Layer transfer device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoya Yamamoto, Kouichi Sugimoto
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Abstract
A layer transfer device includes a housing main body having an opening, a cover movable between an open position in which the opening is open and a closed position in which the opening is closed, a heating member provided in the housing main body and configured to heat a multilayer film and a sheet, a pressure member provided on the cover and configured to nip the multilayer film and a sheet laid on the multilayer film between the heating member and the pressure member, and a shutter movable between a protecting position in which the heating member is covered with the shutter, and a retreated position in which the shutter is away from the protecting position. The shutter is in the protecting position when the cover is in the open position.
Claims18
A layer transfer device for transferring a transfer layer of a multilayer film onto an image formed on a sheet, the layer transfer device comprising:
- a film unit comprising a supply reel on which the multilayer film is wound, and a take-up reel on which to take up the multilayer film;
- a housing main body having an opening that allows the film unit to be installed into and removed from the housing main body therethrough along a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the supply reel;
- a cover movable between an open position in which the opening is open and a closed position in which the opening is closed while the film unit is installed in the housing main body;
- a heating member provided in the housing main body and configured to heat the multilayer film and the sheet;
- a pressure member provided on the cover and configured to nip the multilayer film and the sheet laid on the multilayer film between the heating member and the pressure member;
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- a shutter movable between a protecting position in which the heating member is covered with the shutter, and a retreated position in which the shutter is away from the protecting position,
- wherein the shutter is in the protecting position when the cover is in the open position, and
- wherein the shutter is configured to move along the multilayer film while being kept apart from the multilayer film.
A layer transfer device for transferring a transfer layer of a multilayer film onto an image formed on a sheet, the layer transfer device comprising:
- a film unit comprising a supply reel on which the multilayer film is wound, and a take-up reel on which to take up the multilayer film;
- a housing main body having an opening that allows the film unit to be installed into and removed from the housing main body therethrough along a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the supply reel;
- a cover movable between an open position in which the opening is open and a closed position in which the opening is closed while the film unit is installed in the housing main body;
- a heating member provided in the housing main body and configured to heat the multilayer film and the sheet;
- a pressure member provided on the cover and configured to nip the multilayer film and the sheet laid on the multilayer film between the heating member and the pressure member;
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- a shutter movable between a protecting position in which the heating member is covered with the shutter, and a retreated position in which the shutter is away from the protecting position,
- wherein the shutter is in the protecting position when the cover is in the open position, and
- wherein the shutter comprises a first shutter and a second shutter, which are movable toward and away from each other along a direction of conveyance of the sheet.
A layer transfer device for transferring a transfer layer of a multilayer film onto an image formed on a sheet, the layer transfer device comprising:
- a film unit comprising a supply reel on which the multilayer film is wound, and a take-up reel on which to take up the multilayer film;
- a housing main body having an opening that allows the film unit to be installed into and removed from the housing main body therethrough along a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the supply reel;
- a heater provided in the housing main body and configured to heat the multilayer film and the sheet;
- and
- a shutter movable between a protecting position in which the heater is covered with the shutter, and a retreated position in which the shutter is away from the protecting position,
- wherein the shutter is configured to move along the multilayer film while being kept apart from the multilayer film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.