Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing apparatus
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Application No.: US17750388Application Date: 2022-05-22
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Publication No.: US11717890B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Katsutaka Muranaka
- Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: JP 21116288 2021.07.14
- Main IPC: B22F10/20
- IPC: B22F10/20 ; B22F3/10 ; B22F12/50 ; B22F12/41 ; B33Y30/00 ; B22F12/70 ; B22F12/49

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a chamber, including a front plate; a door, provided at an opening of the front plate; an irradiator; a gas supplier, supplying an inert gas to the chamber; and a gas discharger, discharging the inert gas from the chamber. The gas supplier includes a middle nozzle and a lower nozzle. The middle nozzle is provided so as to cross the opening when the door is closed, has one end swingably supported on the front plate, and swings independently of opening and closing of the door.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230013567A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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