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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kevin E. Swier, Corvallis, OR (US);
James R. Owen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Brad Benson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B29C 64/255 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/259 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/255 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (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 aspect, there is provided a method of adding build material to a rotatable 3D printing build material container having an internal build material storage reservoir, the method comprising: providing a supply of build material to an input port of the container; rotating the container about its rotation axis at a first speed sufficient to cause build material within the container to be centrifugally forced against the outside of the internal storage reservoir.