Appeal No. 1997-1380
Application 08/301,508
a first jet for controllably dispensing a first material
at selected locations of said target surface; and
a dispenser mounted on said printhead in a lagging
spaced-apart relationship relative to said first jet in a
direction of movement of said integrated printhead relative to
said platform, for dispensing a second material at other
locations of said target surface simultaneously with said
first jet.
13. A method of producing a three-dimensional object
comprising the steps of:
moving an integrated printhead across a target surface,
said integrated printhead comprising a first jet for
controllably dispensing a liquid first material at said target
surface and a dispenser for dispensing a liquid second
material mounted on said printhead in a spaced-apart
relationship relative to said first jet;
during said moving step, controllably dispensing said
first material via said first jet at selected locations of
said target surface corresponding to a cross section of the
object, wherein said first material solidifies after being
dispensed;
during said dispensing, dispensing said second material
via said dispenser at other locations of said target surface
simultaneously at which said first jet is dispensing said
first material, wherein said second material solidifies after
being despensed, to complete a layer over said target surface
to form another target surface at a top surface of said first
material; and
repeating said moving, controllably dispensing to form a
body comprised of said first and second materials.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
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