Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Build material particle fusing in a chamber containing vapor
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Application No.: US16075672Application Date: 2017-01-31
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Publication No.: US11338508B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Ning Ge , Steven J. Simske , Andrew E. Fitzhugh , Lihua Zhao
- 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/US2017/015867 WO 20170131
- International Announcement: WO2018/143954 WO 20180809
- Main IPC: B29C64/165
- IPC: B29C64/165 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C64/357 ; B29C64/371 ; B29C64/214 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/286

Abstract:
According to an example, an apparatus may include an agent delivery device to selectively deliver an agent onto a layer of build material particles. The apparatus may also include an energy source to apply energy onto the layer of build material particles to selectively fuse the build material particles in the layer based upon the locations at which the agent was delivered and a chamber formed of a plurality of walls, in which the agent delivery device and the energy source are housed inside the chamber. The apparatus may further include a vapor source to supply vapor into the chamber to wet the build material particles inside the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210268727A1 BUILD MATERIAL PARTICLE FUSING IN A CHAMBER CONTAINING VAPOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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