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US 9,538,825 B2Granted
Drawing apparatus for highly accurate drawing on finger and toe nails
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorShuichi Yamasaki
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Abstract
A drawing apparatus, including a placement section including a placement surface on which a printing target object having a printing target surface that curved along one direction is placed, a drawing head in which at least one drawing tool having a tip portion at one end thereof is loaded and performs drawing by making the tip portion contact with a drawing position of the printing target surface, the tip portion having a shape including a first axis as a central axis; and a control unit which tilts the first axis of the tip portion to one of a first tilt direction and a second tilt direction selectively according to the drawing position of the printing target surface.
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A drawing apparatus, comprising:
- a placement section including a placement surface on which a printing target object having a printing target surface is placed,
- a drawing head in which at least one drawing tool having a drawing tool shaft and a tip portion provided at one end of the drawing tool shaft is loaded and performs drawing on the printing target surface by making one end of the tip portion contact with a drawing position of the printing target surface, the tip portion having a shape including a first axis as a central axis;
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- a control unit which performs control to change a direction of the first axis of the tip portion of the drawing tool loaded in the drawing head with respect to a surface direction of the placement surface according to the drawing position of the printing target surface,
- wherein the drawing tool shaft of the drawing tool has a shape with a second axis as a central axis, and the first axis is tilted with respect to the second axis,
- wherein the drawing head has a first rotation mechanism which rotates the drawing tool shaft around the second axis,
- wherein the drawing apparatus has a second rotation mechanism which is provided to be contractable with the first rotation mechanism, and
- wherein in a state in which contact between the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism is maintained, by moving the drawing tool with respect to the second rotation mechanism, the control unit performs control to rotate the drawing tool shaft of the drawing tool around the second axis by the first rotation mechanism and change a direction of the first axis with respect to the surface direction of the placement surface.
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A drawing apparatus comprising:
- a placement section including a placement surface on which a printing target object having a printing target surface is placed,
- a drawing head in which at least one drawing tool having a tip portion provided at one end is loaded and performs drawing on the printing target surface by making one end of the tip portion contact with a drawing position of the printing target surface, the tip portion having a shape including a first axis as a central axis;
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- a control unit which performs control to change a direction of the first axis of the tip portion of the drawing tool loaded in the drawing head with respect to a surface direction of the placement surface according to the drawing position of the printing target surface,
- wherein the drawing tool includes:
- a drawing tool main body having the tip portion at one end thereof;
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- a holding shaft which has a shape with a second axis as a central axis and the drawing tool main body is attached to one side thereof,
- wherein the drawing tool main body is attached to the holding shaft in a direction that the first axis is tilted with respect to the second axis,
- wherein the drawing head has a first rotation mechanism which rotates the drawing tool shaft around the second axis,
- wherein the drawing apparatus has a second rotation mechanism which is provided to be contractable with the first rotation mechanism, and
- wherein in a state in which contact between the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism is maintained, by relatively moving the drawing tool with respect to the second rotation mechanism, the control unit performs control to rotate the holding shaft of the drawing tool around the second axis by the first rotation mechanism and change a direction of the first axis with respect to the surface direction of the placement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.