Drive Device for a Filament in a 3D Printer
AssigneeLeapfrog B.V.
InventorEugen Horatiu Enache
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Abstract
A drive device to be fitted in a 3D printer for driving a filament in a longitudinal direction which is to be printed to form a workpiece in the 3D printer under the control of a control element, including a frame, a drive wheel placed on a drive shaft mounted in the frame, a guide wheel placed on a guide shaft mounted in the frame, a guide arrangement connected to the frame for passing the filament between the wheels, and an electric motor for driving the drive shaft, in which the frame includes an auxiliary frame in which one of the shafts is mounted, and in that the position of the auxiliary frame with respect to the frame is adjustable. The auxiliary frame may be coupled to the frame using an adjustment screw.
Claims17
A drive device to be fitted in a 3D printer for driving a filament in a longitudinal direction which is to be printed to form a workpiece in the 3D printer under the control of a control element, comprising:
- a frame;
- a drive wheel placed on a drive shaft mounted in the frame;
- a guide wheel placed on a guide shaft mounted in the frame;
- a guide arrangement connected to the frame for passing the filament between the wheels;
- and
- an electric motor for driving the drive shaft,
- wherein the frame comprises an auxiliary frame in which one of the shafts is mounted, and in that a position of the auxiliary frame with respect to the frame is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.