US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Sept. 16 for "Three-dimensional shaping device with nozzle flushing operation" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,319, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Three-dimensional shaping device with nozzle flushing operation" was invented by Akihiko Tsunoya (Okaya, Japan), Toshimitsu Hirai (Hokuto, Japan) and Kaoru Momose (Hara-mura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a shaping table; a layer forming unit configured to form a powder layer on the shaping table; a head configured to eject a liquid containing a binder from a nozzle to a shaping region; and a control unit configured to control movement of the head with respect to the shaping table and driving of the head by applyi...