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US 8,518,308 B2Granted
Automated plumbing, wiring, and reinforcement
AssigneeUniversity of Southern California
InventorBehrokh Khoshnevis
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Abstract
An apparatus may include a nozzle assembly configured to extrude material through an outlet; and a controllable robotic arm coupled to the nozzle assembly, the robotic arm having at one end a gripper configured to pick up an element and deposit the element at a desired position relative to the extruded material. The element may be one of: a reinforcement member for a structure being constructed; a segment of a plumbing pipe; an electric network component; and a tile.
Claims9
A nozzle for extruding a wall in cascading layers comprising:
- a first outlet configured to extrude a first length of unhardened material;
- a second outlet configured to extrude a second length of unhardened material that is spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first length of unhardened material;
- a third outlet configured to extrude a third length of unhardened material between the first and the second lengths of unhardened material;
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- a nozzle support frame configured to adjust the separation distance between the first and the second outlets, thereby facilitating adjustment of the width of the wall that is extruded by the nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.