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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ariel Douglas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert J. Steiner, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Aric Lynn Jennings, Brooklyn, NY (US);
William B. Buel, New York, NY (US);
Anthony D. Moschella, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/22 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/92 (2006.01); B29C 47/08 (2006.01); B29C 47/02 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B29C 47/025 (2013.01); B29C 47/0822 (2013.01); B29C 47/92 (2013.01); B29C 67/0051 (2013.01); B29C 67/0088 (2013.01); B29C 47/0002 (2013.01); B29C 47/0864 (2013.01); B29C 47/0866 (2013.01); B29C 2947/9258 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92704 (2013.01);
Abstract
A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer can read the information from the tag and determine how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object.