US Patent No: 4,665,300

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Mini wire feeder

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Abstract

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A compact wire feeder and arc welding control unit including, a portable housing having a base portion, a side portion and a removable cover portion. A wire feeder is included in the unit, for feeding filler metal wire or the like, and is disposed within the housing proximate one side of the housing so that when the removable cover portion is removed, the wire feeder is easily accessed by the operator. A gas line is positioned on a second side of the housing opposite the wire feeder and has with it a gas line valve. A feed wire motor for driving the wire feeder is disposed intermediate the gas line and the wire feeder. A circuit board is disposed above the motor intermediate the gas line and the wire feeder. A wire real housing is fixed to the side portion of the housing and communicates with the housing so that wire may be fed of a real in the real housing and fed into the wire feeder. A ground wire clip with an associated ground wire is connected within the housing to electrical ground potential by means of an electrical wire. The ground wire passes out of the housing through the housing side portion adjacent the gas line.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATIONBATH, ME5

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bellefleur, Richard N Sabattus, MA 1 18

Cited Art Landscape

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
Oxo Welding Equipment Co., Inc. (1)
* 4,508,954 Portable arc voltage wirefeed welding system 45 1984
* Cited By Examiner

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. (12)
6,705,563 Open shipyard wire feeder 13 2002
7,026,574 Wire gripper for a drive unit of a wire feeder 18 2003
* 7,176,411 Wire feeder 6 2004
7,624,908 Welding wire feeder and connection apparatus 3 2005
7,723,650 Contactor assembly for wire feeder 1 2005
7,427,726 Grounding assembly for welding wire feeder 4 2006
7,692,117 Wire gripper for a drive unit of a wire feeder 1 2006
7,687,742 Wire gripper for a drive unit of a wire feeder 0 2007
8,338,752 Wire feeder having changeable housing 0 2007
8,878,097 Wire feeder with curved force generating element(s) for better positioning of an adjusting mechanism 0 2008
8,212,182 Contactor assembly for wire feeder 0 2010
8,461,483 Engine driven welding power supplies with two piece shaft 0 2010
 
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (3)
6,388,234 Apparatus and methods for directing and feeding wire 10 2000
* 6,479,795 Portable welding wire feeder and housing 23 2000
6,536,644 Tool-less feedroll for wire feeder 13 2001
 
ELCO ENTERPRISES, INC. (1)
* 6,286,748 Welding wire feeder 4 1999
 
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
6,213,375 Manually operated welding wire feeder 10 1999
 
VICTOR EQUIPMENT COMPANY (1)
8,847,116 Wire feeder with interchangeable adaptor cartridges 0 2006
* Cited By Examiner