US 12,227,351 B1
Reusable cartridge based system for precision placement of construction materials
Paul Clark, Gilbert, AZ (US); Philip Mutarelli, Fremont, CA (US); Adam Hoch, San Jose, CA (US); Jonathan Reiland, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Russell Varone, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Diamond Age 3D, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Diamond Age 3D, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,136, filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Int. Cl. B65D 83/00 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01)
CPC B65D 83/0022 (2013.01) [B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a cartridge configured to receive a volume of construction material;
a piston being operable within the cartridge, moderated by at least one plunger assembly;
a forming device being terminally connected to the cartridge, opposite the piston across the volume of construction material;
a loading assembly configured to receive the cartridge and sequentially insert the volume of construction material and the piston opposite the forming device along the cartridge;
at least one sensor package being oriented towards the cartridge, such that at least one condition datum from the volume of construction material therein is derived;
a unitary controller being connected to the sensor package, the plunger assembly, and the loading assembly such that the unitary controller supplies control signals to the plunger assembly and the loading assembly based on the condition datum;
a target material value characterized by deterministic input to the unitary controller;
at least one stored material value being characterized by the condition datum corresponding to expended material previously deployed from the cartridge;
a current material value being characterized by the condition datum corresponding to material positioned within the cartridge;
the current material value being compared to at least one stored material value using the unitary controller, such that a material value projection is derived as a trend line therebetween; and
the current material value being adjusted to intersect the material value projection with the target material value.