US 12,109,829 B2
Production method of a modeled object
Youichi Ushigome, Akishima (JP); and Minoru Saito, Tachikawa (JP)
Assigned to CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,216.
Application 17/715,216 is a division of application No. 15/889,832, filed on Feb. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,325,409.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-060040 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227153 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 35/16 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/02 (2006.01); B29C 44/34 (2006.01); B29C 44/56 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 711/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 29/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B29K 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 623/00 (2006.01); B29K 667/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 5/0011 (2013.01) [B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 35/16 (2013.01); B29C 37/00 (2013.01); B29C 44/022 (2013.01); B29C 44/353 (2013.01); B29C 44/56 (2013.01); B29C 44/60 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/205 (2013.01); B32B 27/306 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 29/002 (2013.01); B41J 2/205 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/007 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0822 (2013.01); B29C 2035/1666 (2013.01); B29C 2037/903 (2013.01); B29C 44/3415 (2013.01); B29C 2795/007 (2013.01); B29K 2031/04 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0076 (2013.01); B29K 2105/256 (2013.01); B29K 2623/12 (2013.01); B29K 2667/003 (2013.01); B29K 2667/006 (2013.01); B29K 2711/12 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2255/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/30 (2013.01); B32B 2307/75 (2013.01); B32B 2554/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A production method of a modeled object, the method comprising:
a fixing step of fixing a thermally expandable sheet onto a tray by at least partially fixing a periphery of the thermally expandable sheet placed on the tray by a predetermined fixing member;
a partial thermally expanding step of partially thermally expanding the thermally expandable sheet, in a state in which the thermally expandable sheet is fixed onto the tray, by heating the thermally expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet with light by an irradiation unit, while moving the irradiation unit from a first position toward a second position by a movement unit; and
a cooling step of cooling, by a predetermined cooling unit provided to the irradiation unit, the thermally expandable sheet, which has been partially thermally expanded by the partial thermally expanding step, while maintaining the state in which the thermally expandable sheet is fixed onto the tray,
wherein the cooling step is performed after the partial thermally expanding step and is performed while returning the irradiation unit from the second position to the first position by the movement unit.