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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Brent Ewald, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/218 (2017.01); B29C 64/321 (2017.01); B29C 64/343 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/357 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/218 (2017.08); B29C 64/321 (2017.08); B29C 64/343 (2017.08); B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
It is disclosed a 3D printing system and a build material spreading method for a 3D printer that comprises: moving a spreader in a first pass in a first direction over a pile of build material at a first separation distance from a dosing surface thereby sweeping a first amount of build material; modify the first separation distance by the distance adjustment unit to a second separation distance; and moving the spreader in a second pass in a second direction towards the build surface to sweep a second amount of build material in a direction towards the build surface.