Patent ID: 11904528
Assignee: MIGHTY BUILDINGS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A 3D printing system, comprising:
a movable printer head housing a plurality of 3D system components;
a base composite material channel located within the printer head and configured to pass a base composite material through the printer head, wherein the printer head is configured to 3D print the base composite material as a standalone 3D printing material;
a fiber strand channel located within the printer head and configured to pass a fiber strand through the printer head, wherein the fiber strand is separate from the base composite material, wherein the fiber strand channel meets the base composite material channel at a first location within the printer head;
an impregnation material channel located within the printer head and configured to pass an impregnation material to impregnate the fiber strand while the fiber strand is within the printer head, wherein the fiber strand channel meets the impregnation material channel at a second location within the printer head that is before the first location;
a fiber feeding component located within the printer head and configured to feed the fiber strand through the fiber channel, wherein the fiber feeding component facilitates impregnating the fiber strand with the impregnation material at the second location within the printer head to form an impregnated fiber strand and then facilitates combining the impregnated fiber strand with the base composite material at the first location within the printer head to form a layer of a 3D printed building component with the impregnated fiber strand located within the base composite material, and wherein the printer head is also configured to 3D print the base composite material and the impregnated fiber strand as a combined 3D printing material;
a base composite material supply, wherein the base composite material supply is replaceable and supplies the base composite material into the base composite material channel;
a base composite material supply connector coupling the base composite material channel to the base composite material supply;
a fiber strand supply, wherein the fiber strand supply is replaceable and supplies the fiber strand into the fiber strand channel;
a fiber strand supply connector coupling the fiber strand channel to the fiber strand supply;
an impregnation material supply, wherein the impregnation material supply is replaceable and supplies the impregnation material into the impregnation material channel;
an impregnation material supply connector coupling the impregnation material channel to the impregnation material supply;
a moving printing device configured to move the printer head during operation of the 3D printing system; and
a coupling component coupling the printer head to the moving printing device.