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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Compnay, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
David Richard Barnhart, Jefferson, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Shenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B28B 3/02 (2006.01); B28B 13/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B28B 3/02 (2013.01); B28B 13/023 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/251 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a table defining a planar worksurface having an opening therein, the opening communicating with a build enclosure having a vertically slidable build platform therein; and a first slide having a first powder transfer window therein, the first slide being moveable across the worksurface between a loading position away from the opening where the first powder transfer window is exposed to receive powder, and a supply position where the first powder transfer window is aligned over the opening.