Apparatus for the transfer of print designs

In a device for transferring a print design under heat action from a carrier band onto an object, wherein the carrier band is transported from a tape dispensing roll past a scanning device and a preheating device by a drive roller driven by a band drive motor, and then through a transfer zone to a band take-up roll, and wherein in each case the object to be provided with a print design is conveyed by a transport arrangement provided with holding means so that a surface of the object for receiving the print design passes into the transfer zone, where the print design in each case is transferred under pressure and heat from the moved carrier band onto the moving surface of the object, an improvement comprising:

• said band drive motor for said drive roller of said carrier band being constructed as a step motor;
• a transport drive motor for bringing about movement of the surface of the object;
• electrical means for synchronization of said band drive motor with said transport drive motor;
• said electrical means including a pacer allocated to said transport drive motor;
• first means for conveying said carrier band backwards from said transfer zone after a particular print design is transferred onto the surface of the object during forward movement of the carrier band;
• a scanning arrangement including said scanning device being arranged between said tape dispensing roll and said transfer zone;
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• said scanning arrangement including second means for detecting a control mark provided on said carrier band for stopping said first means from conveying said carrier band backwards so that said carrier band is set on a starting position for its next transfer operation.