Provided are a bioink including a collagen fiber with an average fiber length of from 0.5 to 1,000 μm, a shaped object printed with the bioink, a product, and a method for producing a shaped object. The bioink is characterized by including a collagen fiber composed of collagen and/or a collagen derivative and a solvent, the collagen fiber having an average fiber length of from 0.5 to 1,000 μm. The bioink can be extruded from a 3D printer even with a collagen fiber concentration of from 5 to 30% (w/w). The shaped object obtained by bioprinting is excellent in terms of resolution, thermal stability, and structural stability.
Provided are a bioink that contains collagen fibers having an average fiber length of 0.5-1,000 μm, a molded body molded from the bioink, an article and a method for producing a molded body. This bioink, which comprises collagen fibers formed of collagen and/or a collagen derivative and a solvent, is characterized in that the average fiber length of the collagen fibers is 0.5-1000 μm. This bioink can be discharged from a 3D printer even in the case where the collagen fiber concentration is 5-30 w/w%. A molded body obtained by the bioprinting has excellent resolution, high heat stability and high structural stability.
A molded product includes a body including a flat part and a projection protruding from the flat part, a design member including a design surface, and an adhesive member sticking the design member to the body. The adhesive member includes a buffer portion formed by cutting off a part of the adhesive member at a position corresponding at least to the projection. Thus, the adhesive member negates differences in level on the body, allowing the design surface to be smooth.
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
A resin molded article has a resin base layer formed of an ultraviolet curable resin. The resin base layer is provided on one end side with a cover layer made of a polymer membrane. Further, the resin base layer is provided on the other end side with recessed portions dented toward the cover layer. A decorative layer is formed at least at recessed portions. The decorative layer is visually recognizable through the resin base layer and the cover layer.
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
A printing apparatus includes a screen with an opening through which ink passes. A resin material is formed with a recessed portion and a projection relatively projecting from the recessed portion. When a top surface of a projection is printed with ink, an inner edge of the opening is displaced toward the recessed portion. The height of an ink droop formed at the inner edge of the opening is set to be smaller than a depth of the recessed portion at a position facing the ink droop.
Provided is an organ model having a property such that each layer suitably peels off, a property such that sliding or a sense of catching is present besides a sense of elasticity that is felt when a surgical knife cuts the organ model open, and a property such that ligation can be performed without burying of a suture thread, and a property such that a knot of the thread gets caught on the organ model. An organ model being a laminated body in which plural layers each formed of a hydrogel material are laminated, and one or more of the layers is each a fiber group-containing layer in which fiber groups are approximately continuously present inside the layer and over the plane of the layer.
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B32B 5/32 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous both layers being foamed or specifically porous
B32B 5/08 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments the fibres or filaments of a layer being specially arranged or being of different substances
B32B 5/24 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous one layer being a fibrous or filamentary layer
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 5/26 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous one layer being a fibrous or filamentary layer another layer also being fibrous or filamentary
B32B 5/20 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by features of a layer containing foamed or specifically porous material foamed in situ
[Problem] To provide a simulated organ model having a distinctive texture. [Solution] An organ, tissue, or organic model characterized by having a foam layer that includes a hydrogel.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELED OBJECT AND NOZZLE MOVEMENT PATH DATA CREATION METHOD USED IN SAME, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELED OBJECT AND NOZZLE MOVEMENT PATH DATA CREATION PROGRAM USED IN SAME
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY (Japan)
SUNARROW LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
Hayashida Taizo
Abe Shigeru
Furukawa Hidemitsu
Kawakami Masaru
Saito Azusa
Toba Kei
Tanaka Masataka
Abstract
Provided are a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional modeled object and a nozzle movement path data creation method used in the same, and a device for manufacturing a three-dimensional modeled object and a nozzle movement path data creation program used in the same, whereby it is possible to enhance the precision and speed of modeling a three-dimensional modeled object having a soft portion. In the present invention, a step for discharging a hard-three-dimensional-modeling material (20) from a nozzle onto a stage and forming an outer shell wall part (21) as a portion of an outer shell (2) of a three-dimensional modeled object (1), and a step for discharging a soft-three-dimensional-modeling material (30) from the nozzle to an inside region surrounded by the outer shell wall part (21) and forming an inner core part (31) as a portion of an inner core (3) of the three-dimensional object (1) are repeated. A three-dimensional modeled object (1) having an outer shell (2) formed from the outer shell wall part (21) layered in a plurality of levels and an inner core (3) formed from the inner core part (31) layered in a plurality of levels is then molded.
