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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.

Patent No.:

US 12403530 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

May. 19, 2020

Additive manufacturing machine with powder dispensing by sieving

Applicant:

Addup, Cebazat, FR;

Inventors:

Alexandre Jeannot, Cebazat, FR;

Albin Effernelli, Cebazat, FR;

Cedric Carlavan, Cebazat, FR;

Assignee:

ADDUP, Cebazat, FR;

Attorney:

VENABLE LLP

Primary Examiner:

Philip C Tucker

Assistant Examiner:

Jimmy R Smith, Jr.

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/50 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 12/55 (2021.01); B22F 12/57 (2021.01); B22F 12/60 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/63 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/50 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 12/55 (2021.01); B22F 12/57 (2021.01); B22F 12/60 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/224 (2021.01); B22F 12/63 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A powder bed fusion additive manufacturing machine () comprises a working area () able to receive a superposition of different layers of powder, a device () for depositing a layer of powder onto the working area and a consolidation source () used to selectively consolidate each layer of powder deposited onto the working area, the device for depositing a layer of powder comprising a powder reservoir () able to be positioned above the working area, and a powder distribution opening being provided in the bottom part of the reservoir, the device for depositing a layer of powder comprising a vibrating device () able to subject the reservoir to vibrations, and the powder distribution opening of the reservoir being equipped with a sieve. The reservoir is mounted on a weighing sensor.

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