BUILD MATERIAL CONTAINER WITH HELICAL RAISED PORTIONS

• Main Author: Swier, Kevin E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2020
• 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; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Examples of the present disclosure relate to a container for a three-dimensional printing system. The container has a chamber for storing a build material. The container has a base mounted within an open end of the chamber, the base having a channel structure and having at least one material-conveying structure. The chamber has an inner surface having helical raised portions to convey build material between the chamber and the at least one material-conveying structure during rotation. The at least one material-conveying structure has a radially aligned opening to receive build material conveyed by the helical raised portions in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation and is configured to transport the build material towards an opening of the channel structure.