Patent ID: 7240530

Claim:
An interchangeable self-contained auxiliary rain gutter embosser for use with a mobile or stationary rain gutter roll forming apparatus, comprising: a self-contained enclosure including a frame slidably engageable into spaced support arms adapted for attachment to the apparatus in a predetermined relation to a roll formed rain gutter discharge of the apparatus; said frame including closely spaced mating embossing rollers held for free rotation on said frame about spaced axes of rotation and positioned on said frame to receive a front surface of the rain gutter discharging from the apparatus; said embossing rollers formed having a profile of the mating surfaces configured to be substantially similar to a profile of the front surface of the rain gutter and including a decorative design which is embossed into the front surface of the object while being moved through the embossing rollers as controlled only by and after being discharged from the apparatus; said enclosure including first and second spaced panels positioned on either side of said rollers, and attached to said frame so that said panels, rollers and frame form said self-contained enclosure which is interchangeable as a unit on the apparatus, each said panel having a guide slot or channel formed there through substantially matching and in alignment with the profile of the rain gutter passing through said embosser.