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US 10,300,710 B2Granted
System for forming structure on print medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsYouichi Ushigome, Satoshi Kurosawa, Junichi Ono
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Abstract
A system for forming a structure on a print medium 1 includes: a print unit (print device) 10 for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a medium including an expansion layer that expands by heating; an expansion unit (expansion device) 20 aligned laterally with the print unit 10, for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the medium with electromagnetic waves; and a top plate 30 covering the print unit 10 and the expansion unit 20 from above.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a print device for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a print medium comprising an expansion layer that expands by heating;
- an expansion device, arranged side by side along a horizontal direction with the print device, comprising an electromagnetic wave source for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the print medium with the electromagnetic waves;
- a top plate covering the print device and the expansion device from above;
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- a slide mechanism for sliding the top plate in a direction intersecting the horizontal direction.
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A structure manufacturing system comprising:
- a print device comprising a print head for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a print medium comprising an expansion layer that expands by heating;
- an expansion device, arranged side by side along a horizontal direction with the print device, comprising an electromagnetic wave source for expanding the expansion layer in a region corresponding to the electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer by irradiating the print medium with the electromagnetic waves from an irradiation part;
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- a slide mechanism for sliding a top plate between a first position in which an upper part of the print head and an upper part of the irradiation part are covered and a second position in which the upper part of the print head and the upper part of the irradiation part are open,
- wherein the slide mechanism slides in a direction intersecting the horizontal direction.
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