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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventor:
Amelia M. Elliott, Cleveland, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B23Q 7/03 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B23Q 7/03 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A build platform and methods of fabricating an article with such a platform in an extrusion-type additive manufacturing machine are provided. A platform bodyincludes featuresthat extend outward from the body. The featuresdefine protrusive areasand recessive areasthat cooperate to mechanically engage the extruded material that forms the initial layersof an article when the article is being fabricated by a nozzleof the additive manufacturing machine