Film transfer tool and method for producing a small diameter roller for use for a transfer head of a film transfer
AssigneePlus Stationery Corporation
InventorsYasuo Narita, Katsuaki Takahashi
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Abstract
A film transfer tool which allows a transfer head to be disposed in any of the spaces between letters of normally used word processors for implementation of a smooth transfer operation of film and a method of making the same are disclosed. A feed reel 2 and a take-up reel 3 are adapted to interlock with each other and are disposed within a case 1. A film transfer tape a is fed out from the feed reel 2 to be moved along the surface of a paper S while being pressed thereagainst by a transfer head 4 protruding from the case 1, and is then taken up by the take-up reel 3 as a tape from which film has been transferred.
Claims11
A method for producing a small diameter roller for use for a transfer head of a film transfer tool, said small diameter roller having an outside diameter of 1 mm to 3 mm, said roller having a shaft and said shaft being elongate and having two ends, said shaft being thinner towards said ends than between said ends, in which said small diameter roller is produced by placing a heat shrinkable tube over a core material and heating said tube so that said heat shrinkable tube shrinks to cover said core material.
A method of producing a small diameter roller for use with a transfer head of a film transfer tool, said small diameter roller having an outside diameter of 1 mm to 3 mm, comprising:
- providing a core material containing a shaft of sufficient strength for use in a film transfer tool, said shaft being elongate and having two ends, said shaft being thinner towards said ends than between said ends;
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- placing a resilient member uniformly around said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.