THERMAL TRANSFER LIGHT PEN AND THERMAL TRANSFER APPARATUS

• Main Authors: ATSUMI, Hidetoshi, TAKAHASHI, Fumihiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.01.2019
• Subjects: COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DECORATIVE ARTS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MOSAICS; PAPERHANGING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TARSIA WORK; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A thermal transfer light pen and a thermal transfer apparatus favorably perform thermal transfer even using light as a heat source to a thermal transfer sheet and performing thermal transfer to a transfer object with an uneven surface. A thermal transfer light pen includes a hollow pen body including a front end portion, a pressing body in the front end portion of the pen body and including a curved surface projecting toward a front end, a light guide including a first end and a second end, at least a portion of the light guide inside the pen body, and a light source connected to the first end of the light guide. The second end of the light guide is disposed in the front end portion of the pen body and faces the pressing body in the pen body. The pressing body is made of a material transparent to light emitted from the light source.