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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2025
Beehive Industries, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);
William Shambley, Tyngsoboro, MA (US);
Daniel Smith, Newport, KY (US);
Daniel Tallman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Austin W. Brittain, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Pozderac, Mount Vernon, OH (US);
Chris Michael, North Ogden, UT (US);
Victor Fulton, Amelia, OH (US);
Michael Bradley, Hamilton, OH (US);
BEEHIVE INDUSTRIES, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus configured as a three-dimensional (3D) printer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a print head assembly, which includes a print head and a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate configured to dispense droplets of liquid provided from the print head. The apparatus includes a build bed configured to receive at least some of the droplets from the nozzle plate, and a service station. The service station includes a spittoon assembly configured to receive at least some of the droplets from the nozzle plate, a vacuum knife assembly configured to remove at least one of: debris, or at least some of the droplets from a surface of the nozzle plate, and a non-contact wash assembly comprising a plurality of weirs configured to upwell a washing fluid and immersively receive the nozzle plate in the washing fluid.