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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Masters, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446803 ; 249155 ; 264219 ; 425175 ; 36447424 ; 36447502 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing three-dimensional articles from a computer aided design includes one or more mold modules, each containing a pin array containing a plurality of pin elements. The pin elements are moveable in response to a data file containing three-dimensional coordinates of the three-dimensional article to be molded wherein the coordinates have a resolution corresponding to the resolution of the pin elements in the pin array. By moving the pins to the various coordinates of the data set, a mold shape is provided for molding the three-dimensional design.