Cleaning systems for additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for using the same

US12280596B2 · 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
• Jacob Mayer · Cincinnati, US
• John Sterle · Clifton Park, US
• Stephen Michael Deak · Monroe, US
• Justin Gandee · Oregonia, US
• Tyler Hater · Milford, US
• Grant Alan Ingram · West Lafayette, US
• Peter Douglas Lueschen · Covington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2025
• Expiry date: May 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2002/16558
• 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.