US 12,325,180 B2
Jetted material printer with vacuum fluid extraction
Morteza Vatani, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Steven Zhichao Shi, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sakuu Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Sakuu Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/348,749, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390995 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/112 (2017.08) [B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B41J 2/18 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jetted material printing system, comprising:
a carrier substrate configured to travel along a longitudinal direction;
one or more printheads, each of the one or more printheads being configured to deposit an amount of material onto the carrier substrate to form a printed layer;
a liquid removal device located at a first position from the one or more printheads in the longitudinal direction, the liquid removal device being configured to remove a liquid from the printed layer formed onto the carrier substrate; and
a binder conditioning device located at a second position downstream from the liquid removal device in the longitudinal direction, the binder conditioning device being configured to deposit a binder material on the printed layer formed on the carrier substrate after the liquid removal;
wherein the liquid removal device removes an amount of binder material from the printed layer, and wherein the binder material deposited on the printed layer formed on the carrier substrate compensates for an amount of the binder that has been removed by the liquid removal device.