US 12,083,741 B2
Print heads for additive manufacturing systems
Trevor David Budge, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Brock Adam Jahner, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Jeremiah R. Smith, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Nathan Andrew Stranberg, Post Falls, ID (US); Andrew Michael Stulc, Spokane, WA (US); Samuel VanDenBerg, Hayden, ID (US); Stephen Tyler Wilson, Coeur D'Alene, ID (US); and Andrew John Overby, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Assigned to Continous Composites Inc., Couer d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed by Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,825, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080660 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/255 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/343 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/255 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/343 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29C 2948/92904 (2019.02); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a support; and
a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support, the print head including:
an outlet configured to discharge a material in a trajectory along a central axis of the outlet;
a compactor disposed downstream of the outlet relative to the trajectory and configured to press the material transversely against an adjacent surface;
a cutting module located between the outlet and the compactor, wherein the compactor and the cutting module are configured to move together relative to the outlet;
a first rail; and
at least a first carriage configured to slide along the first rail, the at least a first carriage and rail moveably connecting the compactor and the cutting module to the outlet.