ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,882, issued on May 6.
"Level-by-level 3D printing of multi-level structures using removable cable-support masts and a cable-guided nozzle" was invented by Brian C. Timlick (Winnipeg, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D printing system for 3D printing of concrete buildings or other concrete structures. A set of cable support masts are temporarily installed at corners of a two-dimensional footprint area of any given level of a multi-level building to enable 3D printing of wall sections or other structural components of that given level of the building using a cable-guided concrete dispensing nozzle suspended from said cable supp...