Patent ID: 7201202

Claim:
A transfer device for adhering a transferable material to a target substrate, the device comprising: a supply of transfer substrate, the transfer substrate having a carrying surface and an adhesive-type transferable material provided on the carrying surface; a pressure applicator member positioned in pressure applying relation adjacent the carrying surface of the transfer substrate so as to enable the target substrate to be advanced in a feeding direction between the pressure applicator member and the transfer substrate for transferring at least a portion of the transferable material from the transfer substrate to the target substrate; the pressure applicator member having an engaging surface that engages the carrying surface of the transfer substrate and the transferable material thereon, the engaging surface having a release characteristic for essentially preventing the transferable material from adhering thereto so that, as the transferable material is being transferred to the target substrate, any excess transferable material adjacent the target substrate will remain on the transfer substrate; a take-up roll for winding up spent portions of the transfer substrate from which the transferable material has been transferred to the target substrate; and a biasing structure biasing the supply and the pressure applicator member towards one another such that the carrying surface of the transfer substrate and the engaging surface of the pressure applicator member are pressed into engagement with one another to create the pressure applying relationship, the biasing structure continuing to bias the supply and the pressure applicator member towards one another as the transfer substrate is depleted from the supply to thereby maintain the pressure applying relationship.