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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Schmale, Vancouver, WA (US);
Robert Lawrence Winburne, Vancouver, WA (US);
Randall West, Vancouver, WA (US);
Tait A. Regnier, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
A three-dimensional printing system may include a build platform, the build platform including at least one hole defined through the build platform, a diffuser plate placed below the at least one hole to maintain an amount of build material between a lower surface of the build platform and an upper surface of the diffuser plate, and a flow channel defined around the diffuser plate and sealing the diffuser plate from atmosphere.