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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Formlabs, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ian Ferguson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos, Boston, MA (US);
Steven Thomas, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ben FrantzDale, Harvard, MA (US);
Nicholas M. Sohn, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Formlabs, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29K 2105/0058 (2013.01); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device is provided configured to form layers of material on a build platform, each layer of material being formed so as to contact a container in addition to the build platform and/or a previously formed layer of material. The additive fabrication device may comprise a container and a wiper, wherein the wiper comprises a wiper arm and a wiper blade coupled to said wiper arm using a pivoting coupling.