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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Stewart T. Welch, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B05C 11/04 (2006.01); B05C 11/06 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B05C 11/045 (2013.01); B05C 11/06 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprising a doctor blade () having a tip () which, in use, is arranged proximal to a material layer () to be recoated during an additive layer manufacturing method, the doctor blade () having a cavity () with an inlet and an outlet, the outlet located at the tip () and the inlet connectable to an air supply () whereby air can be directed through the cavity () to the outlet and onto a surface () of the material layer ().