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Stereolithographic method and apparatus in which a membrane separates phases

  • US 5,011,635 A
  • Filed: 05/18/1989
  • Issued: 04/30/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object comprising means for containing a fluid phase positioned therein, a substantially impermeable, movable membrane positioned on top of the fluid phase in said first recited means, a radiation-polymerizable liquid organic phase positioned in the containing means on top of the membrane such that contact of the phase is inhibited, a radiation source positioned above the liquid organic phase adapted to radiate the liquid organic phase to form a polymerized organic layer, movable support means and means for forming and combining successive adjacent polymerized organic layers to form a three-dimensional object.

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