Patents Assigned to XYZprinting, Inc.
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Publication number: 20180186089Abstract: A three-dimensional (3-D) printing apparatus and an inkjet coloring method thereof are provided. The 3-D printing apparatus includes a platform, a three-dimensional printing head, an inkjet head and the method includes following steps. A layer thickness of at least one layer object forming a 3-D object is obtained. An ink discharge volume of an ink layer is adjusted according to the layer thickness, wherein the ink discharge volume is in positive correlation with the layer thickness. A building material is melted and printed out on the platform according to the layer thickness by the three-dimensional printing head to form the at last one layer object. Ink is dispensed on the at last one layer object according to the adjusted ink discharge volume by the inkjet head to form the ink layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Yu-Chuan Chang, Hsin-Ta Hsieh
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Publication number: 20180186095Abstract: A 3D printing device and a printing correction method are provided. The 3D printing device includes a printing nozzle, a printing platform and a controller. The printing nozzle is controlled to move on the movement plane. The printing platform includes a first tilt sensor to sense a tilting state of the printing platform. The controller is coupled to the first tilt sensor. The printing correction method adapted to the 3D printing device includes following steps: sensing the tilting state of the printing platform; controlling the printing nozzle to be depressed in a first position on the printing platform to change the tilting state of the printing platform; and, correcting the relative position of the print platform with the movement plane by the first position and the changes of tilting state of the printing platform sensed by the tilt sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Yu-Jie Yang
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Publication number: 20180169967Abstract: The invention provides a 3-D printing method including: providing a liquid-state forming material in a 3-D printing apparatus; detecting a temperature of the liquid-state forming material; and adjusting corresponding curing parameters according to the temperature and curing characteristics of the liquid-state forming material to cure the liquid-state forming material layer by layer, so as to form and stack multiple cured layers to form a 3-D object. The invention can ensure consistency of a molded object printed by the 3-D printing apparatus using the liquid-state forming material and thus, solve the issue of inconsistent quality occurring to the molded object printed by the 3-D printing apparatus using the liquid-state forming material due to the curing speed of the liquid-state forming material varying with temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Kuan Chang, Meng-Chwen Lee
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Publication number: 20180162068Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus and a three-dimensional printing method are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, an injection module, a platform movably disposed above the bottom of the tank, a curing module, and a control module. The tank has a forming area and a separating area in a stepped manner on a bottom thereof, and the forming area is higher than the separating area. The injection module includes a storage tank and an injection pipe connected thereto, and a forming material is filled therein to be applied to the forming area. The curing module is disposed beside the tank or the platform to cure the forming material between the platform and the forming area to be a curing layer. The control module is electrically connected to the injection module, the curing module, and at least one of the tank and the platform to perform a relative movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Peng-Yang Chen
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Publication number: 20180154587Abstract: The invention relates to a 3-D printing apparatus including a tank, a platform, a fixture, a solidifying module and a control module. The tank is flexible and filled with a liquid-state forming material. The platform is disposed in the tank. The control module drives the fixture to deform the tank, so as to form a first gap between the platform and a bottom of the tank for the liquid-state forming material to flow in. The solidifying module in controlled by the control module to solidify the liquid-state forming material between the platform and the bottom of the tank, so as to form a solidified layer. The invention can effectively reduce a processing time for manufacturing each solidified layer, such that an overall processing time can be reduced to achieve preferable molding efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Peng-Yang Chen
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Patent number: 9987802Abstract: A method for adjusting a printing head usage amount of a 3D printer and a control device are provided. The method is adapted to control the control device of the 3D printer. The method includes following steps. At least one printing head of the 3D printer is divided into a plurality of sections. An accumulated printing point number of each of the sections is obtained. At least one specific section used for printing a 3D object is selected from the sections according to the accumulated printing point number of each of the sections. The method for adjusting the printing head usage amount of the 3D printer and the control device can avoid excessively high usage amount of some nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Hsueh-Kuan Shih, I-Feng Wu
