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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Simon P Scott, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, GB;
Chris Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;
Inventors:
Simon P Scott, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, GB;
Chris Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
MTT Technologies Limited, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0085 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 2998/00 (2013.01); B29C 67/0077 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1058 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () for forming a three dimensional object () by layer-wise addition of a build material has a build-support () for supporting the object () during forming and a removable metallic base-layer () that is in the form of a mesh, film, sheet or foil. The base-layer () is removably securable to the build support ().