IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,561,219
Granted Patent B2
US 10,561,219 · App. 15/674,444 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Object holding member and drawing apparatus

Inventor: Masahiro Hori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
A45D29/22B41J3/4073B41J11/58G06K15/22A45D2029/005
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Patent No.
US 10,561,219
App. No.
15/674,444
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object holding member, which is to be disposed in an external apparatus, includes an object insertion tool, and a connector. The object insertion tool has a space, into which an object which is a finger or a toe having a nail is inserted. The connector is configured to couple with the external apparatus and suppress a change in a position of the object holding member within the external apparatus in a case where the object holding member is disposed in the external apparatus.

Claims (55)

1. An object holding member comprising:

an object insertion tool; and

a connector;

wherein:

the object holding member is disposed within an external apparatus;

the object insertion tool has a space into which an object being a finger or a toe having a nail is insertable;

the connector is configured to couple with the external apparatus and suppress a change in a position of the object holding member within the external apparatus, in a case where the object holding member is disposed in the external apparatus;

a slit is formed in a portion of a peripheral surface of the object insertion tool; and

the slit is formed so as to allow insertion of the object into the object insertion tool and removal of the object inserted into the object insertion tool out of the object insertion tool.

2. The object holding member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the external apparatus includes an apparatus side connector at a location where the connector couples; and

the connector is shaped to fit into the apparatus side connector.

3. The object holding member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the slit is formed along an insertion direction of the object to the object insertion tool.

4. The object holding member according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a belt member configured to wrap along an outer periphery of the object insertion tool and close the slit.

5. The object holding member according to claim 4 , wherein:

the belt member is integrally formed with the object insertion tool on an outer side of the object insertion tool.

6. The object holding member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the object insertion tool includes an opening region through which the nail is exposed while the object is inserted in the object insertion tool.

7. The object holding member according to claim 6 , wherein:

the slit is formed at a position that leads to the opening region.

8. The object holding member according to claim 7 , wherein:

the object insertion tool is formed from a soft material capable of being deformed by a user; and

insertion of the object into the object insertion tool and removal of the object inserted into the object insertion tool out of the object insertion tool is enabled due to the portion where the slit is formed in the object insertion tool being widened by the user.

9. A drawing apparatus comprising:

an object holding member including a connector and an object insertion tool, the object insertion tool having a space into which an object being a finger or a toe having a nail is insertable;

an object receiver in which the object holding member is disposed; and

a drawing mechanism configured to perform a drawing operation on the nail of the object inserted into the object holding member disposed within the object receiver;

wherein:

the object receiver includes an apparatus side connector configured to couple with the connector and suppress a change in a position of the object holding member within the object receiver, in a case where the object holding member is disposed in the object receiver;

the object holding member includes a slit formed in a portion of a peripheral surface of the object insertion tool; and

the slit is formed so as to allow insertion of the object into the object insertion tool and removal of the object inserted into the object insertion tool out of the object insertion tool.

10. The drawing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the connector is shaped to fit into the apparatus side connector.

11. The drawing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the slit is formed along an insertion direction of the object to the object insertion tool.

12. The drawing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a belt member configured to wrap along an outer periphery of the object insertion tool and close the slit.

13. The drawing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:

the belt member is integrally formed with the object insertion tool on an outer side of the object insertion tool.

14. The drawing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the object insertion tool includes an opening region through which the nail is exposed while the object is inserted in the object insertion tool.

15. The drawing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein:

the slit is formed at a position that leads to the opening region.

16. The drawing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein:

the object insertion tool is formed from a soft material capable of being deformed by a user; and

insertion of the object into the object insertion tool and removal of the object inserted into the object insertion tool out of the object insertion tool is enabled due to the portion where the slit is formed in the object insertion tool being widened by the user.

17. The drawing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an object fixing member preventing the object holding member disposed within the object receiver from moving.

18. The drawing apparatus according to claim 17 , further comprising:

a processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a size of the object based on a captured image of the object inserted into the object holding member; and

in accordance with the size of the object that has been detected, adjust a holding level of the object by the object fixing member at a time of holding the object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2017
From: HORI, MASAHIRO
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043264/0791 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-187749 · Sep 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180084889A1 · Mar 29, 2018
Cited By (1)
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