Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing apparatus, system, and method
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Application No.: US15349748Application Date: 2016-11-11
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Publication No.: US10343390B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Frederick Knecht , Michael G. Littrell
- Applicant: PAXIS LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Assignee: PAXIS LLC
- Current Assignee: PAXIS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: B33Y30/00
- IPC: B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/255 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/129 ; B29C64/218 ; B29C64/277 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object includes a support assembly having a build platform, a track extending through a build area, and a deposition mechanism mounted on the track and configured for producing the three-dimensional object in a layer-by-layer technique. The deposition mechanism includes a carriage moveable along the track, a supply of a flowable material mounted on the carriage, a roller in communication with the flowable material, where the roller is rotatably mounted on the carriage and configured for rotating to carry the flowable resin to an application for application to produce the object, and an exposure device mounted on the carriage. The exposure device emits electromagnetic waves to an exposure site to solidify the applied flowable material to produce the object. The roller is permeable to the electromagnetic waves, such that the waves pass through the roller in traveling from the exposure device to the exposure site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170136688A1 Additive Manufacturing Apparatus, System, and Method Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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