Abstract: A device for heating and transferring a film to the surface of an object having a variable transfer width wherein the object is mounted on a rotary jig and a thermal transfer roll contacts the object so that the film is fed between the transfer roll and the object as the jig rotates. In order to prevent excessive transfer pressures, the contact pressure exerted by the transfer roll on the surface of the object can be varied with reference to changes in the width of the surface to which the film is actually applied. In lieu of varying the pressure, the speed at which the transfer rolls traverses the surface can be adjusted with respect to variations in the width of the surface to which the film is transferred.

Abstract: A thermal stamping apparatus wherein the speed at which a heat transfer roll traverses the surface of an object can be varied in response to changes in the surface temperature of the transfer roll.