Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTROSTATIC 3-D PRINTER HAVING ROTATING MAGNETIC CORES WITHIN DEVELOPER ROLLS
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Application No.: US15135623Application Date: 2016-04-22
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Publication No.: US20170305092A1Publication Date: 2017-10-26
- Inventor: Robert W. Phelps , John R. Uchal , James E. Williams , Paul F. Sawicki
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT NORWALK
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT NORWALK
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00

Abstract:
A 3-D printer includes development stations that electrostatically transfer first and second materials to an intermediate transfer surface. The development stations can each include a photoreceptor supplying the materials to the intermediate transfer surface, and a boosted developer roll supplying the materials to the photoreceptor. The boosted developer roll comprises an outer roll rotating in a first rotational direction to move with movement of the photoreceptor, and a magnetic roll within the outer roll rotating in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The magnetic roll comprises alternating permanent magnets. The intermediate transfer surface transfers a layer of the materials to a platen each time the platen contacts the intermediate transfer surface to successively form a freestanding stack of layers on the platen. A bonding station is positioned to apply light and/or heat to the freestanding stack to bond the layers to one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US10279577B2 Electrostatic 3-D printer having rotating magnetic cores within developer rolls Public/Granted day:2019-05-07
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