Process and assembly for creating a rigid plastic part within a rotatable mold
OwnerMiguel A. Linaresinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and related method for forming a three-dimensional polymer based part including a die tool having a specified shape and size and exhibiting an exposed polymer adhering surface corresponding in configuration to a polymeric based part to be created. A volume holding bin supports a three-dimensional article including at least one exposed and pattern defining surface. A volume of a granulated polymer material is deposited into the bin and around the article. A sub-volume of the material adheres to and forms a hardened layer upon the exposed pattern defining surface, a corresponding part created having a specified thickness mid matching configuration.
Claims6
An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional polymer based part, comprising:
- an elongated structural member having a specified cross-sectional dimension and exhibiting an exposed polymer adhering surface, an electrical charge conducted to an exterior surface of said structural member;
- a bin filled with a polymer material in particulate form;
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- said structural member being translated through said bin such that said exposed and adhering surface is in contact with said particulate material, a specified volume of material being caused to adhere and to form upon said exposed surface of said structural member due, at least in part, to electrostatic induced attraction of said particulate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.