Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating a three-dimensional object
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Application No.: US15509760Application Date: 2014-09-30
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Publication No.: US10974496B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Jacob Tyler Wright , Glenn Thomas Haddick , David H. Donovan
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Mannava & Kang
- International Application: PCT/US2014/058380 WO 20140930
- International Announcement: WO2016/053312 WO 20160407
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C70/88 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29K71/00 ; B29K77/00 ; B29K505/04 ; B29K505/06

Abstract:
In an example, an apparatus for generating a three-dimensional object includes a build area platform, a build material distributor, a secondary material ejection device, a coalescing agent ejection device, and a controller. The controller may control the secondary material ejection device to eject a secondary material in a predefined pattern over the build area platform, control the build material distributor to distribute a layer of the build material around the ejected secondary material, control the coalescing agent ejection device to eject the coalescing agent onto the layer of the build material, and control an energy source to apply energy onto the ejected coalescing agent to cause the build material in contact with the ejected coalescing agent to coalesce and solidify.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170282456A1 GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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