Provided is a food cooking container formed of a resin, said resin being prepared by adding, to 100 parts by weight of a silicone resin, a much larger amount of iron oxide, sufficiently generating heat under microwave radiation while maintaining moldability as a resin and being free from any fear that released iron powder would stick to something. A food cooking container formed of a mixed resin, said mixed resin being prepared by adding, to a silicone resin used as a base material, iron oxide in an amount (parts by weight) much larger than the amount (parts by weight) of the silicone resin, wherein at least the side of the surface of the food cooking container to be in contact with food is coated with a release resin layer.
[Problem] To provide an organ model having a property in which layers appropriately peel off, a property in which there is a sense of sliding or catching as well as a sense of elasticity that is felt when a knife cuts the model open, a property in which ligation can be performed without a suture thread being buried, and a property in which a knot in the thread catches. [Solution] An organ model characterized in that the organ model is a laminate in which a plurality of layers comprising a hydrogel material are laminated, and one or more of the layers is a fiber-group-containing layer in which fiber groups are unevenly distributed almost continuously inside the layer, across the surface direction of the layer.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroplating primer composition which is to be used for electroplating and which enables the formation of a conductive primer layer on the surface of a substrate, said conductive primer layer exhibiting excellent adhesion with the substrate. The electroplating primer composition is characterized by comprising (a) a conductive polymer, and (b) at least one component selected from the group consisting of acrylic monomers, acrylic oligomers, acrylic resins, epoxy resins, urethane resins, and ester resins.
[Problem] To provide a stereolithography method or the like with which a jig such as a metal mould is not required and also a high degree of freedom in regard to product shape can be achieved, and with which the steps of the method are simplified. [Solution] A stereolithography method wherein a reaction liquid that can be converted to the form of a gel by optical irradiation is stored in a reaction vessel, an optical element having a light-emitting tip is introduced below the surface of the reaction liquid, a reaction is induced by irradiating the reaction liquid by means of the optical element while the optical element and the reaction vessel are moved relative to one another, and a three-dimensional object comprising material in the form of a gel is formed within the reaction vessel.
Provided is a method for manufacturing a low-cost key sheet wherein a positional shift generated at the time of adhering a key top and a top cover on a key base is eliminated and the distance between the adjacent key top and top cover or that between the adjacent members, i.e., the adjacent key tops, is reduced. A key sheet manufactured by the method is also provided. A method for manufacturing a key sheet (4) provided with a key top (1) and a key base (6) has: a supplying step of supplying a sheet-like key member (3); an adhering step wherein one surface of the supplied key member (3) is adhered on the key base (6); and a separating step wherein the key member (3) is irradiated with a laser beam (8) from the side of a surface having no key base (6) thereon after adhering the key member, and the key member (3) is separated into individual key tops (1) by cutting the key member. The key sheet manufactured by the manufacturing method is also provided.
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LIGHT GUIDING SHEET AND KEY SEAT USING THE LIGHT GUIDING SHEET
Disclosed is a light guiding sheet that is provided on the backside of a keytop comprising a plurality of key buttons and guides light emitted from a light source for illuminating the plurality of key buttons from the backside of the keytop. The light guiding sheet comprises a flat plate-shaped light guiding part and a peripheral part that is provided integrally with the periphery of the light guiding part. The peripheral part has a larger thickness than the thickness of the light guiding part, and the surface of the peripheral part which faces the backside of the keytop is flat. The side surface of the peripheral part serves as an incident plane for light emitted from the light source. Upon the contact of the flat surface with the backside of the keytop, the peripheral part holds the size of a space between the backside of the keytop and the surface of the light guiding part at a given value.
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An illuminated key sheet, wherein a display section can be selected as desired. An illuminated key sheet is provided with a display section for displaying display elements, and also with a light guide section located above the display section, guiding light received by a light receiving section, and illuminating from above the display elements by the guided light.
