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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:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jordi Gimenez Manent, Rubi, ES;
Jose Manuel Grases, Barcelona, ES;
Francisco Jaime, Barcelona, ES;
Fernando Juan, Viladecavalls, ES;
Pau Martin Vidal, Barcelona, ES;
Marius Valles, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/218 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/218 (2017.08); B29C 64/329 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
According to one example there is provided a method of delivering build material from a build material store to a supply module. The method comprises moving, using a rotatable vane, a portion of build material from the supply module to the top of the supply module, and spreading the moved portion of build material across the support platform.