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US 12,724,400 B2Granted
3D printing in a confined space
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorSarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
A 3D printing system comprising, an extendable body, a material delivery system, a first wall adhesion device, and a second wall adhesion device.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- engaging one or more rear adhesion devices of a crevasse 3D printer,
- wherein the crevasse 3D printer has a body comprising a front portion and a rear portion;
- extending the body of the crevasse 3D printer to move the front portion of the body forward while the rear portion of the body remains engaged,
- wherein moving the front portion of body forward increases a length of the body and decreases a width of the body;
- disengaging the one or more rear adhesion devices;
- engaging one or more front adhesion devices of the crevasse 3D printer;
- contracting the body of the crevasse 3D printer to move the rear portion of the body forward while the front portion of the body remains engaged,
- wherein moving the rear portion of body forward increases the width of the body and decreases the length of the body;
- and
- disengaging the one or more front adhesion devices.
7 more elements
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- engaging one or more rear adhesion devices of a crevasse 3D printer,
- wherein the crevasse 3D printer has a body comprising a front portion and a rear portion;
- extending the body of the crevasse 3D printer to move the front portion of the body forward while the rear portion of the body remains engaged,
- wherein moving the front portion of body forward increases a length of the body and decreases a width of the body;
- disengaging the one or more rear adhesion devices;
- engaging one or more front adhesion devices of the crevasse 3D printer;
- contracting the body of the crevasse 3D printer to move the rear portion of the body forward while the front portion of the body remains engaged,
- wherein moving the rear portion of body forward increases the width of the body and decreases the length of the body;
- and
- disengaging the one or more front adhesion devices.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.