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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
J. Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/321 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/321 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29K 2105/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system to print three-dimensional parts. In one aspect, the liquefier assembly includes a liquefier that is transversely compressible, and having an inlet end configured to receive a consumable material in a solid or molten state and an outlet end, a nozzle at the outlet end, and an actuator mechanism configured to transversely compress and expand the liquefier in a controlled manner In another aspect, the liquefier assembly is self heating.