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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Charles Adcock, Glenville, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/205 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/205 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powder spreader is presented. The powder spreader includes a base element having at least a first side and a spreading element including a sheet having a curved portion protruding from the at least first side of the base element, where the curved portion of the sheet is substantially free of a discontinuity. An additive manufacturing apparatus including the powder spreader is also presented.