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Patent number: 9981427Abstract: A sensing device of a three dimensional object being printed is provided. The sensing device includes a roller, a ring shape equipment, a sensor, and a processor. The roller is utilized to perform planarization of the 3D printing object. The ring shape equipment has the same axial as the roller and rotates with the roller. The sensor is utilized to detect rotational speed of the ring shape equipment. The processor determines whether the roller is in contact with the 3D printing object according to the rotational speed of the ring shape equipment. Thereby, contact between the roller and the 3D printing object may be determined without disposed sensor on the roller.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventor: Yao-Te Huang
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Publication number: 20180133978Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus including a body, a rotation module, a tank, an elevating module, a forming platform, a curing module, and a control module is provided. The rotation module and the elevating module are disposed on the body. The tank is disposed on the rotation module. The forming platform is disposed on the elevating module. The curing module disposed in the body and under the tank. The control module is electrically connected to the rotation module, the elevating module, and the curing module. The forming platform dips into the forming material in liquid in the tank and the curing module cures the forming material between the forming platform and an inner bottom of the tank to form a solidification layer. Then the elevating module and the rotation module respectively drive the forming platform to rise and rotate relatively to the tank simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chao-Yu Yen, Chen-Fu Huang, An-Hsiu Lee, Tsai-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20180133981Abstract: A printing head module for a 3-D printing apparatus includes a 3-D print head, an ink-jet print head and a baking module. The 3-D print head includes a melting module and a base-material nozzle to print a plurality of staking layers. The ink-jet print head is connected to the 3-D print head and includes an ink nozzle to dispense ink on each stacking layer. The baking module is disposed between the 3-D print head and the ink-jet print head and includes a fan, a discharge casing and a heating module. The fan includes an air-discharge side facing the base to provide an air flow. The discharge casing is disposed on the air-discharge side. The heating module is disposed between the fan and the discharge casing to heat the air flow and the heated air flow being blown out via the discharge casing for drying the ink layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chia-Hung Huang, Ming-En Ho, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Jia-Yi Juang, Yang-Teh Lee
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Publication number: 20180133984Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus includes a tank containing a forming material in liquid, a platform dipped into or moved away the forming material, a curing device disposed besides the tank or the platform, and a control device electrically connected to at least one of the tank and the platform and the curing device. An inner bottom of the tank includes a forming area and a peeling area in a stepped shape, and the forming area is higher than the peeling area. A 3D printing method includes providing the 3D printing apparatus, then the liquid-state forming material between the platform and the forming area is cured to form a solidification layer. Afterwards, a position and an occupied proportion of the solidification layer corresponding to the inner bottom, and a movement range of a relative movement is determined according thereto so as to completely peel off the solidification layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ting-Yu Lu, Peng-Yang Chen
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Publication number: 20180093427Abstract: A three dimensional printing apparatus including a tank containing a liquid forming material, a platform movably disposed in the tank to be immersed in or moved out of the liquid forming material, a curing device disposed next to the tank or the platform, and a controlling device electrically connected to the curing device and at least one of the tank and the platform is provided. An inner bottom of the tank has a first portion and a second portion in step manner, the first portion is higher than the second portion. The controlling device drives the tank and the platform to move relative to each other. A solidified layer is formed by curing the liquid forming material between the platform and the first portion and peeled off by rotating the tank relative to the platform. A three dimensional printing method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Bo Pang
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Patent number: 9895872Abstract: A 3-D printing apparatus includes a base and a printing head disposed above the base. The base includes an adjustment platform having an adjustment side and a top surface, a first-adjustment mechanism, second-adjustment mechanisms and a printing bed. The first-adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment shaft, first and second gears and a linkage rod. The first gear disposed under the adjustment platform is engaged with the adjustment shaft to drive it to move along a normal direction of the top surface. The second gear is engaged with the first gear to drive it to rotate. The linkage rod extended to the adjustment side connects the second gear to drive it to rotate. The second-adjustment mechanisms arranged along the adjustment side are adapted to move along the normal direction. The printing bed disposed on the adjustment platform is engaged with the adjustment shaft and the second adjustment mechanisms to move therewith.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Shih-Jer Din, Jui-Feng Chang, Shy-Huey Yee
