Expansion device and molding system
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsYouichi Ushigome, Minoru Saito
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Abstract
An expansion device, including: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on a placing unit with light; a conveyance unit configured to reciprocably convey the irradiation unit between a first position and a second position; an exhaust fan fixed to a housing and configured to discharge air from the housing; and an air supply fan which is movable with the irradiation unit and configured to supply outside air into the housing, wherein the exhaust fan is provided at a position where air can be discharged from the second position side when the irradiation unit is returned from the first position to the second position after being moved from the second position toward the first position.
Claims19
An expansion device, comprising:
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a thermally expandable sheet placed on a placing unit with light;
- a conveyance unit configured to reciprocably convey the irradiation unit between a first position and a second position;
- an exhaust fan fixed to a housing and configured to discharge air from the housing;
- and
- an air supply fan which is movable with the irradiation unit and configured to supply outside air into the housing,
- wherein the exhaust fan is provided at a position where air can be discharged from an area of the second position when the irradiation unit is returned from the first position to the second position after being moved from the second position toward the first position.
An expansion device, comprising:
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a thermally expandable sheet placed on a placing unit with an electromagnetic wave;
- a conveyance unit configured to reciprocably convey the irradiation unit between a first position and a second position;
- an exhaust fan fixed to a housing and configured to discharge air from the housing;
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- an air supply fan movable together with the irradiation unit and configured to supply outside air into the housing,
- wherein the housings includes, at a side thereof adjacent to the first position, an opening for a user to insert and remove the thermally expandable sheet, and
- wherein the exhaust fan is provided at a side of the housing adjacent to the second position.
A molding system comprises:
- a printing device configured to print an image by using a predetermined ink on a thermally expandable sheet provided with a thermally expandable layer on one surface side;
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- an expansion device configured to expand the thermally expandable layer by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet with light,
- wherein the expansion device comprises:
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on a placing unit with light;
- a conveyance unit configured to reciprocably convey the irradiation unit between a first position and a second position;
- an exhaust fan fixed to a housing and configured to discharge air from the housing;
- and
- an air supply fan movable together with the irradiation unit and configured to supply outside air into the housing, and
- wherein the housing includes an opening for a user to insert and remove the thermally expandable sheet at a side of the housing adjacent to the first position, and the exhaust fan is provided at a side of the housing adjacent to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.