Drawing apparatus and drawing method for drawing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894979-B2
Application number	US-201615268487-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2016
Priority date	Sep 16, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A drawing apparatus and a drawing method for a drawing apparatus whereby only an amount of drying necessary to dry the ink can be efficiently performed, and both high-definition drawing and expedited drawing processing can be realized.
The drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit 40 that performs a drawing on a surface of a nail T by applying ink to the surface of the nail T, and a fan 92 ; a drying unit 90 that performs a drying operation for drying the ink applied to the surface of the nail T; a drying condition determination portion 813 that determines a drying condition for the drying unit 90 ; and a drying control portion 814 that controls the drying operation of the drying unit 90 in accordance with a determination by the drying condition determination portion 813.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawing apparatus comprising:
a drawing device that performs drawing on at least one nail of a finger or toe by applying a liquid material to the nail;
a dryer that performs a drying operation for drying the liquid material that has been applied to the nail; and
a processor that controls the drying operation of the dryer,
wherein the dryer comprises a fan that generates a wind flowing in a direction intersecting a width direction of the nail, and a wind direction adjusting device that adjusts a range where the wind flows in the width direction to one of a plurality of different ranges, and
wherein the processor controls the dryer so that the range where the wind flows in the width direction, which is adjusted by the wind direction adjusting device, corresponds to an application range where the liquid material is to be applied to the nail.

2. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls a blowing volume of the wind generated by the fan in accordance with the adjusting of the range where the wind flows in the width direction by the wind direction adjusting device.

3. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls a blowing volume of the wind generated by the fan in accordance with an amount of the liquid material that is to be applied to the drawing object.

4. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the dryer so that the range where the wind flows in the width direction, which is adjusted by the wind direction adjusting device, corresponds to a distribution in the width direction of the application range where the liquid material is to be applied.

5. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls a blowing time of the wind generated by the fan in accordance with an ease of drying based on a type of the liquid material.

6. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the dryer further comprises a heater; and
the processor controls the heater so as to change a temperature of the wind generated by the dryer, in accordance with an ease of drying based on a type of the liquid material.

7. A drawing method for a drawing apparatus, the drawing apparatus comprising (i) a drawing device that performs drawing on at least one nail of a finger or toe by applying a liquid material to the nail, and (ii) a dryer including a fan that generates a wind flowing in a direction intersecting a width direction of the nail, and a wind direction adjusting device that adjusts a range where the wind flows in the width direction to one of a plurality of different ranges, the dryer performing a drying operation for drying the liquid material applied to the nail, and the drawing method comprising:
before drawing by the drawing device, controlling the drying so that the range where the wind flows in the width direction, which is adjusted by the wind direction adjusting device, corresponds to an application range where the liquid material is to be applied to the nail.

8. The drawing method according to claim 7 , further comprising controlling a blowing volume of the wind generated by the fan in accordance with the adjusting of the range where the wind flows in the width direction by the wind direction adjusting device.

9. The drawing method according to claim 7 , further comprising controlling a blowing volume of the wind by the fan in accordance with an amount of the liquid material that is to be applied to the nail.

10. The drawing method according to claim 7 , further comprising controlling the dryer so that the range where the wind flows in the width direction, which is adjusted by the wind direction adjusting device, corresponds to a distribution in the width direction of the application range where the liquid material is to be applied.

11. The drawing method according to claim 7 , further comprising controlling a blowing time of the wind generated by the fan in accordance with an ease of drying based on a type of the liquid material.

12. The drawing method according to claim 7 , wherein:
the dryer further includes a heater; and
the method further comprises controlling the heater so as to change a temperature of the wind generated by the dryer, in accordance with an ease of drying based on a type of the liquid material.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Irie Tamotsu

Classifications

• F26B21/50

  Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried · CPC title

• F26B21/37

  Velocity of flow; Quantity of flow · CPC title

• F26B21/35

  Temperature; Pressure · CPC title

• F26B9/003

  Small self-contained devices, e.g. portable · CPC title

• A45D29/22 Primary

  Finger-supports · CPC title