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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Thomas L. Taatjes, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Patrick W. Turley, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Martin G. Zalusky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thomas P. Paul, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas L. Taatjes, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Patrick W. Turley, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Martin G. Zalusky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thomas P. Paul, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A container comprising a housing that is configured to rotatably mount a filament supply spool, and a filament guide mechanism mountable within a channel of the housing, where the filament guide mechanism comprises a filament pathway configured to guide the filament from the filament supply spool rotatably mounted in the interior chamber, and a sensor configured to detect the presence of the filament through at least a portion of the filament pathway.