Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, print head, and compactor for continuously manufacturing composite structure
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Application No.: US17303107Application Date: 2021-05-20
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Publication No.: US11623394B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Trevor David Budge , Kenneth Lyle Tyler , Colin Hugh Hambling
- Applicant: Continuous Composites Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
- Current Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Agent Ryan C. Stockett
- Main IPC: B29C64/209
- IPC: B29C64/209 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/255 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/10 ; B29C64/118 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C64/165 ; B22F10/18 ; B22F12/00 ; B22F12/50 ; B22F12/53 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/393 ; B29K105/08 ; B22F12/41 ; B22F12/42 ; B22F12/46 ; B29K105/06
Abstract:
A compactor is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing print head. The compactor may include a housing connectable to the additive manufacturing print head. The compactor may also include a compacting wheel, and at least one spring disposed in the housing and configured to exert an axial force on the compacting wheel. The compactor may further include a piston moveable to adjust a distance between the housing and the compacting wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210283841A1 SYSTEM, PRINT HEAD, AND COMPACTOR FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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