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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1989
Kouji Shibuya, Osaka, JP;
Junichi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a thermal transfer recording apparatus comprising an ink film coated with a heat-fusion type ink, an ink film supplying roller rotatably mounted at a first support member, an ink film winding roller rotatably mounted at a second support member, and a recording station wherein a recording material contacts with the ink film to be recorded an image information by a heat transfer, the first and second support members are rotatable respectively around a first axis and a second axis provided at ends of a rotating member which connects the first and second support members, so that the first and second support members integrally rotate around a third axis provided substantially at a center of the rotating member.