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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Robert L. Zinniel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Robert L. Zinniel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 71/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method is provided for vapor smoothing a rapid manufactured three-dimensional object. A cabinet housing has a sealable interior. A heated vapor chamber in the interior of the cabinet housing contains solvent that is vaporizable to fill the vapor chamber with vapor for smoothing the object when the object is placed in the vapor chamber. A drying chamber is also provided in the interior of the cabinet housing that is separate from the vapor chamber for drying the object when the object is moved from the vapor chamber to the drying chamber.