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Ink, printing apparatus, printing method, manufacturing method for shaped object, and thermal expansion sheet

US11203220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2018
Grant dateDec 21, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M3/16
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink for forming a photothermal conversion layer used to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet to swell. The ink includes an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of the infrared light spectrum than in the visible light spectrum.

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