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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Nscrypt, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Kenneth H. Church, Orlando, FL (US);
Josh Goldfarb, Orlando, FL (US);
Michael W. Owens, Orlando, FL (US);
Xudong Chen, Orlando, FL (US);
Paul Deffenbaugh, Orlando, FL (US);
Daniel Silva, Orlando, FL (US);
Charles Michael Newton, Orlando, FL (US);
nScrypt, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in 3D fabrication includes a heat sink, a melt tube extending through the heat sink, the melt tube having a first end and an opposite second end and adapted for melting filament or other material as the material is conveyed from the first end to the second end, a pen tip having an opening therein for ejecting melted material, the pen tip at the second end of the melt tube, and a pen tip holder for securely holding the pen tip during printing, the pen tip holder having a heater element associated therewith.