公开(公告)号：US20210229355A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17156540

申请日：2021-01-23

申请人： Impossible Objects, Inc.

发明人： Robert Swartz ,  Leonard Wanger ,  John Bayldon ,  Drew Marschner ,  Michael Rohrer ,  Gintaras Vaisnys ,  Giovanni Meier

IPC分类号： B29C64/259 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29C64/307 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B33Y50/00

摘要： A bulk ink bag system in a composite-based additive manufacturing process (CBAM) keeps the inkjet heads (cartridges) on printers filled to the proper level of fluid at all times while the process runs. The system includes gravity fed fluid delivery without requiring pumps; is simple to connect and disconnect to system plumbing; has the ability to change ink bags without interrupting the print job or introducing air bubbles into the ink supply; and has the ability to disconnect partially used bags and reconnect them later.

公开(公告)号：US11679601B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US16876035

申请日：2020-05-16

申请人： Impossible Objects, Inc.

发明人： Robert Swartz ,  Eugene Gore ,  Drew Marschner

IPC分类号： B41J11/06 ,  B25B5/04

CPC分类号： B41J11/06 ,  B25B5/04

摘要： A method/system of mechanical holdowns allows a substrate sheet in a CBAM (composite-based additive manufacturing technology) process to lie flat during printing. The invention includes a process of mechanically clamping sheets to be printed by a print head to a flat platen using a set of barrel cam driven clamping fingers. The finger supports are attached to the platen and the fingers can be raised and lowered with respect to the platen. Each finger can rotate while swinging downward toward a sheet at the edge of the platen. To clamp the sheet, the fingers are rotated to the perpendicular position and swung lower down to pinch the sheet to the platen. The process can include additional steps that release some, but not all, of the fingers to allow the sheet to relax before re-clamping them.

公开(公告)号：US11806931B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17156540

申请日：2021-01-23

申请人： Impossible Objects, Inc.

发明人： Robert Swartz ,  Leonard Wanger ,  John Bayldon ,  Drew Marschner ,  Michael Rohrer ,  Gintaras Vaisnys ,  Giovanni Meier

IPC分类号： B29C64/259 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B29C64/307 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B22F12/90 ,  B22F12/53 ,  B22F12/70 ,  B22F12/50

CPC分类号： B29C64/259 ,  B22F12/50 ,  B22F12/53 ,  B22F12/70 ,  B22F12/90 ,  B29C64/307 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y50/00

摘要： A bulk ink bag system in a composite-based additive manufacturing process (CBAM) keeps the inkjet heads (cartridges) on printers filled to the proper level of fluid at all times while the process runs. The system includes gravity fed fluid delivery without requiring pumps; is simple to connect and disconnect to system plumbing; has the ability to change ink bags without interrupting the print job or introducing air bubbles into the ink supply; and has the ability to disconnect partially used bags and reconnect them later.