US 12,151,256 B2 · Vehicle wheel decoration method and decoration device

Abstract

A vehicle wheel decoration method includes a setting step of detachably holding a wheel body in the holding member such that the wheel design face faces the discharge nozzle, and a decoration step of forming a decorative layer on the wheel design face by discharging paint from a discharge opening of the discharge nozzle toward the wheel design face while relatively moving the discharge nozzle in two directions with respect to the wheel design face of the wheel body held in the holding member, and, in the decoration step, the wheel body is relatively inclined in a direction which crosses moving directions toward the two directions by a relative move of one of the discharge nozzle and the holding member or relative moves of both of the discharge nozzle and the holding member, and the discharge opening of the discharge nozzle is relatively moved in the two directions.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle wheel decoration method for decorating a wheel design face in a three-dimensional shape formed from a hub part to a rim part via a disc part in a wheel body, the vehicle wheel decoration method comprising:

a setting step of detachably holding the wheel body in a table such that the wheel design face faces a discharge nozzle;
and
a decoration step of forming a decorative layer on the wheel design face by discharging paint from a discharge opening of the discharge nozzle toward the wheel design face while relatively moving the discharge nozzle in two directions which extend along the wheel design face and cross each other with respect to the wheel design face of the wheel body held in the table,
wherein, in the decoration step, the wheel body is relatively inclined in a direction which crosses moving directions toward the two directions by a relative move of one of the discharge nozzle and the table or relative moves of both of the discharge nozzle and the table, and the discharge opening of the discharge nozzle is relatively moved in the two directions along the wheel design face, with a distance from the discharge opening to the wheel design face falling within a predetermined range.

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A vehicle wheel decoration device for decorating a wheel design face in a three-dimensional shape formed from a hub part to a rim part via a disc part in a wheel body, the vehicle wheel decoration device comprising:

a discharge nozzle which is provided so as to face the wheel design face of the wheel body;
a table which detachably holds the wheel body;
a driver which relatively moves one of the wheel body held in the table and the discharge nozzle or both of the wheel body and the discharge nozzle in at least two directions which extend along the wheel design face and cross each other and a direction which crosses moving directions toward the two directions;
and
a controller which performs operation control of the discharge nozzle and the driver, wherein
the discharge nozzle has a discharge opening which discharges paint toward the wheel design face to form a decorative layer on the wheel design face, and
the controller performs control such that the table is tilted with respect to the discharge nozzle such that a distance from the discharge opening to the wheel design face falls within a predetermined range, and the discharge nozzle relatively moves in the two directions along the wheel design face, by using the driver.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vehicle wheel decoration method and decoration device

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