Wiper arrays for use in additive manufacturing apparatuses

US12208583B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Timothy Francis Andrews · Sharonville, US
• Carlos H. Bonilla · Lebanon, US
• Vadim Bromberg · Niskayuna, US
• Victor Fulton · Amelia, US
• Tyler Andrew Griffith · Norwood, US
• Younkoo Jeong · Clifton Park, US
• John Sterle · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/25
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.