Japan, July 14 -- XEROX CORP has got intellectual property rights for 'MELTED METAL LEVEL SENSOR FOR METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2022-065121
Category (FI): B33Y30/00,B33Y10/00,B22D23/00@E,B22F12/90,B22F10/20,B33Y50/02,B22F12/50
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metal drop ejecting apparatus equipped with a device for determining the position of a surface level of melted metal in a receptacle of a 3D metal object printer, and a method for operating the metal drop ejecting apparatus.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is equipped with a wire detector 190 to determine a position of a top surface of melted metal contained in a receptacle of a heated vessel 104 in the apparatus from time to time. The solid metal wire being fed into the heated vessel is retracted and the length of the retracted wire 120 is determined using a signal generated by the wire detector. The determined length of the wire is used to identify the position of the top level of the melted metal in the receptacle so the receptacle can be replenished if the level has fallen below a predetermined capacity for the receptacle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 (Grant)
Filing Date: April 11, 2022
Publication Date: Nov. 25, 2022
The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100
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