Patent ID: 7357168

Claim:
A transport device in an embossing apparatus which is provided for transferring a transfer layer of an embossing film on to a substrate body which is stable in respect of shape, and which has an embossing station having two mutually spaced support rollers around which an embossing belt runs, wherein an embossing section of the embossing belt is defined by the two mutually spaced support rollers, wherein the transport device provided for transporting the substrate body which is stable in respect of shape and which is to be embossed is disposed parallel to the embossing section and in proximity of the embossing station, and the embossing belt and the transport device are driven simultaneously at a same advanced speed, wherein the transport device comprises a fixing device with fixing elements which form at least one endless member by which at least one fixing section parallel to the embossing section for the substrate body which is to be embossed is defined.