Film cartridge, film unit, and layer transfer device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomoya Ichikawa
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Abstract
Provided are a film cartridge, a film unit, and a layer transfer device capable of restraining a supported layer including a transfer layer from being touched by an operator and restraining the supported layer remaining on the supporting layer remaining on a supporting layer from coming off. A film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a multilayer film including a supported layer with a transfer layer included therein and a supporting layer is wound, and a take-up reel on which to take up the multilayer film. The multilayer film is wound on a supply shaft in such a manner that the supported layer is in contact with the supply shaft, and the multilayer film is wound on the take-up shaft in such a manner that the supported layer is in contact with the take-up shaft.
Claims12
A film cartridge installable into and removable from a layer transfer device for transferring a transfer layer onto an image formed on a sheet, the film cartridge comprising:
- a supply reel including a supply shaft on which a multilayer film including a supported layer with the transfer layer included therein and a supporting layer supporting the supported layer is wound;
- and
- a take-up reel including a take-up shaft on which to take up the multilayer film,
- wherein the multilayer film is wound on the supply shaft in such a manner that the supported layer is in contact with the supply shaft, and the multilayer film is wound on the take-up shaft in such a manner that the supported layer is in contact with the take-up shaft, and
- wherein the supply reel includes a supply gear provided at an end in an axial direction of the supply reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.