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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Inventor:
Christopher John Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/364 (2017.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/364 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11);
Abstract
This invention concerns a flow device for an additive manufacturing apparatus, in which material is consolidated in a layer-by-layer manner to build a part. The flow device comprises a first member having at least one inlet aperture therein and a second member having three or more downstream apertures therein. The first and second members are connected such that the downstream apertures of the second member are in fluid communication with the inlet aperture of the first member with a shortest fluid path from the inlet aperture to each downstream aperture being substantially the same.