Patent ID: 11958249
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. An additive manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a stage configured to hold one or more cured layers of resin that form a component;
a radiant energy device operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image;
an actuator configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device;
a reclamation system downstream of the stage and configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a foil, wherein the reclamation system including a scraper;
a first roller directing the foil partially therearound upstream of the scraper; and
a second roller directing the foil partially therearound downstream of the scraper, wherein the scraper is configured to redirect the foil from a first translational direction to a second translational direction between the first roller and the second roller.