Patent ID: 9511345
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B01J,B05D,F01N,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for fabricating a structure from a plurality of bonded layers, the system comprising: a container having a movable bottom configured to descend a distance from a top level of the container to a plurality of depths within the container; a carrier configured to contain a first particulate precursor material spatially separated from a second particulate precursor material, the carrier configured to dispense a layer of the particulate precursor materials onto the bottom of the container or a previously dispensed layer on the bottom; and a bonder configured to bond a portion of the dispensed layer to create a solidified portion of the precursor materials, wherein the bonder comprises an inkjet configured to dispense an activator onto a dispensed layer, and the activator includes an aqueous liquid; the carrier, bonder, and bottom configured to perform an iterative process comprising: to fabricate a structure comprising a plurality of solidified portions of layers of bonded precursor material such that the dispensed layers have a first region comprising the first particulate precursor material and a second region comprising the second particulate precursor material.