US 11,752,696 B2
System for additively manufacturing composite structures
Colin Hugh Hambling, Medina, WA (US); Trevor David Budge, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); and Ryan C. Stockett, Spokane, WA (US)
Assigned to Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed by Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,938.
Application 17/457,938 is a continuation of application No. 16/546,288, filed on Aug. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,235,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,498, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,124, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0088864 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/264 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/264 (2017.08); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head for an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a first outlet configured to discharge, from the head, a composite material comprising a first component and a second component to form an object;
a first inlet located upstream the first outlet and configured receive at least one component of the composite material; and
a second outlet located between the first outlet and the first inlet, wherein the second outlet is configured to discharge, from the head, only the first component of the composite material.