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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Seed Rubber Company, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tape cartridge detachably attached to a refill type coating film transfer tool that allows replacement of coating film transfer tapes. The cartridge is formed in a compact size and simple structure using fewer components than prior devices. The cartridge is made up of a rotatable pay-out reel with a coating film transfer tape wound thereabout, a rotatable take-up winding reel for collecting a used tape, and a head therebetween for pressing the tape onto a transfer area. All of these elements are provided on a support base, which is in a form of a thin flat plate. The structure is small and simple. The tape is paid out from pay-out reel, passed through the leading end pressing part of the head, and then taken up on the take-up winding reel. When replacing the tape cartridges, the support base with both reels and the head as mounted on the pay-out rotation part, the take-up winding rotation part, and a cylindrical half in the leading end of the case main body.