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TRANSPARENT KEY, KEY SHEET, AND METHOD OF FORMING KEY SHEET
In order to easily control the position of a marking part in the thickness direction of a key, the transparent key comprises a transparent key body and a colored layer formed on the rear surface of the key body, and the colored layer is visible through the key body when not illuminated. The transparent key comprises a first area and a transparent second area which covers the first area from the top surface side. Laser marking is easier to perform in the first area than in the second area.
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Provided is a key sheet which has such a structure that the freedom of selection of its material, thickness, etc. can be increased despite the fact that it has rigidity and shape stability as a whole and which has an excellent operation performance. The key sheet having keys is characterized in that the sheet comprises a metal plate and a key top part so secured to the surface of the metal plate as to cover the most of the metal plate, and the key top part includes a sheet-like base portion and convex-shaped keys formed on the surface of the sheet-like base part.
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Provided is a thin key sheet whose rigidity is improved lest the key sheet is curved easily when the casing of a portable electronic apparatus etc. mounting the key sheet is erected or tilted down, so that key tops are not exfoliated easily and base material is hardly destroyed even when an excessive force acts. Further provided is the manufacturing method of the key sheet. The key sheet (10) has the key tops (12) and a UV curing resin sheet (20) as a pressing element layer having pressing elements (28) which transmit pressurizing force from the key tops (12) to metal domes (30), and reinforcement ribs (34) for improving the rigidity of the key sheet (10). Between the key tops (12) and the UV curing resin sheet (20), a urethane sheet (16) and a PET sheet (18) are provided as an intermediate layer. The manufacturing method of the key sheet (10) comprises a step of integrally molding the UV curing resin sheet (20) having the pressing elements (28) and the reinforcement ribs (34) by filling a die with a liquid UV curing resin.
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H01H 11/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
A key base and a key seat accepted as products are provided even if the key base body has a seat with flexibility and elasticity and a pusher layer is integrally formed with the key base body on the back side of the key base body by a radiation-hardening resin. The key base having the key base body and the pusher layer formed on the back side of the key base body is characterized in that the key base body has a first key seat with flexibility and elasticity and a second seat which is harder than the first seat and the surface of which is directly or indirectly adhered to the back side of the first seat and that the pusher layer is integrally formed with the second seat on the back side of the second seat by the radiation-hardening resin.
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It is possible to reduce the thickness of a key sheet including a key base formed by a transparent resin and a plurality of key tops arranged on the key base. It is also possible to reduce the thickness of a key unit using the key sheet including a device using the key sheet such as a mobile telephone. Pushers are arranged on the rear surface of the key base. Alternatively, the key sheet includes a pusher sheet having pushers on its rear surface. The key base is formed by molding into a sheet shape, a thermoplastic resin which is in a solid state under an ambient temperature and can exhibit an adhesive force by a physical change alone: melting by heat and solidification by cooling.
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[PROBLEMS] To provide a key seat capable of freely determining the shape of touch sensor elements, the position at which the touch sensor elements are set, the number of touch sensor elements to be set in an input device provided with the touch sensor elements on switch elements. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A key seat having a key base, key tops placed on the surface of the key base, and a substrate which is disposed below the key base and on which switch elements are provided is characterized by providing sensor target position detection patterns having touch sensor elements on the key base.
H01H 36/00 - Switches actuated by change of magnetic field or of electric field, e.g. by change of relative position of magnet and switch, by shielding
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METAL DOME SHEET WITH PUSH PROJECTION, PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE PUSH BUSH SWITCH
A metal dome sheet (10) provided with a metal dome (8) which, when elastically deformed by push operation of a key top (16) provided on a board (2), becomes electrically connected to a contact (6) and which, when the key top is released from the push operation, is restored from the deformation to break the electrical connection between the metal dome and the contact. The metal dome sheet (10) has an elastic push projection (12) for transmitting push force applied from the key top (16) side to a top section (8a) of the metal dome (8).
