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Patent No.:

US 11325409 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2018

Expansion device, three-dimensional image forming system, method of expanding thermally expandable sheet, and computer readable storage medium

Applicant:

Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Youichi Ushigome, Akishima, JP;

Minoru Saito, Tachikawa, JP;

Assignee:

CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC

Primary Examiner:

Francisco W Tschen

Assistant Examiner:

Wayne K Swier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B32B 29/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B29C 44/56 (2006.01); B29C 35/16 (2006.01); B29C 44/34 (2006.01); B29C 44/02 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 711/12 (2006.01); B29K 667/00 (2006.01); B29K 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 623/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
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 5/007 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B29C 44/3415 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0822 (2013.01); B29C 2035/1666 (2013.01); B29C 2037/903 (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);
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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