A food imprinting system including at least one imprint block, and a mounting plate having at least one opening dimensioned for receiving at least a forward portion including a printing face of the imprint block, wherein the imprint block and the mounting plate are mounted within an imprinting assembly.

An embossing device for embossing a marking on a motor vehicle component includes a fastening device via which the embossing device can be fastened to a tool, by which tool the motor vehicle component can be processed. An embossing unit is held on the fastening device and has the marking in negative form, by which embossing unit the marking can be embossed into the motor vehicle component by the tool. A spring device is provided, by which the fastening device can be spring-mounted on the tool.

The sequence of characters provided for an individual license plate is embossed in a license plate blank. The known methods are very time-intensive and inflexible. The invention achieves a method and a device for embossing license plates, in particular motor vehicle license plates, said method and said device being easy to handle and flexible to use. This is achieved in that a handling installation retrieves the embossing die parts required for the respective license plate to be embossed from a magazine and successively places said embossing die parts onto two die holding frames.

A metal workpiece indentation marking device, comprising a frame, a striking head, an automatic marking die, a gripper and a two-dimensional moving mechanism, wherein the top of the striking head is connected to the frame; the striking head can move up and down; the automatic marking die is fixedly disposed at the bottom of the striking head; a clamping jaw for clamping a metal workpiece is disposed at the top of the gripper; the gripper can move back and forth or left and right under the action of the two-dimensional moving mechanism, such that a position to be marked at the top of the metal workpiece can be located under the automatic marking die.

A stencil device for forming configurations in deformable material includes a first member having ridge portions integrally joined to channel portions that promote the insertion of the ridge portions of the first member into deformable material; and a second member having ridge portions integrally joined to protrusion portions that promote the insertion of the ridge portions of the second member into deformable material; whereby, the first and second members ultimately form a design pattern across a preselected surface of deformable material by alternating the insertion and removal of said first and second members across the preselected surface of the deformable material.

A graphic arts support assembly is operable to be used with a graphic arts plate assembly in a press. The graphic arts support assembly and the plate assembly are configured for removable association with a lift mechanism including a shiftable lift element. The support assembly includes a graphic arts magnetic support structure operable to removably support the graphic arts plate assembly. The magnetic support structure includes a support plate, a magnet fixed relative to the plate, and an alignment element projecting from the support plate. The support assembly is operable to be mounted on the lift mechanism so that the lift element is aligned with a lift opening of the support plate, with the lift element shiftable through the lift opening to locate at least part of the graphic arts plate assembly away from the support plate.

A graphic arts support assembly is operable to be used with a graphic arts plate assembly in a press. The graphic arts support assembly and the plate assembly are configured for removable association with a lift mechanism including a shiftable lift element. The support assembly includes a graphic arts magnetic support structure operable to removably support the graphic arts plate assembly. The magnetic support structure includes a support plate, a magnet fixed relative to the plate, and an alignment element projecting from the support plate. The support assembly is operable to be mounted on the lift mechanism so that the lift element is aligned with a lift opening of the support plate, with the lift element shiftable through the lift opening to locate at least part of the graphic arts plate assembly away from the support plate.

A stencil device for forming configurations in deformable material includes a first member having ridge portions integrally joined to channel portions that promote the insertion of the ridge portions of the first member into deformable material; and a second member having ridge portions integrally joined to protrusion portions that promote the insertion of the ridge portions of the second member into deformable material; whereby, the first and second members ultimately form a design pattern across a preselected surface of deformable material by alternating the insertion and removal of said first and second members across the preselected surface of the deformable material.

A device for embossing foils comprises a base embossing plate and a counter embossing plate, the surfaces of which facing one another are respectively at least partially planar for embossing a foil lying between them. The base embossing plate is provided with a plurality of embossing inserts for embossing a plurality of blanks to be punched out of the foil. Each embossing insert is held at the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert retainer so as to be movable a predetermined amount relative to the base embossing plate in the direction normal to the at least partially planar surface of the base embossing plate, is at the same time spring-borne relative to the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert suspension and is guided by means of an own embossing insert guide during the spring-borne movement relative to the base embossing plate.

A device for embossing foils comprises a base embossing plate and a counter embossing plate, the surfaces of which facing one another are respectively at least partially planar for embossing a foil lying between them. The base embossing plate is provided with a plurality of embossing inserts for embossing a plurality of blanks to be punched out of the foil. Each embossing insert is held at the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert retainer so as to be movable a predetermined amount relative to the base embossing plate in the direction normal to the at least partially planar surface of the base embossing plate, is at the same time spring-borne relative to the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert suspension and is guided by means of an own embossing insert guide during the spring-borne movement relative to the base embossing plate.