THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER HAVING A DOOR LOCK STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: LEE, Yang-Teh, JUANG, Jia-Yi, HSIEH, Yi-Chu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.03.2019
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CASTING; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A 3D printer (10) having a door lock structure (4) includes a housing (1), a door panel (2), a door lock structure (4), a coloring nozzle set (62), an actuator (5), and a controller (8). The door panel (2) is pivotally connected to the housing (1). The door lock structure (4) is arranged corresponding to the door panel (2) and has a locking position and an unlocking position. The actuator (5) is connected to the door lock structure (4) and drives the door lock structure (4) to lock or unlock the door panel (2). The controller (8) is electrically connected to the actuator (5). The controller (8) controls the actuator (5) to drive the door lock structure (4) to the locking position. The controller (8) activates an unlocking mode after a predetermined time after the coloring nozzle set (62) stops operating. In the unlocking mode, the controller (8) controls the actuator (5) to drive the door lock structure (4) to the unlocking position.