Patent ID: 8291954

Claim:
An application-film transfer tool comprising: a main body; a refill that is attachable to and detachable from the main body; and a refill securing mechanism for securing the refill to the main body, wherein the main body includes, a base member having a power transmission mechanism interlocking a supply bobbin and a take-up bobbin and a sliding securing member slidably attached to the base member and positionable to hold a front end of the refill, wherein the refill includes, the supply bobbin around which a transfer tape is wound, the take-up bobbin for taking up the transfer tape after use, and a refill case having a transfer head at the front end of the refill, wherein the refill securing mechanism includes, a plurality of engagement protrusions and a plurality of hooks, all provided on a surface of the refill case that faces the main body when the refill is loaded onto the main body, engagement depressions provided on the base member of the main body, a locking member slidably attached only to the base member, and confined entirely within the base member, such that the locking member is concealed within the assembled application film transfer tool, and the sliding securing member and wherein the refill is secured to the main body by engaging the engagement protrusions of the refill with the engagement depressions of the base member, latching together the sliding securing member and a section near the front end of the refill; and latching together the locking member and the hooks.