ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,881, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Foil transfer device" was invented by Kentaro Mori (Kasugai, Japan), Hideaki Yamada (Nagoya, Japan) and Ryutaro Horikawa (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foil transfer device is configured to dispose a sheet on a foil film containing a foil and transfer the foil onto the sheet. The foil transfer device includes a heating member configured to heat the foil film and the sheet, a pressure member configured to nip the foil film and the sheet with the heating member, a first temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller determines whether th...