Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Recycling materials in various environments including reduced gravity environments
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Application No.: US14604743Application Date: 2015-01-25
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Publication No.: US10052797B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Michael Snyder , Jason Dunn , Aaron Kemmer , Eddie Gonzalez
- Applicant: Made In Space, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Moffett Field
- Assignee: MADE IN SPACE, INC.
- Current Assignee: MADE IN SPACE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Moffett Field
- Agency: Beusse Wolter Sanks & Maire, PLLC
- Agent Terry M. Sanks, Esq.
- Main IPC: B29B17/00
- IPC: B29B17/00 ; C22B1/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C67/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
Recycling devices for producing additive manufacturing filament from received materials including objects to be recycled, discarded objects, obsolete objects, and the like. A recycling device may include a material processing system an extrusion mechanism and a spooling assembly. The material processing system receives material, reduces the size of the received material via a material size reducer and actively pushes the material through at least a portion of the device. The extrusion mechanism produces filament from the material and the spooling assembly loads the filament onto a spool for later use. The spooling assembly may include detachable elements configured to interface with and supply filament to an additive manufacturing device. Depending on configuration, recycling devices may create filament from plastic, metal, in-situ material, or a combination thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150209978A1 Recycling Materials In Various Environments Including Reduced Gravity Environments Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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