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A key top enabling a part indicating a character or symbol to look three-dimensionally more effectively and fantastically and to stably look three-dimensional and fantastically irrespective of the place of use. A key top is capable of indicating a character, a numeral, a symbol, a figure, another shape, or a pattern (hereinafter referred to as 旜indicator”) by transmission of illuminating light from the substrate side to the operation side. When the direction between the operation side and the substrate side is made the height direction and when the operation side is the upper side and the substrate side is the lower side, indication layers are provided under the operation surface (6a) and in at least two regions different from each other in the height. The lower indication layer (32) includes an indicator (32a) where an outline character is written in a coating layer having a translucency or a light-blocking ability or an indicator drawn by using a coating layer having a translucency. The upper indication layer (30) includes an indicator drawn by using a coating layer having a translucency or a light-blocking ability.
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H01H 9/16 - Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
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[PROBLEMS] To provide a direction input device which changes an electrostatic capacity of a capacity element by changing a distance between electrodes of the capacity element corresponding to a slide direction (i.e., input direction) in which an input unit is slid. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A direction input device detects an input direction by a capacity change of a capacity element. The direction input device includes: a input unit which slides horizontally in accordance with an input direction which can be inputted; a capacity element which has a movable electrode and a fixed electrode and detects the input direction inputted to the input unit; and at least one movable unit which moves downward in accordance with the sliding with the input unit so as to move the movable electrode downward corresponding to the input direction inputted to the input unit so as to approach the fixed electrode.
A key sheet (8) comprises pad parts (10, 10, 쮏쮏쮏) provided to a key base (6) made of a transparent or translucent resin so that the colors of illuminating lights of the key tops provided to different areas are different from one another and the key tops (2, 2, 쮏쮏쮏) on the respective pad parts (10, 10, 쮏쮏쮏). The key base (6) is divided into areas (41, 42, 43) including one or more pad parts (10, 10, 쮏쮏쮏). Light-blocking portions (18) are disposed at the boundaries between the adjacent areas (4, 4) of the key base (6). At least one illuminating-light emitting means installing portion (14) is so provided as to correspond to each of the areas (41, 42, 43). In each of the areas (41, 42, 43), reflective means (20) for reflecting a part or the whole of the light from the illuminating-light emitting means toward the key top formation side is disposed.
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This invention provides a keytop (1) for use in a push button switch for portable electronic equipment. In the keytop (1), a reinforcing fiber layer is provided in an externally visible state in at least one of the top surface, back surface and inside of a keytop body of a resin. The keytop is manufactured by pressing a laminated material composed of a sheet of a resin material and a sheet of the reinforcing fiber layer in a mold, and molding a keytop body in such a state that the resin material sheet and the reinforcing fiber layer sheet have been bonded to each other. The reinforcement of the keytop body can realize a thickness reduction of the keytop body and consequently can facilitate the manufacture and cost reduction. At the same time, an improved design can be realized.
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A multi-direction input device where any direction in which a direction key is depressed before click sensation is generated is detected and where the direction key can be depressed in any direction with a predetermined force that is small (less than a force necessary to generate the click sensation by pressing down the direction key in a desired direction) relative to the click sensation. The multi-direction input device is formed in a structure where, when the direction key is depressed in a desired direction, a pressing section deforms a click sensation generation section to generate click sensation. The device also has a movable element and a stationary element. The distance between the elements varies when the direction key is depressed in a desired direction at least before the click sensation is generated, and the variation in the distance is used to detect, at least before the click sensation is generated, the desired direction in which the key is depressed.
A key top (4) used for push-button switches of mobile electronic devices comprises a generally thin metal sheet (6) and outer layer sheets (8a, 8b) joined to one or both surfaces of the metal sheet (6) and made of a flexible material. A key sheet (2) comprises the key top (4) and a sheet-like key base (10) joined to the key top (4) and made of an elastic material. A method of manufacturing the key top and the key sheet is also provided.
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H04M 1/23 - Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devicesMeans for facilitating the use thereof
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METHOD OF PRODUCING KEY TOP FOR PUSH BUTTON SWITCH
A method of producing a key top for a push button switch includes a step of integrally forming a sheet-like resin member including the key top with a three-dimensionally shape by using a first die and a second die. In the step, a resin material heated to a predetermined temperature is stamped on the three-dimensional shape formed in the first die and/or the second die. The key top for a push button switch has a predetermined gap between a first surface of the three dimensionally shaped key top, which surface faces the first die, and a second surface of the key top, which surface faces the second die.
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