Production method of mold having recessed pattern, and manufacturing method of pattern sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11141887-B2
Application number	US-201816175850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Priority date	May 10, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

Provided are a production method of a mold having a recessed pattern, and a manufacturing method of a pattern sheet having good accuracy and excellent productivity. The production method of a mold includes: a step of preparing an electroform having a protruding pattern and a mold having a first mold and a second mold forming a cavity; a step of fixing the electroform excluding an end portion of the electroform to the first mold; a clamping step of clamping the electroform excluding the end portion of the electroform and a region of the protruding pattern between the first mold and the second mold to form the cavity; and an injection step of filling the cavity with a resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A production method of a mold having a recessed pattern, the method comprising:
a step of preparing an electroform having a protruding pattern and a mold having a first mold and a second mold;
a step of fixing the electroform excluding an end portion of the electroform to the first mold;
a clamping step of clamping the first mold and the second mold to form a cavity, wherein the electroform excluding the end portion of the electroform and a region of the protruding pattern is clamped between the first mold and the second mold; and
an injection step of filling the cavity with a resin.

2. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the step of fixing the electroform to the first mold, the electroform is fixed to the first mold by at least one of vacuum adsorption or a magnetic force.

3. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resin is any one of a thermosetting resin and a silicone resin.

4. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electroform has a shape in which a thickness of a region of the end portion is larger than a thickness of a region excluding the region of the end portion.

5. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after the injection step, a releasing step of curing the resin in the cavity through heating, opening the first mold and the second mold, and releasing the cured resin from the electroform.

6. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electroform is circular in a plan view.

7. The production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ,
wherein a flat surface is formed on a side of the first mold to which the electroform is fixed, and a depression is formed on a cavity side of the second mold.

8. A manufacturing method of a pattern sheet comprising:
a step of producing a mold having a recessed pattern by the production method of a mold having a recessed pattern according to claim 1 ;
a supply step of supplying a polymer solution to the recessed pattern of the mold;
a drying step of drying the polymer solution to form a polymer sheet; and
a polymer sheet releasing step of releasing the polymer sheet from the mold.

9. The manufacturing method of a pattern sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein the polymer solution contains a water-soluble material.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Ogawa Shotaro
• Usa Toshihiro
• Tamaki Kenichiro

Classifications

• C25D1/10

  Moulds; Masks; Masterforms · CPC title

• B29C33/0011

  thin-walled moulds · CPC title

• B29C45/1742

  Mounting of moulds; Mould supports (mounting of exchangeable mould inserts B29C45/2675) · CPC title

• B29C33/405

  Elastomers, e.g. rubber (B29C33/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29L2031/756

  Microarticles, nanoarticles · CPC title