US 12,403,659 B2
Auxiliary material handling unit (AMHU)
Mitchell Oliver Debora, Thornhill (CA); and Derek Alan Vogt, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed by Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,414.
Application 18/350,414 is a division of application No. 16/488,736, granted, now 11,738,513, previously published as PCT/CA2018/050243, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/466,536, filed on Mar. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025119 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 64/336 (2017.08) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fused filament fabrication (FFF) system comprising:
a print head;
a collection reservoir; and
an auxiliary material handling unit (AMHU) including a material displacer having (i) at least one entry port to receive auxiliary material extruded from the print head and (ii) at least one exit port spaced apart from the at least one entry port, the material displacer configured to actively displace the auxiliary material away from the at least one entry port to the at least one exit port and into the collection reservoir.