Coating transfer device

A coating transfer device for transferring from the outer surface of a transfer tape a coating onto a surface of a substrate, including a casing, a transfer head around which the transfer tape extends, said transfer head protruding from a casing and having a pair of transversely spaced apart guide members each having a bottom edge, a protective cover held by the casing and being movably between an advanced and a retracted position and having a front end portion adapted to protrude from the casing into the advanced position for protecting the coating on an unused portion of the transfer tape when the device is out of use, said cover having an engaging portion formed on the inner surface of the front end portion for engaging with the bottom edges of the guide members at a front end thereof for holding the cover in the advanced position in which the device is out of use, while the engaging portion is engageable with a supporting portion formed on the casing for hold the cover in the retracted position in which the device is in use.