ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,608, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Albico Beheer B.V. (Rijen, Netherlands).
"Extruder system and additive manufacturing printer, comprising such an extruder" was invented by Petrus Adrianus Johannes Maria Kuijpers (Moergestel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The extruder system includes a supply configured to receive raw material and comprising a heater configured to melt the raw material into extrudable material, an extruder configured to receive the extrudable material from the supply and comprising a screw conveyor configured to convey the extrudable material towards an extrusion nozzle of the extruder and cause an o...