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Methods and apparatus for actuated fabricator

  • US 10,391,550 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2017
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising, in combination:

  • (a) actuating linear motion of at least one tape out of a plurality of tapes;

    (b) melting fusible material; and

    (c) guiding the tapes, as the tapes undergo the linear motion, into a configuration in which edges of neighboring tapes are adjacent to each other during a time in which the fusible material cools and hardens to join neighboring tapes at the edges;

    wherein(i) the tapes, when joined by the fusible material, comprise walls of a hollow structure, and(iii) the method further comprises shortening or dismantling the hollow structure by(A) melting fusible material adjacent to the edges, and(B) moving the edges apart from each other.

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