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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
May. 23, 1990
Mitsuo Yamane, Yotsukaichi, JP;
Takashi Kawaguchi, Nishikasugai, JP;
Shigeru Kagayama, Nagoya, JP;
Shunichi Higashiyama, Yotsukaichi, JP;
Keiko Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Jun Sakai, Nagoya, JP;
Mikio Imaeda, Bisai, JP;
Kouji Inaishi, Okazaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for forming a three-dimensional article with photosetting or thermosetting material on the basis of a three-dimensional information on the article by means of an ink jet method. The material is jetted from at least one ink jet head to a stage and laminated thereon. The laminated material is exposed to light by a light source to be cured. In this process, a jetting direction of the material from the ink jet head to the stage and/or a jetting amount of the material jetted from the ink jet head is changed in accordance with the information by a control unit, thereby forming a solid article having a desired three-dimensional shape.