Invention Application
- Patent Title: FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION NOZZLE WITH CONTROLLABLE EXIT SHAPE
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Application No.: US16023902Application Date: 2018-06-29
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Publication No.: US20180311738A1Publication Date: 2018-11-01
- Inventor: Jonah Samuel Myerberg , Ricardo Fulop , Michael Andrew Gibson , Anastasios John Hart , Richard Remo Fontana , Christopher Allan Schuh , Yet-Ming Chiang , Matthew David Verminski , Peter Alfons Schmitt , Emanuel Michael Sachs , Ricardo Chin
- Applicant: Desktop Metal, Inc.
- Main IPC: B22F3/24
- IPC: B22F3/24 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B22F3/115 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/106 ; B22F3/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B22F9/00 ; B29C64/40 ; B29K101/12 ; B29K105/16 ; B29K509/08 ; B29K505/00
Abstract:
A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process. The shape of an extrusion nozzle may be varied during extrusion to control, e.g., an amount of build material deposited, a shape of extrudate exiting the nozzle, a feature resolution, and the like.
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