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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
Xyzprinting, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Kinpo Electronics, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Matthew Hodgson, Irvine, CA (US);
Tsung-Hua Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
XYZPRINTING, INC., New Taipei, TW;
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A sealed type light curing 3D printer and a method using the same are provided. The 3D printer includes a reservoir; a microcontroller; a plunger for creating a sealed space between itself and a bottom of the reservoir by disposing in the reservoir; a printing platform releasably disposed on a bottom of the plunger wherein a bottom of the printing platform is flush with the bottom of the plunger; an illumination unit under the reservoir; a liquid material tank communicating with the reservoir; and a gas tank communicating with the reservoir. Both the plunger and the printing platform lift a first distance to draw liquid material into the reservoir. The plunger further lifts a second distance to draw gas into the reservoir.