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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul Joseph Leavitt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas Joseph Mcdonough, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
STRATASYS, INC., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A 3D printer includes a gantry configured to move in a plane and in a direction substantially normal to the plane and at least one print head carried by the gantry, the at least on print head comprising an extrusion nozzle at a bottom end. The 3D printer includes a plurality of partitioned chambers accessible by the at least one print head, each of the partitioned chambers having an upper edge defining an opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and a platen within a first chamber of the plurality of chambers, the platen configured to receive material from the print head to print the 3D part. The at least one print head is configured to be moved between each of the plurality of partitioned chambers by raising the print head in the direction substantially normal to the plane such that the extrusion nozzle is above the upper edge of the plurality of chambers, moving the print head in the plane from a first location above the first chamber of the plurality of partitioned chambers to a second location above a second chamber of the plurality of partitioned chambers and lowering the at least one print head into the second chamber.