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US 2016/0101617 A1Published application
Fused deposition modeling including color applied to a deposited bead
OwnerCharles J. Kulasinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments generally relate to a system for color printing on 3D printed objects. In one embodiment, a ring of ink jet emitters is positioned around an extruder head but out of the build plane. By coordinated emission of ink that is focused on one or more portions of a bead of material deposited by a 3D printer head, colored points can be created on the surface of the bead or “road” formed by successive or continuous deposition of material by the extruder head.
Claims7
An apparatus for applying a color area to a bead in a fused deposition type of 3D printing, the apparatus comprising:
- a 3D print head;
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- an ink head operated in coordination with the 3D print head to create color on the bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.