ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,578, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to VulcanForms Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Recoater system for additive manufacturing" was invented by Matthew Sweetland (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments relate to recoater systems for use with additive manufacturing systems. A recoater assembly may be adjustable along multiple degrees of freedom relative to a build surface, which may allow for adjustment of a spacing between the recoater assembly and the build surface and/or an orientation of the recoater assembly relative to an orientation of the build surface. In some embodiments, the recoater assembly may be ...