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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventor:
Charles E. Pax, Manchester, NH (US);
Assignee:
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/02 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0088 (2013.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
By reversing the direction of a first build material fed into an extruder, the first build material can be wholly or partially evacuated from the extruder before a second material is introduced. This approach mitigates transition artifacts and permits faster, more complete changes from one build material to another.