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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua T. Green, El Paso, TX (US);
Roger V. Gonzalez, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 48/793 (2019.01); B29B 7/74 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F26B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29B 7/7471 (2013.01); B29C 48/793 (2019.02); B29C 66/934 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F26B 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hotend assembly for an additive manufacturing device. The hotend assembly comprises a heated chamber, a number of inlets configured to feed filament into the heated chamber, and an exit orifice from the heated chamber. An actuated rod extends into the heated chamber and is rotated by a motor, wherein the actuated rod is configured to impart mechanical energy to the filament inside the heated chamber prior to extrusion through the exit orifice.