Method and apparatus for prototyping a three-dimensional object
US6989115B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/16541
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A three-dimensional printer includes multiple printheads for printing binder and/or colorant onto a bed of build material in a build chamber. The printheads can be mounted on a gantry that is designed for reciprocal displacement across a build chamber along a slow axis. The printheads, in turn, can reciprocally move across the gantry on a fast axis to enable displacement of the printheads along both the fast and slow axes so that the printheads can deposit binder liquid and/or colorant across the surface of a bed of build material in the build chamber.
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