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Three-dimensional model-making system

US4393450A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1980
Grant dateJul 12, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9292
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A three-dimensional model-making system that employs a cutting wire under tension and acting in a reciprocating mode to shape an easily-machinable material. The machine has three servo-driven axes including an x and y axis and a rotational axis.

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