ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,155, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DESKTOP METAL INC. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Powder distribution system for three-dimensional printer" was invented by Jake Flick (Irwin, Pa.), Michael John McCoy (Murraysville, Pa.), Joseph J. Bolt (Irwin, Pa.), Alec Hydock (Pittsburgh), Travis Maxwell Inks (Greensburg, Pa.), Anthony S. Dugan (Irwin, Pa.) and Thomas Lizzi (Allison Park, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to powder-layer three-dimensional printers (2) having a discrete supply hopper (340) and a recoater (20). The discrete supply hopper (340) is configured to transfer a build powder to the recoater (20)...