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Seal making device

US5644136A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1994
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/0017
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a seal making device, by which any other person other than a specialist can make a desired seal, door plate, name plate or the like easily and quickly. The seal making device of the present invention employs a resin member on which an imprint figure is formed, and in which a part of the resin member physically stimulated by ultraviolet, laser beam, heat or the like has characteristics different from those of another part and one of the parts can be removed by the action of a predetermined kind of fluid. Further, in the seal making device, as an imprint figure transfer controlling unit controls an imprint figure writing unit as to whether or not a physical stimulation should be given to each minute unit area on a surface of the resin member according to an imprint figure read by an information processing unit, the imprint figure writing unit applies on the surface of the resin member the physical stimulation corresponding to the imprint figure to partially change characteristics of the resin member. Thereafter, the part of the resin member having changed characteristics, or the remaining part of the resin member is removed by using wa…

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