Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for forming 3D objects
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Application No.: US15437054Application Date: 2017-02-20
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Publication No.: US09956727B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: William Joseph Steele
- Applicant: Polar 3D LLC
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: POLAR 3D LLC
- Current Assignee: POLAR 3D LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agency: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC
- Agent Daniel F. Nesbitt
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B29K101/12 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
A printer apparatus and a method for continuously printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The printer apparatus has an elongated container for containing build fluid comprising a monomer from which the 3D object is made. A means for continuous conveying a build platform has a build surface that descending down into the build fluid. A matrix of light emitting elements are disposed above the elongated container, and emit a predetermined pattern of a reactive light toward the continuously conveyed build surface and at the upper surface of the build fluid. The reactive light has a predetermined pattern that polymerizes and/or agglomerates a portion of the upper surface of the build fluid into a build material having a build pattern comprising the build material. The build platform can have a plurality of build surface segments attached in series along a continuous conveyor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170173892A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING 3D OBJECTS Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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