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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koki Hirata, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B29C 67/04 (2017.01); C08L 33/12 (2006.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); C08J 5/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29K 101/10 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0066 (2013.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29K 2101/10 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0058 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); C08L 2201/54 (2013.01); C08L 2205/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A molding apparatus includes a heating section, a spreading section, a molding section, a drawing section and a curing section. The heating section which heats a mold material including particles and a binder agent which bonds together the particles, to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the binder agent and forms a fluid mold material. The spreading section forms a mold layer by spreading the fluid mold material. The molding section layers the mold layers. The drawing section applies UV ink to a desired region of the mold layer. The curing section cures the UV ink applied to the desired region of the mold layer.