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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Thomas L. Taatjes, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Benjamin N. Dunn, Savage, MN (US);
Thomas Mcdonough, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Thomas L. Taatjes, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Benjamin N. Dunn, Savage, MN (US);
Thomas McDonough, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A cassette for use in delivering a continuous length of filament. The cassette includes a housing having a first aperture and a spool rotatably mountable in the cassette housing. The spool contains a first female receptacle alignable with the first aperture, and a flexible boot is attached to the cassette housing and aligned with the first aperture. A removable plug is insertable through the first aperture and into the flexible boot for receipt within the first female receptacle of the spool to prevent rotation of the spool within the cassette housing.