US 12,214,991 B2
Foil transfer device
Ryosuke Sakai, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,579.
Application 17/936,579 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/011572, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-065609 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026026 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B41F 16/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/08 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 7/20 (2013.01) [B41F 16/00 (2013.01); B65H 1/08 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 2511/12 (2013.01); B65H 2551/18 (2013.01); B65H 2557/62 (2013.01); B65H 2557/64 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foil transfer device for transferring foil onto a sheet laid on a foil film containing the foil, comprising:
a foil transfer film cartridge including a supply reel on which the foil film is wound;
a housing configured to allow the foil transfer film cartridge to be removably installed therein;
a display provided on an outer surface of the housing to display information;
a detector configured to detect foil film information in a state where the foil transfer film cartridge is installed in the housing, the foil film information including at least one item selected from a group consisting of a color of the foil, a width of the foil film, and a widthwise position of the foil film in a direction of the width of the foil film; and
a controller configured to cause the foil film information detected by the detector to be shown on the display.