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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Lpw Technology Ltd, Widnes, GB;
Inventor:
Callum Healey, Widnes, GB;
Assignee:
LPW Technology Ltd, Widnes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/52 (2020.12); B22F 10/80 (2020.12); B22F 12/90 (2020.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/52 (2020.12); B22F 10/80 (2020.12); B22F 12/90 (2020.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.11); B33Y 50/00 (2014.11);
Abstract
A docking arrangement () for coupling an outlet () of a container () to an inlet () for a component of an additive manufacturing process. The docking arrangement () includes a dock () configured to receive the container () and a gas supply () associated with the dock (). A gas coupler () is provided and is configured, in use, to couple the gas supply () with a gas inlet () associated with the container () when the container () is received within the dock ().