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US 10,695,975 · App. 15/816,663 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Shaped object and shaping method

Inventor: Kunio Hakkaku (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
B29C64/112B29C64/393B41J2/01B29C64/40B29K2995/002B33Y10/00B33Y80/00
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Patent No.
US 10,695,975
App. No.
15/816,663
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaped object formed by using a layering scheme, the shaped object including: a color region 11 having a uniform thickness from a surface toward an inside of the shaped object; and a light reflective region 12 arranged on an inner side of the color region 11 , wherein, at a portion where ink in the color region does not satisfy a predetermined ink density by a sole use of color ink, an ink density of the color region 11 is supplemented with white ink. As the white ink, ink with 20% to 70% light transmittance of visible light is used.

Claims (25)

1. A shaped object formed by using a layering scheme, the shaped object comprising:

a color region having a uniform thickness along a normal direction from a surface toward an inside of the shaped object; and

a light reflective region arranged on an inner side of the color region,

wherein, at a portion of the color region where an amount of ink would not satisfy a predetermined ink amount if the color region is formed by a sole use of color ink, the amount of ink is supplemented with white ink to be the predetermined amount,

a thickness of each of a plurality of layers of the shaped object is substantially equal to each other, the each of the plurality of layers extending in a particular direction,

a portion of the each of the plurality of layers, where a particular color other than white is expressed by arranging one or more color inks other than white ink and which is the surface of the shaped object in a direction other than a direction parallel or perpendicular to the particular direction, comprises a first portion where the one or more color inks are formed in the normal direction, and a second portion different from the first portion, the second portion being formed with the white ink in the normal direction, and

the shaped object as a whole is formed with the plurality of layers.

2. The shaped object according to claim 1 , wherein the supplementary ink is same ink that configures the light reflective region.

3. The shaped object according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a body region arranged on an inner side of the light reflective region,

wherein the supplementary ink is same ink that configures the body region.

4. The shaped object according to claim 1 , wherein ink with 20% to 70% light transmittance of visible light is used as the white ink.

5. The shaped object according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a body region arranged on an inner side of the light reflective region,

wherein the supplementary ink is same ink that configures the body region.

6. The shaped object according to claim 2 , wherein ink with 20% to 70% light transmittance of visible light is used as the white ink.

7. The shaped object according to claim 3 , wherein ink with 20% to 70% light transmittance of visible light is used as the white ink.

8. The shaped object according to claim 5 , wherein ink with 20% to 70% light transmittance of visible light is used as the white ink.

9. A shaped object formed by using a layering scheme, the shaped object comprising a plurality of layers, a thickness of each of the plurality of layers being substantially equal to each other, wherein

at least one of the plurality of layers comprises a color region and a light reflective region arranged on an inner side of the color region, the color region having a uniform thickness along a normal direction from a surface toward an inside of the shaped object, and

the color region comprises a region where a particular color other than white is expressed by arranging one or more color inks other than white ink, the region comprising:

a first portion consisting of the one or more color inks and having a dent; and

a second portion consisting of white ink filled in the dent.

10. The shaped object according to claim 9 , wherein the white ink in the second portion has 60% or more light transmittance.

11. The shaped object according to claim 9 , wherein the light reflective region comprises same ink as the white ink in the second portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2017
From: HAKKAKU, KUNIO
To: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-254178 · Dec 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180178444A1 · Jun 28, 2018
Cited By (1)
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