Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an image sheet, by which an image sheet having favorable storage property and easily having a photographic image and beautiful end edges can be easily and reliably manufactured. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing an image sheet includes using a cutting means for a laminated sheet material 200 by ultrasonic vibration as a cutting unit 50 to cut end sides 200c, 200d, 200e, 200f of the laminated sheet material 200. That is, the cutting unit 50 functions to transmit ultrasonic vibration from an ultrasonic vibration unit 51 to a blade 52 and to cause ultrasonic vibration at the blade top 52a, accompanied with the ultrasonic vibration of the blade 52, the blade top being in contact with a first sheet material that forms the surface layer of the laminated sheet material 200, and to generate frictional heat at the contact portion 53. The end side of the laminated sheet material 200 is cut while being heated and melted by the frictional heat. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image sheet forming method, a bonding device for providing an image sheet, and an image forming apparatus having the bonding device, superior in preserving performance with a simple constitution, and capable of providing a photograph-like luster image. SOLUTION: This image sheet forming method is provided for integrating both media by an adhesive process of adhering a pressure sensitive adhesive layer surface of a nontransparent covering medium of arranging a transparent or colored pressure sensitive adhesive layer on a base body to an image forming surface of a recording medium, after forming a mirror image in a transparent part of the recording medium having the transparent part in at least a part. In the adhesive process, adhesion is started from a tip part of an adhesive layer of the covering medium so as to cover the mirror image. Both media are also integrated by the covering medium of dividing a tip part of the covering medium and an area except for the tip part by a bending part having an angle less than 180 degrees with a base body side surface of the covering medium as a reference. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus in which an image of photographic tone in high gloss and texture can be automatically obtained, without having to go through manual operations by a simple configuration that uses a transparent medium. SOLUTION: The apparatus is equipped with a laminating device 9, that functions after a mirror image is formed and fixed on a recording medium 17, at least partially having a transparent portion, to laminate a non-transparent medium 21 having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 32 and showing a non-transparent white color that includes the adhesive layer on the image forming surface of the recording medium. A sticking preventing member 30 is disposed on the upstream side from the laminating position of the two media in the laminating device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrophotographic type image forming apparatus which can deal with a large size and with which a high gloss image of a photographic tone can be obtained with a simple configuration. SOLUTION: The electrophotographic type image forming apparatus uses a recording medium having a transparent portion in at least a part through which paper can pass in order to form an image. The apparatus includes a UV curing ink applying means 15 which applies a non-transparent UV curing ink to at least an image forming region from above an image forming surface during a series of working operations after forming and fixing the image by an electrophotographic system on the recording medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method in an electrophotographic device by which an image excellent in storage properties and having photographic appearance can be obtained with a simple configuration, and to provide an image forming apparatus using the method. SOLUTION: The image forming method for electrophotographically forming the image on a recording medium having at least one transparent portion includes a step of applying a coating of an opaque liquid material onto the image forming area of the transparent portion, at least after the image is formed on the transparent portion by an image forming unit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an image forming method and an image forming apparatus, wherein preservability is good and an image of photographic sharpness is obtained, with a simple constitution. SOLUTION: The image forming method and apparatus uses an image reading part 300 and an image forming part 100 forming an image by superposing a plurality of colors to execute a function of creating an output profile by using the image reading part 300, wherein a means for forming the image in the image forming part 100 on a recording medium P which is partly or wholly transparent is included and the output profile is switched between the case that the purpose is observing from an opposite side of an image forming surface of the recording medium P and the case that the purpose is observing from the image forming surface. Thus, the image formation can be carried out by creating a profile for reproducing correct colors when observed from the opposite side of the image forming surface and the image of simple composition, good storing property and with the photographic sharpness can be obtained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet member adhesion device, in which sheet members can be adhered to each other without letting bubbles penetrate between the sheet members. SOLUTION: The device is provided with a transfer part 2 to transfer a first sheet member comprising a transparent sheet S1 on which toner images are recorded, and a delivery part 3 to separate a second sheet member comprising a non-transparent sheet S2 with an adhesive layer, for example, by a separation plate 34 to be delivered diagonally to the transfer direction for the first sheet member in such a way that it can be adhered to the first sheet member that is being transferred by the transfer part 2. Upon adhesion, the separation plate is actuated to vary the carrying direction for the sheet member to properly enlarge their adhesion angle, thereby the first sheet member and the second sheet member are adhered to each other. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet material cutting device capable of easily/securely forming a sheet with aligned edges of sheet materials having a picture excellent in gloss and texture, and an image forming device equipped with the same. SOLUTION: An upper blade part 38 and a lower blade part 39 facing to each other are arranged so as to make their blade part edges 38a, 39a face to an upper surface 200a and a lower surface 200b of a pasted sheet material 200. At the time of cutting, the upper blade part 38 and the lower blade part 39 are vertically moved, and these blade part edges 38a, 39a cut the pasted sheet material 200 applying equal forces from the both sides of the sheet material, which makes displacement of layers smaller compared with a conventional method of cutting the three layers of the image sheet (pasted sheet material) 200 with one blade, which can reduce stress generated in toner of an intermediate layer. Cracks of the image and stripping of the sheet are suppressed to obtain a photo-like image with beautiful edges. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus for obtaining an image excellent in preservability and having a photographic tone with a simple configuration. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus provided with a conveying path conveying a recording medium and an image forming section forming an image on the recording medium is provided with: an image selecting section which selects an original image or an image obtained by reversing the original image to be formed on the recording medium; an image control section which changes the toner adhesion amount of the same image on the recording medium, according to the image selected by the image selecting section; and further a recording medium selecting section which selects a non-transparent recording medium 91 or a transparent recording medium 101 to be conveyed into the conveying path. The image selecting section selects the original image, when the recording medium selecting section selects the non-transparent recording medium 91 and selects the image obtained by reversing the original image, when the recording medium selecting section selects the transparent recording medium 101. The image control section reduces the toner adhesion amount of the same image, when the recording medium selecting section selects the transparent recording medium 101. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display medium forming method capable of eliminating the obstruction factor of glossiness caused by the irregular reflection in tone without increasing cost. SOLUTION: When a fixed toner image is again heated in the state held between a transparent medium and an opaque medium, a heating condition for more accelerating the melting and softening of the toner image on the side of the opaque medium than that of the toner image on the side of the transparent medium is used not only to breaking bubbles, which are positioned at the boundary part of the transparent medium and the toner image opposed thereto to finely divide them but also to make it easy to move the bubbles positioned at the boundary part toward the opaque medium to prevent the occurrence of irregular reflection in a case that the bubbles are present at the boundary position of the transparent medium and the toner image opposed thereto. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT