Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loading build material for a 3D printer
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Application No.: US17387668Application Date: 2021-07-28
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Publication No.: US11639029B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Jorge Diosdado Borrego , David Chanclon Fernandez , Pablo Antonio Murciego Rodriguez
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B29C64/321
- IPC: B29C64/321 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/255 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C64/209 ; B29C64/236 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/214

Abstract:
In one example, a system for loading build material into a portable build unit having a platform on which objects are printed and a build material supply container next to the platform. The system includes a build material dispenser, a conveyor to move the build unit and/or the dispenser, and a controller operatively connected to the dispenser and the conveyor. The controller is programmed to, with the build unit and the dispenser in a fill position, cause the dispenser to dispense build material into the supply container, cause the conveyor to move the build unit and/or the dispenser to and/or from the fill position, and, while the conveyor moves the build unit and/or the dispenser to and/or from the fill position, cause the dispenser to dispense build material on to the platform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230032693A1 LOADING BUILD MATERIAL FOR A 3D PRINTER Public/Granted day:2023-02-02
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