CN103187196A - Keycap and manufacturing method of keycap - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a keycap and a manufacturing method of the keycap. The keycap comprises a keycap body and a protective layer, wherein the keycap body has a top surface, and the top surface is provided with a pattern layer; and the protective layer is transferred to the pattern layer in a thermal transfer printing mode, and the protective layer is in a decorative microstructure. According to the keycap, the pattern layer can be protected from being damaged by the coverage of the protective layer after being used for a long time, and meanwhile, a user can obviously feel the granular sensation brought by the decorative microstructure after the keycap is pressed by the user, so that the appearance and the touch sensation of the keycap are improved.
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Technical field
The present invention is about a kind of keycap and keycap manufacture method thereof, refers to especially a kind ofly will have the protective layer of decorating micro-structural with thermal transfer mode and be transferred to keycap and keycap manufacture method thereof on the keycap main body.
Background technology
With regard to the use habit of present PC, keyboard is one of indispensable input equipment, in order to input characters, symbol or numeral.Moreover, the large-sized processing equipment that uses of the consumption electronic products that contact of daily life or industrial quarters all need be provided with press-key structure as input unit such as, carries out operations such as character input for the user.
With regard at present on the market with regard to the common keyboard; produce the outward appearance and touch texture of solid grain (as carbon fiber lines or hair lines etc.) to promote keycap as need at keycap; usually adopt in-mold transfer printing (InMold Decoration; IMD) technology realizes; so-called in-mold transfer printing technology; to print figuratum plastic film exactly inserts in the mould; then utilize the vacuum forming processing procedure; make solid grain that the plastic film of inserting in the mould can corresponding mould inner mould benevolence and moulding; and then thermoplastic injected mould; by the time after the molten thermoplastic cooling curing in mould; the thermoplastic that solidifies can engage moulding with patterned layer at the back side of plastic film, and then finishes the purpose that has the solid grain that plastic film protects at the surface of the thermoplastic that solidifies formation one deck.
Yet, from the above, if will produce dissimilar solid grains, just must prepare the die with different solid grains, the problem when therefore known keycap often has expensive and production costs in the moulding of solid grain.
Summary of the invention
One of the object of the invention is a kind ofly will have the protective layer of decorating micro-structural with thermal transfer mode and be transferred to keycap and keycap manufacture method thereof on the keycap main body, to solve the above problems.
According to an embodiment, keycap of the present invention comprises keycap main body and protective layer.This keycap main body has end face, and this end face has patterned layer.This protective layer is transferred on this patterned layer with thermal transfer mode, and this protective layer has the decoration micro-structural.
According to another embodiment; keycap manufacture method of the present invention comprise provide the transfer printing diaphragm, with protective layer coat on this transfer printing diaphragm with form decorate micro-structural in this protective layer, a plurality of keycaps be provided, on this keycap main body of this keycap, form patterned layer, this keycap main body and this transfer printing diaphragm of being coated with this protective layer are carried out hot transfer printing processing procedure so that this protective layer and this transfer printing diaphragm are transferred on this patterned layer, and this transfer printing diaphragm is torn off from this protective layer.This transfer printing diaphragm has the moulding micro-structural, and it is corresponding with this moulding micro-structural that this decorates micro-structural.
In sum; the mode that the present invention changes the hot transfer printing of use is formed on the protective layer will decorate micro-structural; thus; the covering protection that the present invention not only can see through protective layer is worn under using for a long time to prevent patterned layer; simultaneously also can be when the user presses keycap; the user can obviously be experienced decorate the granular sensation that micro-structural provides; thereby promote the outward appearance and touch texture of keycap; in addition; owing to do not need extra preparation to have the die of different solid grains, so the present invention also can solve the problem of known keycap when the moulding of solid grain has expensive and production costs effectively.
Can be further understood by following detailed Description Of The Invention and institute's accompanying drawing about the advantages and spirit of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the keycap manufacture method that proposes according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 F is the processing procedure schematic diagram of collocation Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C is the processing procedure schematic diagram of the protective layer of formation Fig. 2 F.
Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is the processing procedure schematic diagram of the formation protective layer that proposes according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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See also Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 F, Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the keycap manufacture method that proposes according to one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 F is the processing procedure schematic diagram of collocation Fig. 1.Shown in Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 F, keycap manufacture method provided by the present invention can be applicable on the processing procedure of a plurality of keycaps of keyboard, for convenience of description, the keyboard 1 of Fig. 2 A presents in the mode of stereogram, and the mode that Fig. 2 B to 2F then is aided with vertical view with profile presents and only illustrates single keycap.
At first, execution in step S10 provides a plurality of keycaps 10 of keyboard 1, shown in Fig. 2 A.Keycap 10 comprises keycap main body 12 and protective layer 14, and keycap main body 12 has end face 16, and end face 16 has patterned layer 18, and in this embodiment, patterned layer 18 can comprise prime coat 20, decorate enamelled coating 22 and pattern 24.Below cooperate Fig. 2 to explain with single keycap 10, all the other have the structure of the keycap 10 of same design, it can repeat no more in this by that analogy.The profile of keycap main body 12 and vertical view are shown in Fig. 2 B.
