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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:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2021
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

John Sterle, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Vadim Bromberg, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing assembly () is provided including a manifold assembly including an inlet manifold () including an inlet reservoir () and an inlet port (), and an outlet manifold () including an outlet reservoir () and an outlet port (). A valve is provided at each of the inlet port of the inlet manifold and at the outlet port of the outlet manifold. The valve is operable between an open position for permitting the flow of material through the port and a closed position for preventing the flow of material through the port. The printing head includes a housing and print heads provided within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet reservoir via the inlet port and the outlet reservoir via the outlet port. The valves are independently operable to control a flow of material from the inlet reservoir to the print heads, and from the print heads to the outlet reservoir, respectively.


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