Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing system leak control
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Application No.: US16071197Application Date: 2016-05-12
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Publication No.: US11731363B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: Emilio Carlos Cano , Ignacio Alejandre , Esteve Comas
- 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 Spring
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/031971 2016.05.12
- International Announcement: WO2017/196322A 2017.11.16
- Date entered country: 2018-07-19
- Main IPC: B29C64/364
- IPC: B29C64/364 ; B29C64/393 ; B29C64/25 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
In one example, an additive manufacturing system. An unsealed air supply enclosure for clean air is maintained at a first pressure above an ambient air pressure to inhibit unfiltered ambient air from leaking into the enclosure. An unsealed processing chamber is maintained at a second pressure below the ambient air pressure to inhibit processing chamber air from leaking out of the processing chamber. An air pathway is disposed between the air supply enclosure and the processing chamber to provide clean air from the air supply enclosure to the processing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210170687A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM LEAK CONTROL Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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