Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
219137310 |
Gun
| 91 |
219137700 |
Rate control
| 50 |
219137900 |
Supply cables (e.g., for current, shielding gas, coolant) | 5 |
20090139971 | Method And Apparatus For Welding With Mechanical Arc Control - A method and apparatus for feeding wire from a source of wire to a weld includes one or more motors disposed adjacent the wire to drive the wire to the weld. A buffer is disposed between the source and an arc end of the torch. Another motor may be disposed near the wire source. A wire tension controller may be provided. The one or more motors advance and retract the wire, and wire is stored, or the path length altered, when the wire is retracted. | 06-04-2009 |
20110114617 | LINER, IN PARTICULAR FOR WELDING WIRE - A liner for guiding wire with low friction has a plurality of liner bodies carrying rolling elements. The liner body is connected with at least one adjacent liner body by means of a pivot connection. At least one of the liner bodies is connected to a first swivel joint body which in turn is connected to a second swivel joint body so as to form a swivel joint allowing rotation by more than 360° between the first and the second swivel joint bodies. | 05-19-2011 |
20130068745 | GAS SHIELDING DEVICE FOR A WELDING SYSTEM - A welding system moves in a direction of travel, the welding system includes at least one torch directed toward a first location. The at least one torch each contains an electrode used to facilitate a weld, wherein a primary zone surrounds the electrodes in the first location. A secondary zone is located behind the primary zone with respect to the direction of travel, wherein a second gas line delivers shielding gas toward the secondary zone. | 03-21-2013 |
20130327750 | WELDING WIRE CONVEYOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a welding wire conveyor device ( | 12-12-2013 |
20140374399 | ROBOTIC ACCESSORY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A robotic accessory mounting assembly used in connection with a robot to attach an accessory to the robot, the mounting assembly including a cable connected to an implement mounted on the robot; the cable having a cable length; the implement including a first component having a first length, wherein the implement with the first component has an implement length that corresponds to the cable length; and a second component adapted to replace the first component, the second component having a length less than the first component, wherein replacement of the first component with the second component reduces the implement length defining a clearance relative to the cable length to receive an accessory mount in-line with the implement. | 12-25-2014 |
219137800 |
Including filler wire deforming | 2 |
20140091070 | ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING THE REMOVAL FROM STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF WIRE - An assembly for moving wire from one point to a second point distant from the first point. The assembly comprises a first unit comprising a wire straightener and a second unit that moves the wire through the assembly. | 04-03-2014 |
20160193684 | FORMING AND FEEDING DEVICE OF FILLER METAL FOR TIG WELDING | 07-07-2016 |
Entries |
Document | Title | Date |
20090166345 | WIRE FEEDER HAVING CHANGEABLE HOUSING - A modular portable welding wire feeder housed in a easily removable and interchangeable housing. The wire feeder includes a wire feeding module conveniently mounted inside of the housing. The housing is configured so that it may easily be removed from the wire feeing module, thereby allowing the housing to be easily replaced or exchanged as needed by the user. | 07-02-2009 |
20090302018 | WIRE DRIVE FOR WIRE FEEDER AND SPOOL GUN - A modular welding wire feed drive for use in a welding system. The welding wire feed drive is designed to be detachably connected to the welding wire feed system of the welding system. The welding wire feed drive includes a drive housing designed to be detachably connectable to the welding wire feed system, a wire contact arrangement designed to controllably feed welding wire through the welding wire feed drive, and a drive motor that is connected to or interconnected to the wire contact arrangement to at least partially drive the wire contact arrangement. | 12-10-2009 |
20100038350 | WIRE FEEDER WITH CURVED FORCE GENERATING ELEMENT(S) FOR BETTER POSITIONING OF AN ADJUSTING MECHANISM - An apparatus for feeding a wire. The apparatus includes at least one pair of rotatable rollers and at least one curved or curvable force-generating element. The at least one curved or curvable force-generating element is capable of applying a force via a proximal end of the at least one curved or curvable force-generating element to displace a first roller of the at least one pair of rotatable rollers towards a second roller of the at least one pair of the rotatable rollers to engage a wire there between. The apparatus further includes an adjustment mechanism operationally connected at a distal end of the at least one curved or curvable force-generating element to allow adjustment of the applied force. | 02-18-2010 |
20100051596 | PORTABLE WELDING WIRE FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A welding system is provided that includes a wearable wire feeder having a wire drive motor that is responsive to a control signal received directly from a power unit. Another welding system is provided that includes a wearable wire feeder that is configured to couple to a constant voltage power unit and does not include a voltage sensor. Another welding system is provided that includes a power unit, a wearable wire feeder separate from the power unit, a cable extending directly from the power unit to the wearable wire feeder and a welding torch coupled to and separate from the wire feeder. A method is provided that includes receiving a control signal from a power unit at a wearable wire feeder and driving a welding wire from the wearable wire feeder to a welding torch in response to the control signal, wherein the wearable wire feeder is separate from the torch. | 03-04-2010 |
