Shaping apparatus and method of manufacturing shaping apparatus
AssigneeKantatsu Co., Ltd.
InventorsEiji OSHIMA, Tomohiro OKATA
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Abstract
This invention enables to avoid an overall apparatus from becoming large. There is provided a shaping apparatus including a shaping unit that forms a shaped object and a case that stores the shaping unit, the case including a fixed panel having a curved surface and a moving panel having a curved surface, wherein the fixed panel and the moving panel are engaged with each other via a shaft, and the moving panel pivots about the shaft to move along one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the fixed panel.
Claims8
A shaping apparatus comprising a shaping unit that forms a shaped object and a case that stores said shaping unit,
- said case comprising a fixed panel having a curved surface and a moving panel having a curved surface,
- wherein said fixed panel and said moving panel are engaged with each other via a shaft, and
- said moving panel pivots about the shaft to move along one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of said fixed panel.
A method of manufacturing a shaping apparatus including a shaping unit that forms a shaped object and a case that stores the shaping unit, the method comprising:
- arranging the shaping unit to be stored in the case;
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- engaging, via a shaft, a fixed panel having a curved surface and a moving panel having a curved surface,
- wherein the moving panel pivots about the shaft to move along one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the fixed panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.