Patent ID: 11884011
Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. The system of claim 4, the controller being further configured to:
operate the actuator to advance the multi-nozzle extruder a distance that is greater than a distance that the multi-nozzle extruder is advanced to infill the portion of the object within the perimeter of the object; and
operate valves in the plurality of valves to open nozzles in the multi-nozzle extruder that are outside the perimeter of the object being formed to form a second group of multiple parallel ribbons on the first group of multiple parallel ribbons to form another layer of the support structure that is oriented at an angle that is different than the direction of movement used to form the first group of multiple parallel ribbons.