Leveling system for three-dimensional printing
AssigneeStratasys, Inc.
InventorsDan Mordechay, Barak Glassman, Kiril Lain
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Abstract
A leveling system for a three-dimensional printing system, comprises a rotatable roller, a waste collecting bath, a blade for removing liquid waste from the roller into the bath, and a plurality of tubular structures. Each tubular structure has an inlet at a vicinity of a base of the bath and an outlet connectable to a pump system.
Claims20
A leveling system for a three-dimensional printing system, the leveling system comprising a rotatable roller, a motor for rotating said roller, a waste collecting bath having a base shaped as a wavy non-planar surface defining separated depression regions, a blade for removing liquid waste from said roller into said bath, and a plurality of tubular structures;
- wherein each tubular structure has an inlet in one depression region of said wavy non-planar surface and an outlet connectable to a pump system, and wherein at least one of said tubular structures is shaped as a siphon having an apex between said inlet and said outlet that is connectable to said pump system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.