US 12,280,430 B2
Docking arrangement for an additive manufacturing process
Callum Healey, Widnes (GB)
Assigned to LPW Technology Ltd, Widnes (GB)
Appl. No. 17/765,812
Filed by LPW Technology Ltd, Widnes (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052355
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/064362, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914249 (GB), filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371096 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01)
CPC B22F 12/52 (2021.01) [B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking arrangement for coupling an outlet of a container to an inlet for a component of an additive manufacturing process, the docking arrangement comprising:
a dock configured to receive the container;
a gas supply coupled to the dock; and
a gas coupler configured, in use, to couple the gas supply with a gas inlet coupled to the container when the container is received within the dock.