ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,751, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Foil transfer device" was invented by Ayaka Ohira (Nagoya, Japan) and Tomoya Yamamoto (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a foil transfer device, a controller causes a sheet to be conveyed by conveyor rollers to reach a transfer position in which a foil film and the sheet are to be nipped between a heating roller and a pressure roller (of which one is called "first roller", and the other is called "second roller"), while the first roller is positioned in a release position, separated from the second roller, and a state of transport of the foil ...