Drawing device and control method for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016374450-A1
Application number	US-201615134015-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A drawing device includes: an insertion portion into which a finger or a toe including a nail which is a drawing target surface is inserted, the insertion portion including an opening configured to expose an entire tip portion of the finger or toe including a region having the nail of the finger or toe; and a holding portion in the insertion portion configured to suppress movement of the finger or toe. The holding portion includes: a first pressing portion opposing a side surface on one side in a width direction of the inserted tip portion of the finger or toe and configured to press the side surface on the one side; and a second pressing portion opposing a side surface on another side in the width direction of the tip portion of the finger or toe and configured to press the side surface on the another side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A drawing device comprising:
an insertion portion into which a finger or a toe including a nail which is a drawing target surface is inserted, the insertion portion comprising an opening configured to expose an entire tip portion of the finger or the toe including a region having the nail of the finger or the toe; and a holding portion disposed in the insertion portion and configured to suppress movement of the finger or the toe, the holding portion comprising: a first pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a side surface on one side in a width direction of the tip portion of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion and configured to press the side surface on the one side; and a second pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a side surface on another side in the width direction of the tip portion of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion and configured to press the side surface on the another side.

2 . The drawing device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding portion comprises a third pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a region positioned on a root side of the finger or the toe from the region having the nail on a lower surface on a side opposite to the nail, and the third pressing portion presses the lower surface.

3 . The drawing device according to claim 2 , wherein the first, second, and third pressing portions have a structure in which the portions are inflated when fluid is supplied, and the portions are shrunk when the supplied fluid is discharged, and
when the portions are inflated since the fluid is supplied, the finger or the toe is pressed, and movement of the finger or the toe is suppressed, and when the portions are shrunk by discharging the fluid, the pressing is released, and the suppression is released.

4 . The drawing device according to claim 2 , wherein a fluid supply/discharge portion configured to supply and discharge the fluid is provided to any one specific pressing portion of the first, second, and third pressing portions, and
pressing portions other than the specific pressing portion in the first, second, and third pressing portions are connected to the specific pressing portion via fluid passages.

5 . The drawing device according to claim 4 , wherein the specific pressing portion is the third pressing portion,
each of the first and second pressing portions is connected to the third pressing portion via the fluid passages, at least one portion to be bent is provided to each of the fluid passages, and the first and second pressing portions are disposed in the insertion portion by which the fluid passages are bent at the portion to be bent.

6 . The drawing device according to claim 4 , wherein the specific pressing portion is the third pressing portion,
each of the first and second pressing portions is connected to the third pressing portion via the fluid passage, a plurality of portions to be bent is provided to each of the fluid passages, and the first and second pressing portions are disposed in the insertion portion by which the fluid passages are bent at the portions to be bent a plurality of times.

7 . The drawing device according to claim 6 , wherein a bending angle in which the fluid passages are bent at the portions to be bent is equal to or greater than 135°.

8 . The drawing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second pressing portions are provided at a position where the finger or the toe is pressed obliquely downward when side surfaces on the one side and the another side of the finger or the toe are pressed.

9 . A control method for a drawing device, the drawing device comprising:
an insertion portion into which a finger or a toe including a nail which is a drawing target surface is inserted, the insertion portion comprising an opening configured to expose an entire tip portion of the finger or the toe including a region having the nail of the finger or the toe; and a holding portion disposed in the insertion portion and configured to suppress movement of the finger or the toe, the holding portion comprising: a first pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a side surface on one side in a width direction of the tip portion of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion and configured to press the side surface on the one side; and a second pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a side surface on another side in the width direction of the tip portion of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion and configured to press the side surface on the another side, the control method comprising the steps of: suppressing movement of the finger or the toe by pressing both side surfaces of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion when fluid is supplied to the first and second pressing portions, and the first and second pressing portions are inflated; performing drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe in which movement is suppressed; and releasing the suppression by releasing the pressing when the fluid is discharged from the first and second pressing portions after the drawing, and the first and second pressing portions are shrunk.

10 . The control method for the drawing device according to claim 9 , wherein the holding portion comprises a third pressing portion disposed at a position opposing a region positioned on a root side of the finger or the toe from a region having the nail on a lower surface on a side opposite to the nail, and
the control method comprises the steps of: suppressing movement of the finger or the toe by pressing the lower surface of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion when fluid is supplied to the third pressing portion, and the third pressing portion is inflated; performing drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe in which movement is suppressed; and releasing the suppression by releasing the pressing when the fluid is discharged from the third pressing portion after the drawing, and the third pressing portion is shrunk.

11 . The control method for the drawing device according to claim 10 , wherein a fluid supply/discharge portion configured to supply and discharge the fluid is provided to any one specific pressing portion of the first, second, and third pressing portions, and
pressing portions other than the specific pressing portion in the first, second, and third pressing portions are connected to the specific pressing portion via fluid passages, and the control method comprises the steps of: suppressing movement of the finger or the toe by pressing both side surfaces of the finger or the toe inserted into the insertion portion when fluid is supplied from the fluid supply/discharge portion, and the first, second, and third pressing portions are inflated; performing drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe in which movement is suppressed; and releasing the suppression by releasing the pressing when the fluid is discharged from the fluid supply/discharge portion after the drawing, and the first, second, and third pressing portions are shrunk.

12 . The control method for the drawing device according to claim 11 , wherein the specific pressing portion is the third pressing portion,
each of the first and second pressing portions is connected to the third pressing portion via the fluid passages, at least one portion to be bent is provided to each of the fluid passages, and the first and second pressing portions are disposed in the insertion portion by bending the fluid passages at the portion to be bent.

13 . The control method for the drawing devic

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bitoh Hiroyasu

Classifications

• B41J3/445

  Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras · CPC title

• A45D2029/005

  Printing or stamping devices for applying images or ornaments to nails · CPC title

• A45D29/00

  Manicuring or pedicuring implements · CPC title

• B41J3/4073 Primary

  Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects (B41J3/283, B41J3/286 take precedence; building up a 3D object using individual droplets from jetting heads B29C64/112) · CPC title

• A45D29/22 Primary

  Finger-supports · CPC title