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(11) EP 0 717 000 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.06.1996 Bulletin 1996/25

(21) Application number: 95308984.4

(22) Date of filing: 11.12.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B65H 37/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 12.12.1994 JP 332458/94
01.11.1995 JP 310038/95

(71) Applicant: SEED RUBBER COMPANY LTD.
Miyakojima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 534 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Koyama, Kouhei
    Osaka-shi, Osaka (JP)
  • Tamai, Shigeru
    Ikeda-shi, Osaka (JP)
  • Shintani, Masatoshi
    Sanda-shi, Hyogo (JP)

(74) Representative: Mounteney, Simon James 
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) Tape cartridge for coating film transfer tool and coating film transfer tool


(57) A tape cartridge detachably attached to a refill type coating film transfer tool that allows replacement of coating film transfer tapes, and formed in a compact size and simple structure using fewer components. The tape cartridge has a compact size and simple structure, comprising a pay-out reel (11) with a coating film transfer tape (T) wound thereabout and a winding reel (12) for collecting a used tape (T') rotatably provided in a support base (10) in a form of a flat plate, and the reels (11, 12) are detachably engaged, respectively, with a pay-out rotation part (30) and a winding rotation part (31) rotatably provided in a case (2) of the coating film transfer tool for integral movement therewith. In order to replace a tape cartridge (C), the support base (10) is placed on the rotation parts (30, 31), while the reels (11, 12) are in engagement with the rotation parts (30, 31), respectively, then, the tape (T) is set to a head (H).







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