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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Pol Morral Marti, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Sergi Culubret Cortada, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/00 (2006.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); F26B 21/12 (2006.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); F26B 21/12 (2013.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08);
Abstract
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of removing liquid from a build chamber containing build material and liquid. The method comprises starting a liquid extraction process to extract liquid from the build chamber, and determining when a predetermined threshold of liquid has been removed from the build chamber, and thereby stopping the liquid extraction process.