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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:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cubital Ltd., North Ra'Anana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264401 ; 264221 ; 264308 ; 264317 ; 264497 ; 36446826 ; 36446827 ; 419 36 ; 4251744 ; 425215 ;
Abstract
Three-dimensional modeling method and apparatus for receiving information with respect to a three-dimensional object to be formed and for forming a three-dimensional physical object through the use of two building materials and a third filling material. The first building material is typically a photopolymer. The second building material has at least one of the following characteristics: elastomeric properties, engineering plastic thermoset properties, is suitable for lost wax casting, is impregnated with metallic materials, is impregnated with ceramic material, or is sinterable. The filling material is typically a support material to provide structural support to the model during building.