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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Ryosuke Sakai, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2042 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/2032 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); B65H 2403/421 (2013.01); B65H 2403/481 (2013.01); B65H 2403/51 (2013.01); B65H 2403/722 (2013.01); B65H 2403/724 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal transfer apparatus is disclosed. The thermal transfer apparatus has a heating roller movable between a film contact position and a retracted position. The thermal transfer apparatus also includes a nip roller positioned opposed to the heating roller when the heating roller is in the film contact position. The heating roller is moved from the film contact position to the retracted position in response to opening of the cover and is not moved from the retracted position to the film contact position during closing of the cover.