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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Peridot Print Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Albert Rodriguez Fernandez, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Marius Valles Gonzalez, Sant Cugat de Valles, ES;
Gabriel De La Cal Mendoza, San Cugat del Valles, ES;
Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Francesc Melia Sune, San Cugat del Valles, ES;
Peridot Print LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A 3D printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The 3D printing apparatus comprises a non-powered compartment defining a chamber to contain build material, and a passive latching element connected to a lateral wall of the compartment to be engaged with a complementary latching element of a platform. A drive mechanism of a 3D printing device is engageable with the platform to apply an upward vertical force to the platform to move the platform upwardly. The complementary latching elements are to: passively latch the platform and the compartment together at a latched position such that upward movement of the platform causes upward movement of the compartment until the compartment is restrained at a sealing position; and to passively unlatch the platform from the compartment, upon further upward movement of the platform.