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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2014
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Alejandro Manuel DE Pena, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Fernando Juan, Viladecavalls, ES;
Pau Martin, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Alejandro Manuel De Pena, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Fernando Juan, Viladecavalls, ES;
Pau Martin, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated build and material supply system () for an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a building compartment () adapted to accommodate an object () to be formed by means of additive manufacturing and a storage compartment () adapted to store a build material for forming said object. A volume of said building compartment and a volume of said storage compartment are variable in size, and said system is adapted to re-allocate at least a portion of a volume previously allocated to said storage compartment to said building compartment.