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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Taylor S. Goodman, New York, NY (US);
Christopher James Yarka, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/321 (2017.01); B29C 64/236 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/182 (2017.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/232 (2017.08); B29C 64/236 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/321 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29C 64/182 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A multi-extruder includes a passive height control mechanism that adjusts the relative height of its extruders without the use of additional, active components. Further, the height control mechanism may employ ramped control surfaces that mitigate noise and vibration by gradually transferring vertical loads while transferring from one active extruder to another.