Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expansion device, three-dimensional image forming system, method of expanding thermally expandable sheet, and computer readable storage medium
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Application No.: US15889832Application Date: 2018-02-06
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Publication No.: US11325409B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Youichi Ushigome , Minoru Saito
- Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JPJP2017-060040 20170324
- Main IPC: B41M5/00
- IPC: B41M5/00 ; B29C37/00 ; B41J2/205 ; B41J2/21 ; B32B29/00 ; B32B5/02 ; B32B27/08 ; B32B27/10 ; B32B27/20 ; B32B27/36 ; B32B27/32 ; B32B27/30 ; B29C44/56 ; B29C35/16 ; B29C44/34 ; B29C44/02 ; B29C44/60 ; B29C35/08 ; B29K105/00 ; B29K711/12 ; B29K667/00 ; B29K31/00 ; B29K623/00
Abstract:
An expansion device, including: an installation unit in which a thermally expandable sheet is disposed; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light; and a control unit configured to perform processes described below, wherein after an expansion process to expand the thermally expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light by the irradiation unit, a cooling process to cool the thermally expandable sheet by a predetermined cooling unit while maintaining the state in which the thermally expandable sheet is placed on the installation unit.
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