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Patent US8157202 - Filament container and methods of use thereof - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA container comprising a housing that is configured to rotatably mount a filament supply spool, and a filament guide mechanism mountable within a channel of the housing, where the filament guide mechanism comprises a filament pathway configured to guide the filament from the filament supply spool rotatably...http://www.google.com/patents/US8157202?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8157202 - Filament container and methods of use thereofAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8157202 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 13/082,602Publication dateApr 17, 2012Filing dateApr 8, 2011Priority dateOct 22, 2008Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2740724A1, EP2349682A2, EP2349682B1, US7938351, US20100096485, US20110180652, WO2010048135A2, WO2010048135A3Publication number082602, 13082602, US 8157202 B2, US 8157202B2, US-B2-8157202, US8157202 B2, US8157202B2InventorsThomas L. Taatjes, Patrick W. Turley, Martin G. Zalusky, Thomas P. PaulOriginal AssigneeStratasys, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (67), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (3), Classifications (14), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetFilament container and methods of use thereof
This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/255,811, filed on Oct. 22, 2008, and entitled “FILAMENT GUIDE MECHANISM FOR FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER”, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Reference is hereby made to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/079,244, filed on Apr. 4, 2011, and entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL AND FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF”; which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/255,808, filed on Oct. 22, 2008, and entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”; the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.
Reference is also hereby made to U.S. Design patent application No. 29/378,539, filed on Nov. 5, 2010, and entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”; which is a division of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/363,024, filed on Jun. 3, 2010, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D628,466; which is a division of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/351,230, filed on Dec. 2, 2009, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. 618,086; which is a division of U.S. Design Patent Application No. 29/340,131, filed on Jul. 14, 2009, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D606,845; and which is a division of U.S. Design Patent Application No. 29/326,639, filed on Oct. 22, 2008, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D598,733.
Reference is also hereby made to U.S. Design patent application No. 29/384,419, filed on Jan. 21, 2011, and entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER”; which is a division of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/351,229, filed on Dec. 2, 2009, and is entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER”; which is a division of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/340,132, filed on Jul. 14, 2009, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D606,998; which is a division of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/326,638, filed on Oct. 22, 2008, entitled “FILAMENT SPOOL CONTAINER”, and which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D598,922.
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