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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mauro Marzorati, Lutz, FL (US);

Faith Opiyo, Nieuw Vennep, NL;

Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);

Vinod A. Valecha, Pune, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29K 55/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29K 2055/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of 3D printing, a 3D printing system, and a vertical conveyor are disclosed herein. The 3D printing system comprises a vertical conveyor having a plurality of folding build plates; a plurality of biasing devices, a biasing device being configured to rotate a folding build plate from a folded position to a substantially horizontal position when the folding build plate enters a printing chamber position, and a 3D print head inside the print chamber adapted to 3D print an object on the folding build plate in the substantially horizontal position.


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