Patent ID: 7181950

Claim:
A device for processing a thin metal foil and provided with a frame plate with receiving and fixing means for a die, a guide plate with receiving and fixing means for a punch, and a guide arranging for the die and the punch to cooperate in the desired manner upon displacement of the frame plate and the guide plate towards each other for the purpose of processing a thin metal foil by the die and the punch, characterized in that the guide is in the form of at least two hinge elements, which are each connected by means of an elastic line hinge with both the frame plate and the guide plate, the line hinges allowing only a pivotal motion in substantially the rectilinear displacement, while the frame plate, the guide plate and the guide are manufactured from a single block of material, in which the frame plate, guide and guide plate connected by the elastic line hinges are formed by the provision of through-going bores, slits and/or recesses.