Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Build material container
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Application No.: US16094426Application Date: 2016-05-12
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Publication No.: US10751941B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Ismael Chanclon Fernandez , Xavier Alonso Becerro , Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou
- 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: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/060748 WO 20160512
- International Announcement: WO2017/194135 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: B29C64/255
- IPC: B29C64/255 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C64/20 ; B29C31/02 ; B29C64/153

Abstract:
An additive-manufacturing build-material container (201) comprises a reservoir to hold build material, an outlet opening in a top portion of the reservoir, an outlet tube structure including a longitudinal collection unit to collect build material from the bottom and guide the build material to the outlet opening at the top, upon application of a suction force at the other end thereof, and to guide the collected build material to the outlet opening at the top; and a vent opening in a top portion of the reservoir to admit gas from outside the reservoir into the reservoir to follow a gas flow path through the vent opening, through the reservoir and into the one end of the longitudinal collection tube; wherein on the gas flow path there is at least one turbulent gas-flow-generation feature (237) to generate turbulent gas flow in a region that is within the reservoir and outside the longitudinal collection tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190126546A1 BUILD MATERIAL CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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