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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Mateo, CA (US);

Bob E. Feller, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom.


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