Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder recoater
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Application No.: US14760134Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US09855704B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Hideaki Miyano , Yoshikazu Ooba , Yousuke Katou , Koukichi Suzuki , Yuya Daicho
- Applicant: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
- Current Assignee: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Ladas & Parry LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/055964 WO 20150227
- International Announcement: WO2016/135974 WO 20160901
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B29C64/329 ; B29C64/255 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/153 ; B22F3/105 ; B29C31/02 ; B28B13/02 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B05D1/12 ; B29C64/343

Abstract:
A powder is spread in two directions, that is, the advancement and retraction directions of a powder recoater. The powder recoater according to this invention includes a hopper that stores a powder, and a cylindrical powder supplier that has a side surface close to or in contact with the bottom surface of the hopper and includes a supply path for the powder. The powder recoater according to this invention further includes a pivoting unit that causes the powder supplier to pivot. In the powder recoater according to this invention, the center axis of the supply path is displaced from the center axis of the powder supplier in the radial direction of the powder supplier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160311164A1 POWDER RECOATER Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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