Mounting print buckets on printing stations
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPol Morral, Fernando Juan, Pau Martin Vidal
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Abstract
A build platform (100, 200, 300) for a printing station is described comprising a trolley (105, 205, 305, 405) and a print bucket (110, 210, 310, 410). The print bucket may be mounted on the trolley and may comprise coupling elements (115A, 115B, 215A, 215B, 315A, 315B, 415A, 415B), respectively engageable to receiving elements (120A, 120B, 220A, 220B, 320A, 320B, 420A, 420B) of the printing station (150, 250, 350, 450). The coupling elements may cause the print bucket to at least partially disengage from the trolley when the coupling elements engage with the receiving elements of the printing station.
Claims15
A build platform for a printing station, comprising:
- a trolley, and
- a print bucket, mounted on the trolley and comprising coupling elements, respectively engageable to receiving elements of the printing station, the coupling elements to cause the print bucket to at least partially disengage from the trolley when the coupling elements engage with the receiving elements of the printing station.
A printing station to receive a build platform, the build platform having a print bucket and a trolley, the printing station comprising receiving elements to engage with respective coupling elements of the print bucket, the receiving elements to guide the coupling elements and cause the print bucket to at least partially disengage from the trolley.
A powder-processing 3D printing system, comprising a printing station and a build platform,
- the build platform comprising a trolley and a print bucket, the print bucket having a top side to receive a powder,
- the printing station comprising powder processing elements,
- wherein the build platform is to receive the powder when coupling elements of the print bucket engage with receiving elements of the printing station and the print bucket at least partially disengages from the trolley.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.