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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Miguel Angel Lopez, Vancouver, WA (US);
Pau Martin Vidal, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Carlos Perez, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Anna Torrent, Barcelona, ES;
Guillermo Garcia Marcos, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Marius Valles, Barcelona, ES;
Albert Mora Murciano, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a build material supply unit, comprising: a supply chamber body enclosing a supply volume to contain a build material for additive manufacture; an electromagnetic distance sensor to determine a length parameter relating to a length of a beam pathway extending from an emitter of the sensor to a surface level of build material in the supply volume; and a reflector to reflect the beam pathway between the emitter and the surface level of build material; wherein the reflector is spaced apart from the emitter.