Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional (3D) printing with discolorable near-infrared absorbing dye
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Application No.: US16077753Application Date: 2017-02-06
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Publication No.: US10857733B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Yan Zhao , Lihua Zhao , Paul Olubummo , Aja Hartman , Howard S. Tom
- 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: Dierker & Kavanaugh PC
- International Application: PCT/US2017/016679 WO 20170206
- International Announcement: WO2018/144032 WO 20180809
- Main IPC: B29C64/268
- IPC: B29C64/268 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/291 ; B29C64/393 ; C09D11/50 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
In an example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing method, a polymeric or polymeric composite build material is applied. A fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material. The fusing agent includes a discolorable near-infrared absorbing dye, a thiol surfactant, a reducing agent, and a balance of water. Near-infrared radiation is applied to the polymeric or polymeric composite build material at a condition that maintains a temperature of the selectively applied fusing agent below a decomposition temperature of the fusing agent and that allows the discolorable near-infrared absorbing dye to harvest near-infrared radiation energy, in order to fuse the portion of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material in contact with the fusing agent to form a layer and to initiate discoloration of the discolorable near-infrared absorbing dye in the layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190077080A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTING WITH DISCOLORABLE NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING DYE Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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