Three-Dimensional Printer with an Inverted Cutting Surface and a Movable Platform for Creating Layered Objects

摘要

There is provided a three-dimensional (3D) printer for creating a 3D object using a fabric including a cutting device, an inverted cutting surface, a securing mechanism to secure the fabric against the inverted cutting surface for cutting the fabric by the cutting device into a plurality of layers, a movable platform for receiving each of the plurality of layers, in sequence, from the inverted cutting surface after each layer is cut from the fabric, and a bonding tool to bond each layer of the plurality of fabric layers to a previously received layer as the fabric layers are sequentially received by the movable platform to create the 3D object.

主权项

1. A three-dimensional (3D) printer for creating a 3D object using a fabric, the 3D printer comprising:
a cutting device; an inverted cutting surface; a securing mechanism to secure the fabric against the inverted cutting surface for cutting the fabric by the cutting device into a plurality of fabric layers; a movable platform to sequentially receive each of the plurality of fabric layers from the inverted cutting surface after each is cut from the fabric by the cutting device; and a bonding tool configured to bond each of the plurality of fabric layers as sequentially received by the movable platform to a previously received layer of the plurality of fabric layers received by the movable platform to create the 3D object.