A badge manufacturing device 1 comprises a base 2, a slide platform 100 provided on the base to be capable of reciprocating movement, first and second lower dies 110 and 140 provided on both sides of the slide platform 100 in the reciprocating directions, a press screw shaft 30 capable of moving in the axial direction by screwing into a female screw section provided on a beam 20 fixed to the upper part of the base via struts 16 and 17, a upper die 40 provided on a lower end of the press screw shaft 30 for joining to the first lower die 110 or the second lower die 140, and an operating handle 32 provided on an upper part of the press screw shaft 30. The handle is adapted to rotate without effect on any other part of the device so as not to cause excessive reaction forces by further advancement of the press shaft once the dynamic element has engaged with the static element. This is done by means of a clutch mechanism within the handle (Figures 22 and 23) comprising engagement elements which can become disengaged against spring biasing.
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