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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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Guy Menchik, Ra'anana, IL;
Hanan Goihait, Rehovot, IL;
Eliahu M. Kritchman, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Objet Geometries Ltd, Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and method for controlling modeling material supply in a three-dimensional object-printing system (). The apparatus may include one or more cartridges () containing modeling materials that may be connected via a set or matrix of valves () to the three-dimensional object printing system (). Sensors () associated with the cartridges () may continuously or periodically monitor the status of the material within the cartridges. The controller receives data about the material presently available in each cartridge () and computes supply parameters for the available materials in the various cartridges ().