Invention Application
- Patent Title: 3-D PRINTING USING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND CURABLE POLYMERS
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Application No.: US16059496Application Date: 2018-08-09
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Publication No.: US20180370135A1Publication Date: 2018-12-27
- Inventor: John S. Facci , David C. Craig , David S. Derleth , Eliud Robles Flores , Varun Sambhy
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Main IPC: B29C64/245
- IPC: B29C64/245 ; G03G15/22 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C64/141 ; B29C47/06 ; B29C64/379 ; B29C64/40 ; G03G15/16 ; B29C64/147 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/264 ; B29C64/118 ; B29C64/153 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/35 ; B29C64/106 ; B29C64/268 ; B29C64/20

Abstract:
3-D printing transfers build material and support from an intermediate transfer belt (ITB) to a platen. The build material is the same as the support material, except that the build material includes a photoinitiator and the support material does not. The platen moves to make contact with the ITB, and the ITB transfers successive layers of build material and support material each time the platen contacts the ITB. The platen and a portion of the ITB that is adjacent the platen are heated prior to the platen contacting the ITB, and the same is exposed so as to crosslink polymers of build material, without crosslinking polymers of support material. The polymers of build material being crosslinked and the polymers of support material not being crosslinked makes the support material selectively soluble in a solvent.
Public/Granted literature
- US10350828B2 3-D printing using intermediate transfer belt and curable polymers Public/Granted day:2019-07-16
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