Electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system with transfer-medium service loops

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8488994
APP PUB NO 20130077997A1
SERIAL NO

13242841

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An additive manufacturing system for printing a three-dimensional part using electrophotography, the additive manufacturing system including a rotatable photoconductor component, a development station configured to develop layers of a material on a surface of the rotatable photoconductor component, a rotatable transfer medium configured to receive the developed layers from the surface of the rotatable photoconductor component, and a platen configured to receive the developed layers from the rotatable transfer medium in a layer-by-layer manner. The additive manufacturing system also includes a plurality of service loops configured to move portions of the rotatable transfer medium at different line speeds while maintaining a net rotational rate of full rotations of the rotatable transfer medium at a substantially steady state.

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EVOLVE ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS INC5600 ROWLAND ROAD SUITE 180 MINNETONKA MN 55343

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Bacus, Michael W Temecula, US 14 819
Chillscyzn, Steven A Victoria, US 26 1164
Hanson, William J Carlsbad, US 26 975
Sanders, J Randolph Rancho Santa Fe, US 13 806

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