Automatic mechanical spool changer for 3-D printers

    公开(公告)号:US11167951B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US15633913

    申请日:2017-06-27

    摘要: An automatic mechanical spool changer for 3-D printers includes a filament guide and a pre-loading device. The input to the filament guide receives at least a primary filament from a primary spool and a secondary filament from a secondary spool. The output from the filament guide connects to an extruder, and the output from the filament guide sequentially and automatically provides the primary filament and then the secondary filament to the extruder. The pre-loading device exerts a pre-loaded force on the secondary filament during the extrusion of the primary filament. After the primary filament passes a predetermined location within the filament guide, the force exerted on the secondary filament threads the secondary filament through the output of the filament guide and into the extruder.

    METHOD TO ENSURE SAFETY CRITICAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210034033A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16646292

    申请日:2017-09-18

    IPC分类号: G05B19/406

    摘要: A method for ensuring safety critical functionality for a laser engraver includes obtaining a command from a laser motor controller; obtaining sensor data from a plurality of sensors, the sensor data corresponding to an operating status of various components of the laser engraver; determining a functioning status for each component; and as a result of determining the functioning status for all of the components, enabling supply of power to a laser, where the method is performed by a safety controller that is embodied in hardware completely separate from hardware in which the laser motor controller is embodied. One example required functioning status is that a power button has been selected twice in quick succession.

    Saw blade height adjustment mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US10807174B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15899880

    申请日:2018-02-20

    发明人: Andrew Frolov

    摘要: A table saw includes a table assembly having a top surface, a cutting assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The cutting assembly is arranged below the table assembly and is movable relative to the top surface. The adjustment assembly includes an input member connected to a first gear and an output member connected to a second gear and to the cutting assembly. The first and second gears include first and second gear bodies and first and second pluralities of pins projecting from the gear bodies. Rotation of the input member causes rotation of the first gear about a first axis, and rotation of the second gear about a second axis causes rotation of the output member which causes the cutting assembly to move. The second pins engage the first pins in such a way that rotation of the first gear causes rotation of the second gear.

    Removable build plate with evenly heated build surface of 3D printer

    公开(公告)号:US10703044B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15661910

    申请日:2017-07-27

    摘要: A 3D printer for synthesizing objects includes: an extruder configured to extrude layers of filament through a nozzle onto a build surface; a build platform; and a build plate that is structured for being removably clamped to the build platform and that includes the build surface, where the build platform includes a base, a heating layer, at least one compressible biasing element arranged between the base and the heating layer, and a clamp, and where the build platform is configured for receiving the build plate into a clamping position in which the clamp is configured to releasably clamp the build plate onto the build platform above the heating layer, causing the at least one compressible biasing element to compress and bias the heating layer upwards towards the clamped biasing plate for even distribution of heat by the heating layer over the planar extension of the build surface.

    Stop mechanism for a table saw and method of using the same

    公开(公告)号:US10703007B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15946832

    申请日:2018-04-06

    发明人: William J. Shiel

    IPC分类号: B27B27/10 B27B27/02 B23D47/02

    摘要: A table saw includes at least one stop mechanism for setting or recording a position of a guide assembly on the table saw. The stop mechanism has a base member and a blocking member connected to the base member. The base member is connected to a guide structure on the table saw in an unlocked state and a locked state. In the unlocked state, the base member is infinitely adjustable relative to the guide structure along a slide axis. In the locked state, the base member is fixed relative to the guide structure. The blocking member is moveable relative to the base member between a blocking position and a bypass position. The blocking member in the blocking position is configured to contact the guide assembly and set or record a position of the guide assembly. The blocking member in the bypass position cannot contact the guide assembly.

    Advanced saw user interface system

    公开(公告)号:US10543543B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15946543

    申请日:2018-04-05

    摘要: A table saw includes a saw control unit and a wireless communication module dock defining a docking position. A wireless communication module is configured to be removably received in the docking position, the wireless communication module being operably connected to the saw control unit when received in the docking position. The wireless communication module includes an antenna and a wireless transceiver, the antenna and the wireless transceiver being configured to implement a first wireless communication protocol.

    Saw blade for oscillating tool or handheld tool

    公开(公告)号:US10442020B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US14983124

    申请日:2015-12-29

    摘要: An accessory for a power tool includes a blade and a coupling. The coupling includes a blade portion, a tool portion, and a transition. The blade portion is fixedly coupled to the blade. The tool portion is configured to be removably coupled to the power tool. The tool portion also includes an opening. The transition extends between the blade portion and the tool portion, and the transition includes a first transition region, where the transition intersects with the blade portion, and a second transition region, where the transition intersects with the tool portion. The first transition region includes a first arc having a center that is arranged between the first arc and the opening, and the second transition region includes a second arc having a center that is arranged between the second arc and the opening.

    EXTENDABLE RAILS FOR TABLE SAW
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    公开(公告)号:US20190308258A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US15948686

    申请日:2018-04-09

    摘要: A table saw includes a working surface and a rail system. The rail system includes stationary rails mounted along the working surface, and extension rails. The rails each include matching guide surfaces extending along the longitudinal axis and configured to support and guide a rip fence. The rails have a common connection interface that in each case includes a connecting end and a supporting end, such that the extension rails are mountable with the stationary rails. When mounted, the guide surfaces of the extension rails extend the guide surfaces of the stationary rails. The connecting end in the common connection interface includes a connection mechanism configured to urge the connecting end together with the supporting end to form an internal connection, and to align the guide surfaces of the connected rails to as to be co-planar with each other.

    Template processing system for digital fabrication

    公开(公告)号:US10423653B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15610947

    申请日:2017-06-01

    IPC分类号: G06K21/06 G06F16/38 G06F16/56

    摘要: A computing system includes a processor system with at least one processing unit. The processor system is configured to receive image data of a template platform that is associated with fabricating a product. The processor system is configured to obtain barcode data associated with the image data. The processor system is configured to obtain customized data from the image data based on the barcode data. The customized data includes shape data corresponding to a structural attribute of the product. The processor system is configured to obtain template data of the product based on the barcode data. The template data includes product design data. The processor system is configured to provide fabrication data for a digital fabrication system to create the product in accordance with at least the customized data and the product design data. The processor system is configured to transmit the fabrication data to at least one fabrication tool of the digital fabrication system to create the product.