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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Joseph O'Brien, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Thomas Francis McNulty, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Kwok Pong Chan, Troy, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 4/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B33Y 70/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29C 64/129 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29K 491/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 4/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B29C 64/129 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B29K 2491/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition suitable for forming a support using a three-dimensional (3D) deposition method is presented. The composition includes a wax including at least one functional group capable of reacting with a build material used in the 3D deposition method, when exposed to an actinic radiation, wherein the functional group is itself substantially non-reactive to the actinic radiation. A method of forming a three dimensional (3D) article is also presented.