Patent ID: 11926099
Assignee: CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a support including a support base and at least one link extending from the support base, wherein the support is one of a robotic arm, a gantry, or an arm-gantry hybrid;
a print head;
a drive, including:
a drive base, wherein the drive base forms a portion of a joint connectable to the at least one link;
a slipring disposed inside of the drive base;
a drivetrain extending between the drive base and the print head, and
a rotary union disposed inside of the slipring and configured to pass a pressurized medium to the print head; and

a latching mechanism configured to connect the print head to the drivetrain using the pressurized medium.