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US 10,207,462 B1Granted
Printer assembly
OwnerJames Fields, Michael Manhardt +1inventors
InventorsJames Fields, Michael Manhardt, Benjamin Malouf
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Abstract
A material transport assembly for a printer assembly can include a toothed component; a drive for rotation of the toothed component; a material guide; and a biasing component that biases the material guide in a direction toward the toothed component.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- contacting a filament and a toothed component wherein a guide applies a biasing force to the filament wherein the filament comprises a printing material, wherein the guide comprises multiple rollers that define an angle θw as measured with respect to an axis of rotation of the toothed component for enhancing gripping of the filament by wrapping the filament in an arc on the toothed component over an angle θm as measured with respect to the axis of rotation of the toothed component;
- forming notches in the filament at least in part via the toothed component and the biasing force;
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- rotating the toothed component to transport the filament to a print head of a printer.
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