Abstract: In a particular implementation, an electric power device includes a body, a receptacle configured to receive a plug, and a source connector configured to be coupled to a power source. The electric power device further includes a casing coupled to the body and movable with respect to the body between a first position in which the casing defines an enclosed chamber and access to the receptacle is inhibited and a second position in which the casing is configurable to enable access to the receptacle for receipt of the plug. A transition from the first position to the second position is configured to cause the receptacle to be electrically decoupled from the source connector when the casing is at the second position, and a transition from the second position to the first position is configured to cause the receptacle to be electrically coupled to the source connector when the casing is at the first position.

Abstract: A method of forming a three dimensional object comprising: depositing a layer of thermoplastic polymeric material in a preset pattern on a platform to form a deposited layer; directing an energy source, via an energy beam at an energy source target area on the deposited layer to increase the surface energy of the deposited layer at the energy source target area; contacting the energy source target area with a subsequent layer wherein the subsequent layer is deposited along a path of the preset pattern; wherein directing an energy source at the energy source target area comprises applying energy to the layer at an area preceding the depositing of the subsequent layer to that area; and repeating the preceding steps to form the three dimensional object.

Abstract: A method of forming a three dimensional object comprising: depositing a layer of thermoplastic polymeric material in a preset pattern on a platform (14) to form a deposited layer (50); directing an energy source (54), via an energy beam at an energy source target area (56) on the deposited layer (50) to increase the surface energy of the deposited layer at the energy source target area; contacting the energy source target area (56) with a subsequent layer (52) wherein the subsequent layer (52) is deposited along a path of the preset pattern; wherein directing an energy source (54) at the energy source target area (56) comprises applying energy to the layer at an area preceding the depositing of the subsequent layer to that area; and repeating the preceding steps to form the three dimensional object.