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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
James F. Bredt, Watertown, MA (US);
Sarah L. Clark, Somerville, MA (US);
Evert F. UY, Rockville, MD (US);
Matthew J. Dicologero, Baldwinville, MA (US);
Timothy Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Tarkanian, Brockton, MA (US);
Derek X. Williams, Berwick, ME (US);
James F. Bredt, Watertown, MA (US);
Sarah L. Clark, Somerville, MA (US);
Evert F. Uy, Rockville, MD (US);
Matthew J. DiCologero, Baldwinville, MA (US);
Timothy Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Tarkanian, Brockton, MA (US);
Derek X. Williams, Berwick, ME (US);
Z Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional printing materials system and method can produce both appearance models and small numbers of functional parts in an office environment. The method can include building cross-sectional portions of a three-dimensional article, and assembling the individual cross-sectional areas in a layer-wise fashion to form a final article. The individual cross-sectional areas can be built by using an ink-jet printhead to deliver an aqueous solvent or binder to an adhesive particulate mixture, causing the particles of the mixture to adhere together, and to previous cross-sectional areas. The binder can include at least one of nonaqueous organic monomeric compound, anionically ionizable polymer, cationic polymer, polymer, waterborne colloid, or inorganic solute.