Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface treated additive manufacturing printhead nozzles and methods for the same
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Application No.: US17017392Application Date: 2020-09-10
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Publication No.: US11766829B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Santokh S. Badesha , Varun Sambhy , Chu-Heng Liu , Peter M. Gulvin , Mark A. Cellura , George Shannon , Gary D. Redding , Lyle G. Dingman
- Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: C04B41/00
- IPC: C04B41/00 ; C04B41/45 ; C04B41/88 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C64/209 ; B29C64/30 ; B33Y99/00 ; B22D23/00 ; B22F12/53 ; B33Y30/00

Abstract:
Nozzles for an additive manufacturing device and methods for improving wettability of the nozzles are disclosed. The method may include subjecting the nozzle to a surface treatment. The surface treatment may include contacting a surface of the nozzle with one or more surface modifying agents. The surface modifying agents may include one or more of an oxidizing agent, an acid, a base, or combinations thereof. The one or more surface modifying agents may increase an oxygen content of the surface of the nozzle. An inner surface of the nozzle may have a water contact angle of greater than 1° and less than about 90°. The inner surface of the nozzle may be free or substantially free of a coating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210069972A1 SURFACE TREATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINTHEAD NOZZLES AND METHODS FOR THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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