Patents by Inventor Marshall Burns

Marshall Burns has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic fabrication of three dimensional object
    Patent number: 6575218
    Abstract: A method and apparatus automatically fabricates a three dimensional object from individual layers of fabrication material having a predetermined configuration. Successive layers are stacked in a predetermined sequence and affixed together to form the object. The fabrication material is carried on a substrate to a stacker. At the stacker the layers are stacked together, with each layer being successively affixed to the stack of previously affixed layers, and with the substrate removed from each layer after it is affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventors: Marshall Burns, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Kim F. McGinnis
  • Method and apparatus for automatic fabrication of three-dimensional objects
    Patent number: 5879489
    Abstract: A method and apparatus automatically fabricates a three dimensional object from individual layers of fabrication material having a predetermined configuration. Successive layers are stacked in a predetermined sequence and affixed together to form the object. The fabrication material is carried on a substrate to a stacker. At the stacker the layers are stacked together, with each layer being successively affixed to the stack of previously affixed layers, and with the substrate removed from each layer after it is affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventors: Marshall Burns, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Kim F. McGinnis
  • Method and apparatus for automatic fabrication of three-dimensional objects
    Patent number: 5514232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically fabricating a three-dimensional object from individual layers of fabrication material having a predetermined configuration. Successive layers are stacked in a predetermined sequence and affixed together to form the object. The fabrication material is carried on a substrate to a stacker station. At this station the individual layers are stacked together, with successive layers being affixed to each other, with the substrate removed after affixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Inventor: Marshall Burns