THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20170368721A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15440323

    申请日:2017-02-23

    Inventor: Minoru SAITO

    Abstract: A three-dimensional image forming system according to the present invention includes a conveying unit which conveys a heat-expandable sheet along a conveyance path, a heating unit which heats the heat-expandable sheet by irradiating the heat-expandable sheet with light, and a control unit which preheats the surroundings of the heating unit to a previously determined preheat temperature and then causes the conveying unit to convey the heat-expandable sheet.

    SHAPING SYSTEM, SHAPED OBJECT FORMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20220001595A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17476276

    申请日:2021-09-15

    Inventor: Minoru SAITO

    Abstract: A shaping system includes: a printing device that prints an image using predetermined ink on a thermal expansion sheet having a thermal expansion layer on one side; and an expansion device that performs: a drying process of heating the thermal expansion sheet to an extent that allows the thermal expansion layer to maintain a non-expansion state, to dry the image printed by the printing device using the predetermined ink; and an expansion process of, after the drying process, heating the thermal expansion sheet to an extent that allows the thermal expansion layer to expand, to expand the thermal expansion layer.

    EXPANSION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, EXPANSION METHOD OF THERMALLY-EXPANDABLE SHEET, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20180361634A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16002344

    申请日:2018-06-07

    Abstract: An expansion device includes: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a thermally-expandable sheet with light; a movement unit configured to relatively move the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit; an air-blowing unit configured to cool the irradiation unit by blowing air to the irradiation unit; and a control unit configured to execute a distension process of distending the thermally-expandable sheet by causing the irradiation unit to emit light while relatively moving the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit by the movement unit, wherein the control unit controls the air-blowing unit to stop or weaken blowing air toward the irradiation unit while the irradiation unit is caused to emit light in the distension process.

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