Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acoustic transfude 3-D printing
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Application No.: US15147997Application Date: 2016-05-06
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Publication No.: US10201930B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Eliud Robles Flores , David S. Derleth , David C. Craig , John S. Facci , Varun Sambhy
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G13/16 ; B29C64/223 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/30 ; G03G13/14 ; G03G15/22 ; B29C64/141

Abstract:
3-D printers include a transfuse station having at least one roller on one side of an ITB supporting the ITB, and a transmission device on the same side of the ITB. A charge neutralizer is included on a second side of the intermediate transfer surface. The charge neutralizer outputs an opposite charge to neutralize existing static charge on a layer of the build material and the support material on the ITB, before the layer reaches the transfer station. Additionally, the intermediate transfer surface transfers the layer to a platen each time the platen contacts the second side of the intermediate transfer surface, at the transfer station, to successively form layers of the build material and the support material on the platen. Also, the transmission device outputs acoustic waves to cause the layer to move from the intermediate transfer surface to the platen, or to the layers on the platen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170320269A1 ACOUSTIC TRANSFUSE 3-D PRINTING Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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