US Patent Issued to Tritone Technologies on April 21 for "Maintenance and cleaning in an additive manufacturing machine" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,882, issued on April 21, was assigned to Tritone Technologies Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).

"Maintenance and cleaning in an additive manufacturing machine" was invented by Eli Kedar (Beit-Dagan, Israel), Alon Feldman (Kibbutz Kfar-Menachem, Israel), Ofer Ben-Zur (Hod-HaSharon, Israel) and Rami Ben-Maimon (Yehud, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D printing system in which paste is used to fill a space enclosed by a 3D printed mold wall, uses a blade for spreading the paste. A cleaning system for the blade includes an immersion bath, which is filled with fluid to a fluid level. Rotating brushes are partly submerged in the fluid,...