Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for leveling a 3-D printing platform and a 3-D platform with adjustable level
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Application No.: US15195456Application Date: 2016-06-28
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Publication No.: US10514678B2Publication Date: 2019-12-24
- Inventor: Eli Charles Share , Daniel John Blythe , Gregory Andrew Herman , Brittany Nichole Hopper
- Applicant: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IL Broadview
- Assignee: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Broadview
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: G05B19/4099
- IPC: G05B19/4099 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/393 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/40 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
An adjustable level 3-D printing platform includes a platform, three support posts, and an adjusting component by which heights of the three support posts are adjustable. The bottom of the build platform includes at least one socket to engage with a ball end of one of the three support posts, thereby enabling two point leveling. The adjusting component is configured to simultaneously adjust a height of the at least three support posts using a first arm and a second arm, each connected to the build platform at respective pivot points and configured to apply respective clamping forces to the support posts. The printing platform further includes at least one sensor leveling system that deploys a probe, measures a relative probe state, and compares the measurement to a predetermined value. During the leveling processes, the 3-D printer is configured to provide sensory feedback.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170371317A1 METHOD FOR LEVELING A 3-D PRINTING PLATFORM AND A 3-D PLATFORM WITH ADJUSTABLE LEVEL Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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