Apparatus and method for making a stereolithographic object
OwnerStephan WEISS, Justin ELSEYinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for making a stereolithographic object. The apparatus includes a surface for disposing thereon a material used to make the stereolithographic object. The apparatus includes a platform for making the stereolithographic object thereon. The apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate a material hardening light for hardening the material. The apparatus includes an optical diffuser for diffusing the material hardening light and optically intermediate the light source and the surface.
Claims22
An apparatus for making a stereolithographic object, the apparatus comprising:
- a surface for disposing thereon a material used to make a stereolithographic object;
- a platform for making the stereolithographic object thereon;
- a light source configured to generate a material hardening light for hardening the material;
- and
- an optical diffuser for diffusing the material hardening light, the optical diffuser being optically intermediate the light source and the surface.
14-23. (canceled)
A method for making a stereolithographic object, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a material hardening light;
- diffusing the material hardening light to generate a diffused material hardening light;
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- illuminating material used to make a stereolithographic object with the diffused material hardening light.
A method for making a stereolithographic object, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a material hardening light;
- switching between a light diffusing mode and a light non-diffusing mode of a light diffuser having a plurality of modes;
- illuminating a material used to make a stereolithographic object with the material hardening light that has propagated through the light diffuser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.