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Title:
ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC 3-D PRINTING USING DISSOLVABLE PAPER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017189979
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide three-dimensional (3-D) printers that use electrostatic printing processes.SOLUTION: In 3-D printing, a platen 118 moves toward an intermediate transfer belt (ITB) 110 to bring a sheet 108 positioned on the platen into contact with the ITB to electrostatically transfer a layer of different materials to the sheet, and then the platen moves to a heater 120 to join the layer to the sheet. This processing is repeated to bring the sheet into repeated contact with the ITB (with intervening heating at the heater) to successively form layers of the materials on the sheet. The sheet having the layers thereon moves to a rinsing station 140, 142, where a liquid is applied to dissolve the sheet and leave a freestanding stack of the layers. The freestanding stack is fed to a platform 146 to successively form a 3-D structure of freestanding stacks of the layers. Light and/or heat are applied to the 3-D structure to bond the freestanding stacks to one another on the platform.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Inventors:
JASON M LEFEVRE
PAUL J MCCONVILLE
LIU CHU-HENG
JAMES A WINTERS
ERWIN RUIZ
Application Number:
JP2017064343A
Publication Date:
October 19, 2017
Filing Date:
March 29, 2017
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
XEROX CORP
International Classes:
B29C64/40; B29C64/223; B29C64/245; B29C64/35; B33Y10/00; B33Y30/00; G03G5/02; G03G13/01; G03G15/01
Domestic Patent References:
JP2015116710A2015-06-25
JPH08511217A1996-11-26
JP2015131439A2015-07-23
Foreign References:
US6066285A2000-05-23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Corporation yki International Patent Office



 
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