US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on March 17 for "Foil transfer film cartridge and foil transfer device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,070, issued on March 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Foil transfer film cartridge and foil transfer device" was invented by Tomoya Ichikawa (Nagoya, Japan) and Tomoya Yamamoto (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foil transfer film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a foil film having a widthwise dimension of a first width is wound, and a supply shaft longer in a widthwise direction of the foil film than the first width. The supply shaft is configured to support the supply reel in a manner that allows the supply reel to move in the widthwise direction between a first position and a second ...