Patent ID: 11872763
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for supplying a dose amount of material to an additive manufacturing platform, the apparatus comprising:
a rotatable delivery module comprising:
a vane; and
a distribution portion;

wherein the vane and the distribution portion abut one another along a rotational axis at an angle α,
wherein a first longitudinal axis of the vane is parallel to a second longitudinal axis of the distribution portion,
wherein the distribution portion comprises a plurality of distribution elements, each positioned at a different location along a length of the distribution portion,
wherein the rotatable delivery module is configured to rotate about the rotational axis to a supply position to enable the dose amount of material to be supplied to the additive manufacturing platform from a material supply module, and
wherein the plurality of distribution elements of the distribution portion and the vane are configured to uniformly supply and distribute the dose amount of material lengthwise along the material supply module.