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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:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicants:

Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);

Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh, Bensheim, DE;

Inventors:

Bernhard Kaufmann, Heppenheim, DE;

Thomas Hasenzahl, Darmstadt, DE;

Tobias Schulz, Speyer, DE;

Assignee:

Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A 3D printer comprising a resin vat, a component carrier, a transport box for depositing the component carrier, a transport device for removing the component carrier from the transport box and transporting it into the resin vat, and for moving the component carrier downward and upward in the resin vat The transport device has translatory axes in the vertical and horizontal directions, each of which can be driven independently by a motor, the transport device having a locking device that detachably connects the component carrier. The locking device, during the downward movement along the vertical translatory axis, reaches a specific position (P) by the drive of the respective motor, at which a stop located on the vertical translatory axis sets a coupling element in motion. A spring-loaded locking pin arranged in contact with the coupling element is immersed in a bayonet opening of the component carrier by the movement. The immersed locking pin can be brought into a locking position in the bayonet opening via the horizontal translatory axis.


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