Variable Width Deposition for Additive Manufacturing with Orientable Nozzle

RF Lind, BK Post, LJ Love, PD Lloyd… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2017 - Google Patents
An additive manufacturing machine includes a nozzle assembly with a noncircular, rotatable
outlet. The nozzle assembly deposits a bead of material having a width that is defined by the …

High speed FDM 3D printer with closed loop motion system

JJ Consalvi - US Patent 11,370,164, 2022 - Google Patents
The present invention and its variations provide a method of Fused Deposition Modeling
(FDM) 3D Printing at a high rate of speed, much higher than that of a conventional 3d printer …

Handheld 3D printer

AD Lacaze, KN Murphy - US Patent 10,611,072, 2020 - Google Patents
A device is described where an operator uses a handheld nozzle that deposits new material
onto a part. The process can be used to create new parts from a substrate, or to repair parts …

Machine for Detection of Filament Feed Error in 3D Printers

EE Lewis - US Patent App. 15/599,801, 2018 - Google Patents
A Machine for Detection of Filament Feed Error in 3D Printers by draft of filament to
determine if error of filament feed is occurring. The digital output can be connected to the …