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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Kunio Hakkaku, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 37/0025 (2013.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
A forming apparatus having a degree of freedom in shaping for forming a three-dimensional structure is provided. A forming apparatus () forms a three-dimensional structure (), which includes a shaped article and a colored portion that colors a surface of the shaped article, by laminating layers, and it can switch between a first operation mode dedicated to shaping the shaped article and a second operation mode of full-color coloring the surface of the shaped article using full colors simultaneously as the shaping of the shaped article.