US 11,835,906 B2
Foil transfer device
Kentaro Mori, Nagoya (JP); Ryosuke Sakai, Nagoya (JP); Ayaka Ohira, Nagoya (JP); Tomoya Yamamoto, Nagoya (JP); and Seiji Hiramatsu, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,514.
Application 17/704,514 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/035207, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-175554 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019; and application No. 2020-012595 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0214639 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B44C 1/17 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/6582 (2013.01) [B44C 1/1716 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foil transfer device for transferring a foil-containing transfer layer from a foil film having the transfer layer, onto a sheet laid on the foil film, the foil transfer device comprising:
a supply reel on which a foil film is wound and which is configured to supply the foil film;
a take-up reel on which to take up the foil film;
a heating member configured to heat the foil film;
a pressure member configured to press the foil film and the sheet between the pressure member and the heating member;
a separator configured to change a direction of travel of the foil film having passed through between the heating member and the pressure member, into a direction different from a direction of conveyance of the sheet, to thereby separate the foil film from the sheet; and
a first fan configured to blow air toward the foil film positioned between the heating member and the separator.