Layer transfer film cartridge and layer transfer device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNao Itabashi, Tomoya Ichikawa
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Abstract
A foil transfer film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a foil film including a transfer layer containing foil is wound, a take-up reel on which to take up the foil film, a first connecting portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a first axial direction along a rotation axis of the supply reel and connecting the supply reel and the take-up reel at a position apart from the foil film, and a film guide member extending in a second axial direction along a rotation axis—of the take-up reel the film guide member being capable of assuming an out-of-contact state and an in-contact state with the foil film extended between the supply reel and the take-up reel.
Claims40
A foil transfer film cartridge comprising:
- a supply reel on which a foil film including a transfer layer containing foil is wound;
- a take-up reel on which to take up the foil film;
- a first connecting portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a first axial direction along a rotation axis of the supply reel, and connecting the supply reel and the take-up reel at a position apart from the foil film;
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- a film guide member extending in a second axial direction along a rotation axis of the take-up reel, the film guide member being capable of assuming an out-of-contact state and an in-contact state with the foil film extended between the supply reel and the take-up reel.
A layer transfer device for transferring a transfer layer onto a sheet, comprising:
- a housing including a housing main body;
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- a layer transfer film cartridge installable into and removable from the housing main body and comprising a multilayer film including the transfer layer and a supporting layer that supports the transfer layer;
- wherein the housing main body comprises:
- a first guide shaft that contacts the multilayer film and changes a traveling direction of the multilayer film;
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- a second guide shaft that contacts the multilayer film guided by the first guide shaft and changes a traveling direction of the multilayer film;
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- wherein the housing comprises a third guide shaft that contacts the multilayer film guided by the second shaft and changes a traveling direction of the multilayer film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.