one of said second plurality of holes so that each of the second plurality of tiles is aligned with the positive relief design of a corresponding one of the first plurality of tiles when said first and second panel members are in a closed position, the positive relief design of each of the first plurality of tiles defining a first planar surface above the first surface of the first panel member and the second side of each of the second plurality of tiles defining a second planar surface above the second surface of the second panel member so that each positive relief design of the first plurality of tiles engages with a second side of each of the second plurality of tiles when said first and second panel members are in a closed position causing each positive relief design to engage with each corresponding second plurality of tiles.
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A printing and embossing folder, comprising:
- a first panel member defining a first plurality of holes in a first surface thereof, the first plurality of holes arranged in a first rectangular grid;
- a second panel member hingedly coupled to said first panel member defining a second plurality of holes in a second surface thereof, the second plurality of holes arranged in a second rectangular grid;
- a first set of tiles each having a different positive relief disposed on a front side thereon and at least one peg extending therefrom on a back side thereof for selective positional attachment to the first plurality of holes of said first panel member at a desired location;
- a second set of tiles, a first plurality of said second set of tiles each having a corresponding negative relief to a corresponding plurality of said first set of tiles the first set of tiles and a second plurality of said second set of tiles disposed therein or defining a planar surface for engaging with said positive relief of a corresponding one of said first set of tiles and at least one peg extending from a back side thereof for selective positional attachment to the second plurality of holes of said second panel member in a position opposite to said first set of tiles to engage with said first set of tiles when the first and second panel members are in a closed position;
- whereby inserting a sheet of paper between said first and second set of tiles and closing said first and second panels around said paper under pressure will cause embossing of the sheet of paper by said first plurality of said second set of tiles and printing on the sheet of paper by said second plurality of said second set of tiles.
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An apparatus for printing or embossing a sheet of paper, comprising:
- a first panel defining a first plurality of attachment structures on a first surface thereof, the first plurality of attachment structures arranged in a grid-like pattern comprised of a plurality of squares;
- a second panel hingedly coupled to the first panel so that the first and second panels can move between an open position to a closed position, the second panel defining a second plurality of attachment structures on a second surface thereof, the second plurality of attachment structures mirroring the grid-like pattern of the first plurality of attachment structures;
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- a plurality of matching pairs of tiles, each pair of tiles comprising a first tile having a positive relief design disposed on a front side thereof and at least one tile attachment structure on a back side thereof for selective and removable positional attachment to the first plurality of attachment structures of the first panel at a desired location and a second tile having a front side thereof for engaging with the positive relief design and at least one tile attachment structure on a back side thereof for selective and removable positional attachment to the second plurality of attachment structures of the second panel at a location directly opposite the corresponding first tile, wherein the plurality of matching pairs of tiles comprise a plurality of different designs and wherein a plurality of first tiles and a plurality of second tiles can be simultaneously attached to the first and second panels to create an embossed or printed sheet of paper with a plurality of different designs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.