Patents Represented by Attorney Leydig, Voigt & Mayer
  • Patent number: 8323429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional plaster objects via thin layer deposition. The inventive method comprises steps of depositing a layer of a calcium sulfate hemihydrate slurry onto the surface of a support in a predetermined pattern and activating the slurry with an activating agent so as to accelerate the setting reaction of calcium sulfate hemihydrate and water to form set calcium sulfate dihydrate. The depositing and activating steps can be repeated as necessary until the desired three-dimensional plaster object is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Salvatore C. Immordino, Lee K. Yeung