20100089890 | Wire Feeder - A wire feeder for laser welding is provided, comprising a body having a first end and a second end, and a longitudinal passageway extending from the second end to the first end, wherein the passageway is sized to permit passage of a wire therethrough. A wire feeding tube is connected to the first end of the body and in communication with the passageway, and a wire holder is connected to the second end of the body, wherein the wire holder contains a supply of wire. A feeding device is mounted on the body and in communication with the passageway, wherein the feeding device is adapted to urge the wire through the wire feeding tube. The wire feeder may be used for a variety of intricate welding operations, but is particularly suited for laser welding in the jewelry field. | 04-15-2010 |
20130193126 | MOTORIZED WIRE SPOOL FOR A WIRE FEEDER - A wire feeder includes a wire spool motor. The wire spool motor is configured to rotate a wire spool. The wire feeder also includes a motor control assembly configured to control rotation of the wire spool motor. The motor control assembly includes a control arm and a biasing member. The biasing member being configured to exert a force on the control arm to direct the control arm away from a forward control position. The wire feeder includes an enclosure housing the wire spool motor and the motor control assembly. | 08-01-2013 |
20130292366 | MODULAR WELDING SYSTEM - The invention described herein generally pertains to modular welding system which can switch between right-handed and left-handed wire feeders by use of the modular design and without having a duplicative dual feed system. This aspect is important with robotic welding as well as boom-mounted welding operations. | 11-07-2013 |
20130313240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-MANGANESE WELDING WIRE - The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. The tubular welding wire includes less than approximately 0.4% manganese metal or alloy by weight, and the tubular welding wire is configured to form a weld deposit having less than approximately 0.5% manganese by weight. | 11-28-2013 |
20140021186 | HOT-WIRE CONSUMABLE TO PROVIDE SELF-LUBRICATING WELD OR CLAD - A filler wire (consumable) for depositing self-lubricating materials in a system for any of brazing, cladding, building up, filling, hard-facing overlaying, welding, and joining applications. The filler wire is composed of a base filler material consistent with commonly known compositions. For example, the base filler material can comprise standard materials used in many standard mild steel wires. In addition to the base filler materials, the consumable includes self-lubricating materials. The self-lubricating materials include at least one of graphite particles and graphite powder, and can include other self-lubricating materials. | 01-23-2014 |
20140151349 | METHOD TO MONITOR THE LIFE OF THE CONTACT TIP IN GMAW-PULSE - A method of monitoring and assessing contact tip useful life in a GMAW-pulse application. The pulse welding waveform includes current and voltage that periodically change between peaks and background. The welding current and voltage are measured on a series of repeated representative welds. The data that corresponds to the arc start and the arc stop of a weld is removed. The data is averaged for each representative weld, which corresponds to production of welded parts and/or usage of the contact tip. The deterioration of the contact tip is assessed based on one or more of (i) a decrease in the frequency of the peaks, (ii) an increase in the length of the background, and (iii) an increase in the occurrence of abnormal low voltage. The assessment is outputted as contact tip life data, and continuously fed to a controller or operator. | 06-05-2014 |
20140326706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF WELDING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A SPOOL GUN - A system and method for automatic detection of a connection of a spool gun to a welding system. In addition to automatically detecting connection of the spool gun, a system and method is provided for controlling the operation of the welding system based on the detection of the spool gun. | 11-06-2014 |
20150129568 | WELDING CART - The present invention generally provides a welding cart including a frame including a base and at least one support extending over from the base; a mount supported on the support, the mount having a mounting surface on which a wire feeder is supported, the mounting surface is being configured to raise a first end of the wire feeder to support to the wire feeder at an angle, where the wire conduit extending from the wire feeder extends from a lower end of the wire feeder. According to another embodiment of the invention, the mount has a slopped mounting surface adapted to support a wire feeder. | 05-14-2015 |
20150129569 | PORTABLE WELDING WIRE FEEDER WITH ON-BOARD TOOL BOX - A portable welding wire feeder including a plastic instrument case having a base and a lid which are injection molded; the lid defining an interior cavity and the base defining an interior base cavity, a chassis mounted in the base cavity and adapted to support a spool of weld wire, a wire feeder mounted within the base and adapted to feed wire from the spool to an exterior of the instrument case; and a tool box shaped to conform to the interior of the lid and reside therein. | 05-14-2015 |
20150336220 | RUNNING GEAR SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE WIRE FEEDER - A running gear system for a portable wire feeder case is disclosed that includes a plurality of wheel assemblies configured to rotate between a first retracted position and a first deployed position, a handle configured to extend between a second retracted position and a second deployed position, and a retractable support, wherein the plurality of wheel assemblies and the retractable support are configured to cooperatively support the portable wire feeder case in a horizontal orientation. | 11-26-2015 |