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Patent number: 9862150Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus and a printing method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a movable platform, a light source module, and a controller. The bottom of the tank includes an irradiated area and a non-irradiated area. The movable platform is movably disposed above the tank. The light source module is disposed under the tank and only provides light to the irradiated area to irradiate a liquid-formation material. The controller controls the movable platform to move along a first axis direction, such that at least one layer object of a three-dimensional object is cured on the movable platform layer by layer. The layer object is composed of object sections. During a period of forming one layer object, the controller controls the movable platform to move on a horizontal plane, such that the object sections of the layer object are cured sequentially above the irradiated area.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Peng-Yang Chen, Ming-Hsiung Ding
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Patent number: 9862139Abstract: A three dimensional printing apparatus including a tank filled with liquid forming material, a platform disposed in the tank and immersed in the liquid forming material, and a curing tool disposed next to the tank is provided. The tank has at least two forming areas in step manner. The tank and the platform are controlled to generate a relative planer motion, wherein the platform moves from a forming area in higher step towards another forming area in lower step. When the platform moves to one of the forming areas, the curing tool cures the liquid forming material between the platform and the forming area to form a solidification layer on the platform. As the platform moves by at least two forming areas to form at least two solidification layers, the solidification layers are stacked to form a three dimensional object.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Bo Pang
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Patent number: 9855708Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device including a processing unit and a mixing unit is provided. The processing unit formats a sliced file into a printing head signal file, wherein the sliced file and the printing head signal file correspond to a three-dimensional structure, the sliced file includes layer data corresponding to a plurality of layers of the three-dimensional structure, and the print head signal file includes layer printing data corresponding to the layers of the three-dimensional structure. The mixing unit combines part of the layer data in the sliced file and part of the layer printing data in the printing head signal file to derive a hybrid file, and stores the hybrid file in a storing unit of the electronic device, wherein the layer data and the layer printing data in the hybrid file correspond to different layers of the three-dimensional structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Tien-I Kao, Ting-Yu Lu
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Patent number: 9854829Abstract: A 3D printing device, which is adapted to print a second object on a first object. The 3D printing device includes a body, a 3D printing unit, a sensor unit, a storage unit, a control unit and a carrier plate. The control unit is electrically connected to the 3D printing unit, the storage unit and the sensor unit. The storage unit stores initial coordinates, and the initial coordinates correspond to an initial printing position of the 3D printing unit. The carrier plate is located at a bottom of the body and has a ocular mark. The first object is adapted to be placed on the carrier plate. The sensor unit senses a height of the first object relative to the carrier plate, and the control unit drives the 3D printing unit to print the second object on the first object according to the height and the initial coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Shih-Jer Din, Jui-Feng Chang, Shy-Huey Yee
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Patent number: 9855706Abstract: A 3-D printing apparatus including a base and a printing head module is provided. The base includes a first supplying platform, a printing bed and a second supplying platform disposed in order along a printing path. The first supplying platform and the second supplying platform carry building powder respectively; the first supplying platform and the second supplying platform are alternately lifted to a printing-reference plane of the base for supplying the building powder to the printing bed. The printing head module is movably disposed above the base and configured to move along a forward direction of the print path to transfer the building powder of the first supplying platform onto the printing bed, and move along a backward direction of the printing path to transfer building powder of the second supplying platform onto the printing bed to form bonded powder layers stacked together to form a 3-D object.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Shih-Jer Din, Ming-Chih Huang, Chien-Ying Tseng
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Patent number: 9849662Abstract: The invention provides a lead screw guide assembly and a three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus, wherein the lead screw guide assembly includes a base, a first guiding member, a second guiding member and a lead screw guide. The first guiding member is disposed on the base and has a first channel extending along an axis. The second guiding member is movably coupled to the first guiding member along the axis. The lead screw guide is movably disposed on the base along the axis and located in the first channel. The lead screw guide is coupled to the second guiding member, so as to drive the second guiding member to move along the axis and hide in the first channel or protrude from the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Shih-Jer Din, Jui-Feng Chang
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Patent number: D809574Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Yu-Hao Lin
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Patent number: D810747Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Chieh Kao, Yu-Hao Lin, Che-Wei Chang