Patents Assigned to Beehive Industries, LLC
  • Powder spreading apparatus and system
    Patent number: 12214523
    Abstract: A powder spreading apparatus includes a hopper having a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, a front wall, a rear wall opposite from the front wall, and a floor. The front wall, the rear wall, the first end, the second end, and the floor define an interior. An impeller is disposed within the interior of the hopper. The impeller includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced flutes and is configured to rotate about an impeller axis that extends from the first end of the hopper to the second end of the hopper to deposit powder onto a print area. A spreader rod is coupled to the hopper and extends along a spreader rod axis parallel to the impeller axis. The spreader rod is configured to rotate about the spreader rod axis to smooth the powder as it is deposited onto the print area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Beehive Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William B. Shambley, Michael V. Pozderac, William R. Buckley, Jr.
  • POWDER SPREADING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230109807
    Abstract: A powder spreading apparatus includes a hopper having a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, a front wall, a rear wall opposite from the front wall, and a floor. The front wall, the rear wall, the first end, the second end, and the floor define an interior. An impeller is disposed within the interior of the hopper. The impeller includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced flutes and is configured to rotate about an impeller axis that extends from the first end of the hopper to the second end of the hopper to deposit powder onto a print area. A spreader rod is coupled to the hopper and extends along a spreader rod axis parallel to the impeller axis. The spreader rod is configured to rotate about the spreader rod axis to smooth the powder as it is deposited onto the print area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Beehive Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William B. SHAMBLEY, Michael V. POZDERAC, William R. BUCKLEY, Jr.
  • Powder spreading apparatus and system
    Patent number: 11504879
    Abstract: A powder spreading apparatus includes a hopper having a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, a front wall, a rear wall opposite from the front wall, and a floor. The front wall, the rear wall, the first end, the second end, and the floor define an interior. An impeller is disposed within the interior of the hopper. The impeller includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced flutes and is configured to rotate about an impeller axis that extends from the first end of the hopper to the second end of the hopper to deposit powder onto a print area. A spreader rod is coupled to the hopper and extends along a spreader rod axis parallel to the impeller axis. The spreader rod is configured to rotate about the spreader rod axis to smooth the powder as it is deposited onto the print area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Beehive Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William B. Shambley, Michael V. Pozderac, William R. Buckley, Jr.