Rapid prototyping apparatus

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2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Ewald, Maria Veronica D (Department: 1744)

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

With separate apparatus cleaning means

Coacting with diverse apparatus elements

C425S375000, C425S227000, C425S174400, C264S113000, C264S308000, C264S039000, C700S119000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07896639

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.

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