Patent ID: 7971618

Claim:
A hand-held device for transferring a film of material from a backing tape onto a substrate, comprising: a housing including a first housing member and a second housing member, as well as an application member around which the tape is guided and which is designed to be pressed against a substrate in order to transfer the film, as well as at least two reels being arranged coaxially with each other onto the which the backing tape is wound, wherein the first and second housing member are mounted telescopically with each other such that in an extended position the first housing member covers the application member and in a pushed-back position the application member is exposed for usage, wherein the first housing member overlaps the second housing member such that the rear end of the first housing member overlaps at least a part of a contour of at least one reel when viewed from a side view, wherein the first housing member overlaps the second housing member rearwards at least up to the common axis of the two reels when disposed in the pushed back position when viewed from a side view, wherein the second housing member, in the interior of which the two reels are mounted, has a shape of a disc when viewed from a side view, and wherein the rear end of the first housing member only covers the side walls of the second housing member.