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INVENTORS: Yamane; Mitsuo, Yotsukaichi, Japan Kawaguchi; Takashi, Nishikasugai, Japan Kagayama; Shigeru, Nagoya, Japan Higashiyama; Shunichi, Yotsukaichi, Japan Suzuki; Keiko, Okazaki, Japan Sakai; Jun, Nagoya, Japan Imaeda; Mikio, Bisai, Japan Inaishi; Kouji, Okazaki, Japan
ASSIGNEES: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan
U.S. CLASS: 156/064
ABSTRACT: An apparatus and a method for forming a three-dimensional article with photosetting or thermosetting material on the basis of a three-dimensional information on the article by means of an ink jet method. The material is jetted from at least one ink jet head to a stage and laminated thereon. The laminated material is exposed to light by a light source to be cured. In this process, a jetting direction of the material from the ink jet head to the stage and/or a jetting amount of the material jetted from the ink jet head is changed in accordance with the information by a control unit, thereby forming a solid article having a desired three-dimensional shape.XX
