Build material containers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIsmael Chanclon, Xavier Alonso, Santiago Sarda, Nicola Cofelice
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Abstract
There is provided a 3D printing build material container (1). The container (1) comprises a reservoir (3) and a reinforcement structure (4). The reservoir is to hold build material. The reinforcement structure is attached to the reservoir at at least one selected location. The reservoir and reinforcement structure are to permit reconfiguration of the container from a relatively flat configuration to an in-use configuration in which the reservoir is tillable with build material.
Claims16
A 3D printing build material container comprising:
- a reservoir to hold build material;
- and
- a reinforcement structure attached to the reservoir at at least one selected location;
- the reservoir and reinforcement structure being to permit reconfiguration of the container from a relatively flat configuration to an in-use configuration in which the reservoir is fillable with build material.
A 3D printing build material container comprising:
- an inner part, formed from a relatively flexible material, for receiving and retaining build material;
- and
- an outer part, formed from a relatively rigid material, disposed around the inner part and connected to the inner part;
- the container being reconfigurable between a first configuration in which a smallest external dimension of the container has a relatively low value, and a second configuration in which a smallest external dimension of the container has a relatively high value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.