Foil transfer apparatus
AssigneeDgshape Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Sakurai, Tsutomu Kuno, Masaki Nakabayashi, Akari Sakuragi
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Abstract
A Y-axis direction moving mechanism that moves a Y-axis carriage includes a right first driving pulley configured to retract and pay out a right first wire and located in a housing, a right first driven pulley on the Y-axis carriage and around which the right first wire is wound, and a Y-axis motor configured to drive and rotate the right first driving pulley. An X-axis direction moving mechanism that moves an X-axis carriage includes a second driving pulley configured to retract and pay out a second wire and on a Y-axis carriage, a second driven pulley on an X-axis carriage and around which the second wire is wound, and an X-axis motor configured to drive and rotate the second driving pulley.
Claims9
A foil transfer apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a support base located in the housing and including a mount surface on which a transfer object is allowed to be mounted;
- a transfer tool to press the transfer object and thermal transfer foil placed on the transfer object and to apply light to the thermal transfer foil;
- and
- a moving mechanism to move the transfer tool relative to the support base;
- wherein
- the moving mechanism includes:
- a first guide shaft located above the support base, located in the housing, and extending in a first direction, the first direction being parallel or substantially parallel to the mount surface;
- a first carriage located above the support base, slidably disposed on the first guide shaft, and movable in the first direction;
- a first carriage moving mechanism to move the first carriage in the first direction;
- a second guide shaft located above the support base, disposed on the first carriage, and extending in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular the first direction;
- a second carriage located above the support base, slidably disposed on the second guide shaft, holding the transfer tool, and movable in the second direction;
- and
- a second carriage moving mechanism to move the second carriage in the second direction;
- the first carriage moving mechanism includes:
- a first wire;
- a first driving pulley in the housing to retract and pay out the first wire;
- a first driven pulley on the first carriage, the first wire being wound around the first driven pulley;
- and
- a first driving source connected to the first driving pulley to drive and rotate the first driving pulley;
- and
- the second carriage moving mechanism includes:
- a second wire;
- a second driving pulley on the first carriage to retract and pay out the second wire;
- a second driven pulley on the second carriage, the second wire being wound around the second driven pulley;
- and
- a second driving source connected to the second driving pulley to drive and rotate the second driving pulley.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.