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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Thomas Mattes, Gilching, DE;
Thomas Mattes, Gilching, DE;
EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, Krailling, DE;
Abstract
A device for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layerwise solidification of a building material in powder form at the positions in the respective layer that correspond to the object to be manufactured is provided. A work plane () is provided, in which successively layers of the building material in powder form, which are to be solidified, are applied and are partially solidified. An application device () for applying a layer of the building material in the work plane or onto a previously solidified layer of the building material has an application surface () facing the work plane (). An adjustment device () is provided that is constructed such that an angle (α) between the application surface () and the work plane () is adjustable.