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Patent No.:

US 9114478 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2009

Additive manufacturing apparatus with a chamber and a removably-mountable optical module; method of preparing a laser processing apparatus with such removably-mountable optical module

Applicants:

Simon Peter Scott, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, GB;

Chris Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;

Inventors:

Simon Peter Scott, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, GB;

Chris Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;

Assignee:

MTT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, , GB;

Attorneys:

John B. Hardaway, III

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Geoffrey S Evans

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B23K 26/04 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/34 (2014.01); B23K 26/30 (2014.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/046 (2013.01); B23K 26/0807 (2013.01); B23K 26/12 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/34 (2013.01); B23K 26/423 (2013.01); B23K 35/0244 (2013.01); B29C 67/0085 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2998/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a processing chamber () defining a window () for receiving a laser beam and an optical module () The optical module is removably-mountable to the processing chamber for delivering the laser beam through the window. The optical module contains optical components for focusing and steering the laser beam and a controlled atmosphere can be maintained within the module.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Scott, Simon. (2015). Additive manufacturing apparatus with a chamber and a removably-mountable optical module; method of preparing a laser processing apparatus with such removably-mountable optical module (U.S. Patent No. 9114478). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9114478

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