Method of manufacturing product, method of manufacturing object, and building apparatus
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshihiro Tanaka
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Abstract
An object is created by a more appropriate method when the object is created by combining pieces. A method of manufacturing a product is provided, in which a product 50 for use as a piece is manufactured when a three-dimensional object 40 is created. The product 50 is built by adding layers of an ink. The product 50 includes a surface region 202, an end region 204, and an interior region 206. At least a part of the surface region 202 is formed in a colored state using a coloring ink. At least a part of the interior region 206 is formed as a light-reflective region using a light-reflective ink. At least a part of a portion along an edge portion 210 of the surface region 202 in the end region 204 is formed in a colored state using a coloring ink.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing a product, in which the product is manufactured for use as a piece when an object which is three-dimensional and assembled by combining a plurality of the pieces is created, the method comprising:
- building the product by adding a plurality of layers of an ink using an inkjet head configured to eject the ink as a material for building,
- the product including
- a surface region that partially forms a surface of the object in a state in which the object is assembled,
- an end region extending from an edge portion of the surface region to an interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled, the end region being an end portion on another one of the plurality of the pieces in the interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled, and
- an inside region that is a portion other than the surface region and the end region, the inside region partially forming the interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled;
- forming at least a part of the surface region in a colored state using a coloring ink;
- forming at least a part of the inside region as a light-reflective region using a light-reflective ink;
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- forming at least a part of a portion along the edge portion of the surface region in the end region, in a colored state using the coloring ink.
A building apparatus configured to build a product for use as a piece when an object which is three-dimensional and assembled by combining a plurality of the pieces is created,
- the building apparatus comprising an inkjet head configured to eject an ink as a material of building,
- the building apparatus being configured to build the product by adding a plurality of layers of the ink,
- the product including
- a surface region that partially forms a surface of the object in a state in which the object is assembled,
- an end region extending from an edge portion of the surface region to an interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled, the end region being an end portion on another one of the plurality of the pieces in the interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled, and
- an inside region that is a portion other than the surface region and the end region, the inside region partially forming the interior of the object in a state in which the object is assembled,
- at least a part of the surface region being formed in a colored state using a coloring ink,
- at least a part of the inside region being formed as a light-reflective region using a light-reflective ink,
- at least a part of a portion along the edge portion of the surface region in the end region being formed in a colored state using a coloring ink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.