US Patent Issued to ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES on March 25 for "Device and method for depositing a granular material in additive manufacture" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,768, issued on March 25, was assigned to ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES (Nantes, France).

"Device and method for depositing a granular material in additive manufacture" was invented by Jean-Yves Hascoet (Nantes, France), Pascal Mognol (Rennes, France) and Tugdual Le Neel (Nantes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for depositing a layer of granular material on a deposition surface. The device includes a discharge hopper, a scraper, and a transporter to move the discharge hopper and the scraper relative to the deposition surface. The hopper includes a plurality of discharge holes, aligned in a transverse direction, a top portio...