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SYSTEM COMPRISING A RAPID PROTOTYPING DEVICE AND A MATERIAL CARTRIDGE, A CARTRIDGE, AND A METHOD OF USING THE SYSTEM

  • US 20130241095A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2011
  • Published: 09/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising a rapid prototyping device for building up a three-dimensional object from a build-up material, and a material cartridge;

  • the rapid prototyping device comprising;

    at least a first chamber for building up the object from the build-up material; and

    the cartridge comprising;

    a body into which a channel extends;

    the channel forming a first cartridge opening in the body;

    a support being adapted to be movably arranged within the channel for a movement relative to the first cartridge opening;

    the cartridge being adapted to be removably placed in the first chamber; and

    the cartridge being adapted to form a reservoir;

    wherein the rapid prototyping device and the cartridge are adapted such that the rapid prototyping device can move the support of the cartridge, and wherein the rapid prototyping machine is adapted such that the presence of a cartridge is optional for building up the object so that the object can be built up in the reservoir of a cartridge present in the first chamber and in the first chamber outside the reservoir in absence of the cartridge.

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