Then, execution in step S12, form prime coat 20 in regular turn and decorate enamelled coating 22 in forming pattern 24 on the enamelled coating 22 to finish the moulding of patterned layer 18 on the keycap main body 12 and in decorating, shown in Fig. 2 C to Fig. 2 E, in this embodiment, the formation of prime coat 20 and decoration enamelled coating 22 can utilize screen painting or the mode of the coating of spraying paint is carried out, in addition, in actual applications, can utilize laser that keycap 10 is carried out the laser engraving processing procedure and form patterns 24 decorating enamelled coating 22, wherein pattern 24 is to be available for users to literal or the symbol of identification and optionally to be solid pattern or pierced pattern, decides on practical application.By this, under in the color of prime coat 20 and the different design of the color of decorating enamelled coating 22, can reach that pattern 24 on the end face 16 of keycap 10 can present the color identical with prime coat 20 and with decorating enamelled coating 22 colors different effect, have more variation thereby keycap 10 is presented at overall color.
Next be described in detail at decorating the step that micro-structural 26 is formed on the protective layer 14 and protective layer 14 forms on the keycap main body 12; just step S14 is to step S18; see also Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 F and Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C, Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C forms the processing procedure schematic diagram of the protective layer 14 of Fig. 2 F.At first, execution in step 14 provides transfer printing diaphragm 28, and as shown in Figure 3A, transfer printing diaphragm 28 has moulding micro-structural 30, and in this embodiment, moulding micro-structural 30 utilizes thermoforming way to be formed on the transfer printing diaphragm 28.Then, execution in step S16 coats protective layer 14 on the transfer printing diaphragm 28; use at protective layer 14 and form the decoration micro-structural 26 corresponding with moulding micro-structural 30; shown in Fig. 3 B, wherein decorate micro-structural 26 and can be carbon fiber lines, metal lines, wooden lines, or the hair lines.
Then; execution in step S18; keycap main body 12 shown in Fig. 2 E and the transfer printing diaphragm that is coated with protective layer 14 28 shown in Fig. 3 B are carried out hot transfer printing processing procedure; by this; protective layer 14 and transfer printing diaphragm 28 can be transferred on the patterned layer 18 of keycap main body 12; so that protective layer 14 is formed on the position of the end face 16 of corresponding keys cap main body 12 and side 17, it is shown in Fig. 3 C.At last, as long as transfer printing diaphragm 28 is torn off from protective layer 14, so can finish the moulding of keycap 10, it is shown in Fig. 2 F again.Be noted that; above-mentioned protective layer 14 can preferably be made up of cured resin; as ultraviolet curable resin; and in the process of carrying out hot transfer printing processing procedure; for protective layer 14 can firmly be attached on the patterned layer 18 of keycap main body 12; protective layer 14 can be made up of the tack material further; as be doped with ultraviolet curable resin of adhesive material etc.; but not limit by this, its also can change adopt extra coating following layer on the protective layer 14 so that protective layer 14 can fit in the mode on the patterned layer 18 via this following layer.
Thus, see through the formed keycap 10 of above-mentioned steps (shown in Fig. 2 F) and can prevent that not only patterned layer 18 from (comprising prime coat 20, decorating enamelled coating 22, and pattern 24) under using for a long time, is worn, simultaneously also can be when the user presses keycap 10, the user can obviously be experienced decorate the granular sensation that micro-structural 26 provides, thereby promote the outward appearance of keycap 10 and touch texture.
Protective layer can be not limited to above-described embodiment with the moulding of decorating micro-structural; it also can change employing and carry out in the mode of transfer printing diaphragm coating sclerosis glue; see also Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C; it is the processing procedure schematic diagram of the formation protective layer 14 that proposes according to another embodiment of the present invention; by Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C as can be known; after transfer printing diaphragm 28 ' is provided; moulding micro-structural 30 ' can utilize the mode of sclerosis glue coating to be formed on the transfer printing diaphragm 28 '; by this; after coating protective layer 14 on the transfer printing diaphragm 28; also can form the decoration micro-structural 26 ' corresponding with moulding micro-structural 30 ' on the protective layer 14; micro-structural 30 ' is graininess; as for the detailed description of other keycap moulding correlation step, it can be analogized with reference to above-described embodiment, so repeat no more in this.
What deserves to be mentioned is that the moulding of the patterned layer of carrying out before keycap forms the step of protective layer can be not limited to above-described embodiment, it can change to some extent according to the practical application of keycap.For instance, patterned layer can comprise prime coat and pattern, and prime coat can utilize screen painting or the mode of the coating of spraying paint is formed on the keycap main body, pattern then be can utilize screen painting, spray paint coating or the mode of laser engraving be formed on the prime coat; Or patterned layer can be solid pattern or pierced pattern, and its mode with screen painting or the coating of spraying paint directly is formed on the keycap main body.In sum, all keycaps that have patterned layer in the keycap main body are all applicable to keycap manufacture method provided by the present invention, and as for the design of adopting which kind of patterned layer, its practical application on keycap is decided.
