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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Sodick Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Kawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Okazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sodick Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional printer () includes a material supply device () that supplies material powder to a table which is movable vertically, a powder retaining wall () that surrounds the table and retains the material powder, a material-recovery bucket () that accommodates excess material powder and impurities discharged from the powder retaining wall, an impurity removing device () that removes the impurities from the material powder, and a material drying device () that dries the material powder. The material powder from which the impurities have been removed and which has been dried is returned and recycled to the material supply device.