IP Library Patent Application 16899567
Patent Application
App. No. 16/899,567

INK FOR PRODUCING SHAPED ARTICLE, SHAPED ARTICLE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS

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16/899,567
Abstract

An ink for producing a shaped article includes a photopolymerizable compound, and 5% by volume to 95% by volume of air bubbles relative to the total volume of the ink.

Claims (19)

1 . An ink for producing a shaped article, comprising:

a photopolymerizable compound; and

5% by volume to 95% by volume of air bubbles relative to the total volume of the ink.

2 . The ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein a number-average diameter of the air bubbles is within a range of 0.01 μm to 200 μm.

3 . The ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein a number-average diameter of the air bubbles is within a range of 1 μm to 200 μm.

4 . The ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein the viscosity at 25° C. of the ink for producing a shaped article is within a range of 1 mPa·s to 10,000 mPa·s

5 . The ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity at 25° C. of the ink for producing a shaped article is within a range of 10 mPa·s to 1,000 mPa·s

6 . The ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein the air bubbles contain inert gas.

7 . A three-dimensional shaping apparatus comprising:

an injection part that contains the ink for producing a shaped article according to claim 1 and injects the ink; and

a light irradiating part that irradiates the ejected ink with light to cure the ink.

8 . A three-dimensional shaped article comprising:

a resin;

5% by volume or more and 95% by volume or less of air bubbles relative to a total volume of the shaped article; and

a region where at least one of a diameter and a density of the air bubbles increases or decreases along a depth direction from the surface.

9 . The three-dimensional shaped article according to claim 8 , wherein a number-average diameter of the air bubbles is within a range of 0.01 μm to 200 μm.

10 . The three-dimensional shaped article according to claim 8 , wherein the air bubbles in the region have a closed cell structure or an open cell structure.

11 . The three-dimensional shaped article according to claim 8 , wherein a shock absorption rate is within a range of 70% to 95%.

12 . The three-dimensional shaped article according to claim 8 , wherein an Asker C hardness is within a range of 10 degrees to 100 degrees.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056294/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, YASUO; SEKI, MIEKO; KIKUCHI, TAKASHI; OYANAGI, TAKASHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052994/0608 →