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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Ferrara, Webster, NY (US);
Christopher Douglas Atwood, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29B 11/06 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29B 11/06 (2013.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2713/00 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method of printing on fabric includes: (a) loading a thermoplastic material into a nozzle of an extruder, such as an extruder of a three dimensional (3D) printer; (b) positioning a substrate that includes fabric in a print area proximate to the nozzle; (c) heating the thermoplastic material in the nozzle to a temperature that is equal to or greater than a melting point temperature of the fabric; and (d) extruding the heated thermoplastic material from the nozzle as a filament onto the fabric to yield a printed pattern on the fabric.