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US 11,305,521 B2Granted
Thermal transfer apparatus and transfer method
AssigneeDgshape Corporation
InventorsFumihiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Oe, Tsutomu Kuno
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Abstract
A thermal transfer apparatus includes a controller to control a transfer tool and a pressing body conveyor. The controller controls the pressing body conveyor to press a predetermined region of a transfer object, and controls the transfer tool and the pressing body conveyor to press at least a portion of thermal transfer foil placed on the predetermined region pressed by the transfer tool and a light absorption film having a light absorption property and placed on the thermal transfer foil and to apply light to the light absorption film.
Claims6
A thermal transfer apparatus comprising:
- a stand to hold a transfer object;
- a transfer tool comprising a pressing body configured both to press the transfer object and to apply light to the transfer object;
- a conveyor to move one of the stand and the transfer tool relative to the other;
- and
- a controller to control the transfer tool and the conveyor;
- wherein
- the controller is programmed to:
- control at least the conveyor such that a predetermined region of the transfer object is pressed by the pressing body of the transfer tool without interposing a thermal transfer foil between the transfer tool and the predetermined region of the transfer object;
- and
- control the transfer tool and the conveyor such that at least a portion of a thermal transfer foil placed on the predetermined region pressed by the pressing body of the transfer tool and a light absorption film having a light absorption property and placed on the thermal transfer foil is pressed by the pressing body of the transfer tool, and light is applied to the light absorption film.
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