Patent ID: 8360128

Claim:
A transfer tool, comprising: a transfer head which comprises a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls; a refill for holding at least the transfer head; a case for holding the refill such that the refill is inserted into and pulled out from the case from a width direction of the transfer tool; a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed; a head cap receiver provided on, and outwardly projected from, an outer wall of the case; an engaging portion that prohibits a relative turning motion between a base end of the transfer head and the case, the engaging portion being provided between the base end of the transfer head and the case, wherein the engaging portion engages a cross groove opening in the width direction of the transfer tool, and cross ribs provided on a main wall of the case in the width direction of the transfer tool, the cross groove opening and the cross ribs being provided on the base end of the transfer head and the case, respectively, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position, wherein the pivot shaft portion of the head cap is pivotally supported on the cap receiver, wherein the head cap does not overlap with the transfer head as viewed from a side in a pulling out direction of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position, wherein the transfer head further comprises: a base end integrally formed on the refill; an extension plate extending forward from the base end; and restriction plates formed on both sides of the extension plate as outer plates, and wherein the folding back guide portion is rotatably supported by tip ends of the restriction plates and presses the transfer tape against an object to be transferred; and an urging mechanism comprising a projection and a cam face portion, wherein the projection projects from the pivot shaft portion, wherein the cam face portion slides on the projection, the cam face portion being provided adjacent to a bearing which pivotally supports the pivot shaft portion, and wherein the urging mechanism urges the head cap by elastically deforming near a projection portion of the head cap when the cam face portion and the projection slide on each other.