ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,284, issued on July 22, was assigned to SHENZHEN TUOZHU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Belt tensioning mechanism for 3D printer and 3D printer" was invented by Xianwu Xiong (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a belt tensioning mechanism for a 3D printer and a 3D printer. In those embodiments, the belt tensioning mechanism comprises a base, a driving pulley, at least one timing pulley, a sliding block, a tensioning pulley, a spring. The base is provided with a first sliding groove. The driving pulley and the at least one timing pulley are mounted on the base and are connected in series wit...