Use the in-mold transfer printing technology to form the mode of solid grain on protective layer compared to prior art; the mode that the present invention changes the hot transfer printing of use is formed on the protective layer will decorate micro-structural; thus; the covering protection that the present invention not only can see through protective layer is worn under using for a long time to prevent patterned layer; simultaneously also can be when the user presses keycap; the user can obviously be experienced decorate the granular sensation that micro-structural provides; thereby promote the outward appearance and touch texture of keycap; in addition; because do not need extra preparation to have the die of different solid grains, the present invention also can solve the problem of known keycap when the moulding of solid grain has expensive and production costs effectively.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of doing according to claim scope of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1. keycap is characterized in that comprising:
The keycap main body has end face, and this end face has patterned layer; And
Protective layer is transferred on this patterned layer with thermal transfer mode, and this protective layer has the decoration micro-structural.
2. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this decoration micro-structural utilizes the transfer printing diaphragm to be transferred to this patterned layer, and wherein this transfer printing diaphragm has the moulding micro-structural, and it is corresponding with this moulding micro-structural that this decorates micro-structural.
3. keycap according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: this moulding micro-structural utilizes thermoforming way to be formed on this transfer printing diaphragm; Perhaps, the mode of this moulding micro-structural utilization coating sclerosis glue is formed on this transfer printing diaphragm.
4. keycap according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: the material of this protective layer is cured resin.
5. keycap according to claim 4, it is characterized in that: this cured resin is ultraviolet curable resin.
6. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this patterned layer is solid pattern or pierced pattern, its mode with screen painting or the coating of spraying paint is formed on this keycap main body; Perhaps, this patterned layer comprises prime coat, decorates enamelled coating and pattern, and this pattern is formed on this decoration enamelled coating in the laser engraving mode; Perhaps, this patterned layer comprises prime coat and pattern, and this prime coat is formed on this keycap main body, and this pattern is formed on this prime coat.
7. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this protective layer is made up of the tack material; Perhaps, this protective layer comprises following layer in addition, and it is coated on this protective layer, and this protective layer fits on this patterned layer via this following layer.
8. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this decoration micro-structural is carbon fiber lines, metal lines, wooden lines, or the hair lines.
9. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this keycap main body also has a plurality of sides, this protective layer be formed to should end face and the position of these a plurality of sides on.
10. keycap according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this decoration micro-structural is graininess.
11. a keycap manufacture method is characterized in that comprising:
The transfer printing diaphragm is provided, and this transfer printing diaphragm has the moulding micro-structural;
Protective layer coated on this transfer printing diaphragm to form decorate micro-structural on this protective layer, it is corresponding with this moulding micro-structural that this decorates micro-structural;
A plurality of keycaps are provided, and each keycap comprises the keycap main body;
On this keycap main body, form patterned layer;
This keycap main body and this transfer printing diaphragm of being coated with this protective layer are carried out hot transfer printing processing procedure, so that this protective layer and this transfer printing diaphragm are transferred on this patterned layer; And
This transfer printing diaphragm is torn off from this protective layer.
12. keycap manufacture method according to claim 11 is characterized in that: provide the step of this transfer printing diaphragm to comprise: form this moulding micro-structural on this transfer printing diaphragm with the coating of sclerosis glue or hot-forming mode.
13. keycap manufacture method according to claim 11, it is characterized in that: this patterned layer is solid pattern or pierced pattern, comprises in the step that forms this patterned layer on this keycap main body: the mode with screen painting or the coating of spraying paint forms this patterned layer on this keycap main body; Perhaps, this patterned layer comprises prime coat, decorates enamelled coating and pattern, comprises in the step that forms this patterned layer on this keycap main body: respectively this prime coat is formed on this keycap main body and should decorates enamelled coating in the mode of screen painting or the coating of spraying paint and be formed on this prime coat; And form this pattern on this decoration enamelled coating in the laser engraving mode; Perhaps, this patterned layer comprises prime coat and pattern, comprises in the step that forms this patterned layer on this keycap main body: respectively this prime coat is formed on this keycap main body and with this pattern in the mode of screen painting or the coating of spraying paint and is formed on this prime coat.
14. keycap manufacture method according to claim 11 is characterized in that: the material of this protective layer is cured resin.
15. keycap manufacture method according to claim 14 is characterized in that: this cured resin is ultraviolet curable resin.
16. keycap manufacture method according to claim 11 is characterized in that: this protective layer is made up of the tack material; Perhaps, this protective layer comprises following layer in addition, and it is coated on this protective layer, and this protective layer fits on this patterned layer via this following layer.
17. keycap manufacture method according to claim 11 is characterized in that: this decoration micro-structural is graininess.
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