Patents by Inventor Simon Austin

Simon Austin 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 DELIVERY OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140252668
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for performing a multi-layer construction method using cementitious material has a reservoir (4) for containing cementitious material. The reservoir (4) is coupled to a print head (6) with a delivery nozzle (13). The delivery nozzle (13) can be moved by a robotic arm assembly (1) to index the nozzle (13) along a predetermined path. Flow of the cementitious material from the reservoir (4) to the nozzle (13) and to extrude the material out of the nozzle (13) is controlled in conjunction with indexing of the nozzle (13). A support material, an accelerating agent and a cartilage material may also be deposited from the print head (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Simon Austin, Richard Andrew Buswell, Sungwoo Lim, John Webster