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US 11,685,111 B2Granted
Three-dimensional printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWesley R. Schalk, Kris M. English, Justin M. Roman, Kevin E. Swier, David Otis
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Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes a selective solidification module to selectively solidify portions of successive layers of a build material on a build platform. The 3D printer also includes a cartridge receiver to hold a removable material cartridge that accepts material from the 3D printer and makes material available to the 3D printer for printing of the 3D object.
Claims9
A three-dimensional (3D) printer comprising:
- a selective solidification module that selectively solidifies portions of successive layers of a build material on a build platform;
- a recycle cartridge receiver that holds a removable recycle material cartridge that accepts material into the removable recycle material cartridge from the 3D printer making recycle material from the removable recycle material cartridge available for the 3D printer to print a 3D object from the recycle material, wherein the removable recycle material cartridge is rotatable within the recycle cartridge receiver to prevent agglomeration of the recycle material in the removable recycle material cartridge;
- a new cartridge receiver that holds a new material cartridge making new material from the new material cartridge available for the 3D printer to print the 3D object from the new material;
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- an internal storage container that receives the recycle material from the removable recycle material cartridge and makes available material for the 3D printer to print the 3D object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.