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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Xyrec Ip B.v., Shiphol-Rijk, NL;
Christopher L. Lewis, Helotes, TX (US);
Matthew M. Robinson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Paul T. Evans, San Antonio, TX (US);
Peter Boeijink, Schiphol-Rijk, NL;
Branson P. Brockschmidt, San Antonio, TX (US);
Xyrec IP B.V., Schiphol-Rijk, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a printing device for printing large countoured three-dimensional objects. The printing device comprises a movable robot arm mounted on a movable support, a printhead supported at a printing end of the robot arm, the print head comprising a plurality of nozzles, an ink reservoir connected to the nozzles of the print head and to a pump device for supplying ink from the reservoir to the nozzles, and a controller for moving the print head along a printing trajectory while changing the orientation of the printhead. The controller is arranged for: