PURPOSE: To obtain a transfer roll of a thermal transfer machine capable of ensuring a beautiful transfer result by the uniform and close contact of a transfer foil with a transfer medium even having a modified cross-sectional shape.

CONSTITUTION: In a transfer roll of a thermal transfer machine formed by fitting a roll body of a heat-resistant elastic material over a roll shaft 1 with the both ends of the roll body fixed to the roll shaft 1, the surface of the roll shaft 1 to be fitted with the roll body is gradually recessed 12 from each end to its center so as to be spaced a gap 13 from the inner surface of the roll body.