Apparatus and method for handling photocurable fluid waste
AssigneeObjet Ltd.
InventorsMeir Bar Nathan, David Eshed
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for disposal of photocurable fluid waste may include a conduit for conducting photocurable fluid waste from a source of photocurable fluid waste; a dispenser for automatically dispensing a receptacle made of material that is impermeable to the photocurable fluid waste and that transmits radiation capable of curing; a welder or other sealing device for welding the receptacle to form a bag with a portion of the photocurable fluid waste inside; and a source of radiation for curing the photocurable fluid waste in the bag.
Claims17
An apparatus for disposal of photocurable waste comprising:
- a conduit for conducting photocurable fluid waste from a source of photocurable fluid waste;
- a dispenser for automatically dispensing a receptacle made of material that is impermeable to the photocurable fluid waste, the material transmitting radiation capable of curing;
- a sealer for sealing the receptacle to form a bag with a portion of the photocurable fluid waste inside;
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- a source of radiation for curing the photocurable fluid waste in the bag.
A method for disposal of photocurable waste, the method comprising:
- conducting photocurable waste from a source of photocurable waste through a conduit;
- automatically dispensing a receptacle made of material that is impermeable to the photocurable fluid waste and that transmits radiation capable of curing;
- sealing the receptacle to form a bag with a portion of the photocurable fluid waste inside;
- and
- curing the photocurable fluid waste in the bag using a source of radiation.
A solid freeform fabrication system comprising a source of photocurable fluid waste and an apparatus for disposal of the photocurable fluid waste, the apparatus comprising:
- a conduit for conducting the photocurable fluid waste from the source;
- a dispenser for dispensing a receptacle made of material that is impermeable to the photocurable fluid waste, the receptacle comprising walls that transmit electromagnetic radiation capable of curing;
- a sealer to form a bag from the receptacle;
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- a source of radiation for curing photocurable fluid waste in the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.