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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Carlos H. Bonilla, Lebanon, OH (US);
Victor Fulton, Amelia, OH (US);
Jacob Mayer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Timothy Francis Andrews, Sharonville, OH (US);
Gregory Kurt Miller, Houston, PA (US);
Christopher Bryant, Harrison, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A system () includes a build area positioned along a working surface (), a supply receptacle () spaced apart from the build area and defining one or more supply receptacle sidewalls and an upwardly-facing receptacle opening (), a dosing hopper () positioned above and in selective communication with the supply receptacle, where the dosing hopper is structurally configured to deliver build material to an interior space (), and a conveyance hopper () in communication with the dosing hopper ().