US Patent Issued to LPW Technology on March 4 for "Docking arrangement for an additive manufacturing process" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,175, issued on March 4, was assigned to LPW Technology Ltd (Widnes, Great Britain).

"Docking arrangement for an additive manufacturing process" was invented by Callum Healey (Widnes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Docking Arrangement for an Additive Manufacturing Process An operating handle (50) for controlling the operational state of a valve arrangement (26) associated with a container (12) to control dispensing of material from the container (12) to a component of an additive manufacturing process. The operating handle (50) includes a rotatable shaft 56 which is coupled to the valve arrangement (26) and is rotatabl...