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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ariel Douglas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert J. Steiner, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Aric Lynn Jennings, Brooklyn, NY (US);
William B. Buel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anthony D. Moschella, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/22 (2006.01); B29C 64/205 (2017.01); B29C 47/92 (2006.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 47/02 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/08 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2015.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/205 (2017.08); B29C 47/025 (2013.01); B29C 47/92 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29C 47/0002 (2013.01); B29C 47/0864 (2013.01); B29C 47/0866 (2013.01); B29C 2947/9258 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92704 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0067 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer can read the information from the tag and determine how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object.