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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Tumbleston, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Edward T. Samulski, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr., Carrboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/364 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/364 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
A build plate unit () for a three-dimensional printer includes a build plate () having an optically transparent member comprising a flexible, gas permeable, optically transparent sheet () having upper and lower opposing sides, wherein the flexible sheet upper side defines the build surface; and a flexible, gas permeable or impermeable, optically transparent base layer () on the lower side of the flexible sheet opposite the build region, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.