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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anthony James Buser, Reading, PA (US);
Ariel Douglas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nathaniel B. Pettis, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0051 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A three-dimensional printer includes a laser line scanner and hardware to rotate the scanner relative to an object on a build platform. In this configuration, three-dimensional surface data can be obtained from the object, e.g., for use as an input to subsequent processing steps such as the generation of tool instructions to fabricate a three-dimensional copy of the object, or various surfaces thereof.