US Patent Issued to PAXIS on March 3 for "Roller delivery of a flowable material" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,001, issued on March 3, was assigned to PAXIS LLC (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

"Roller delivery of a flowable material" was invented by Frederick Knecht (Woodstock, Ill.) and Michael G. Littrell (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for supplying a resin or other flowable material includes a supply vat configured to contain the flowable material, and a roller positioned at least partially within the supply vat and configured to be in contact with the flowable material. The roller has a cylindrical outer surface to carry the flowable material out of the supply vat for application to produce an object. The supply vat ...