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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:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
William E. Hertling, Vancouver, WA (US);
Benjiman White, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mike Whitmarsh, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/236 (2017.01); B29C 64/218 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/218 (2017.08); B29C 64/232 (2017.08); B29C 64/236 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of forming a layer of build material on a build platform of a three-dimensional printing system. The method comprises obtaining characteristics of a build volume to be processed, determining characteristics of a volume of build material to be used to form the layer, forming an intermediate volume of build material having the determined characteristics, and spreading the intermediate volume of build material over the build platform to form the layer.