US Patent No: 6,705,563

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Open shipyard wire feeder

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Abstract

An open shipyard feeder for supplying a consumable welding wire on a wire spool to a welding gun. The feeder includes a frame having a base extending in a longitudinal direction between a forward end and a rearward end and which supports the feeder on an underlying surface. The frame further includes a spool support means connected to the frame near the rearward end and which rotatably retains the wire spool relative to the frame allowing the spool to rotate about a spool axis. The feeder includes a wire advancing mechanism mounted on the frame for paying wire from the spool on the spool support to the welding gun. The feeder further includes a control box on the frame near the forward end. The feeder frame is rigid yet light weight and can support the wire feeder on a wide range of underlying surfaces while still being easily transportable.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA481

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Luo, Lifeng Solon, OH 37 443
Sears, Ronald J Worthington, OH 9 90

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION (1)
4,665,300 Mini wire feeder 15 1985
 
BOOTSMAN HOLDING B.V. (1)
6,561,528 Wheeled device 6 2002
 
HIGH STEEL STRUCTURES, INC. (1)
4,659,904 Shut-down control device for welding carriage and method 6 1985
 
LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC. (1)
6,225,596 Portable welding unit 30 1996
 
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. (1)
5,836,539 Inlet guide mechanism for wire feeder 13 1997
 
M.K. PRODUCTS, INC. (1)
6,568,578 Welding wire feed mechanism 30 2001
 
OXO WELDING EQUIPMENT CO., INC. (1)
4,508,954 Portable arc voltage wirefeed welding system 35 1984
 
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 9 1999
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
5,410,126 Portable AC/DC wire feed welder 25 1994

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. (8)
7,105,777 Dedicated wire feed speed control 0 2004
7,176,411 Wire feeder 0 2004
7,358,458 Methods and apparatus for tactile communication in an arc processing system 0 2005
7,705,269 Method and apparatus for advance warning and controlled shutdown in an arc processing system 0 2005
7,624,908 Welding wire feeder and connection apparatus 1 2005
7,723,650 Contactor assembly for wire feeder 1 2005
7,427,726 Grounding assembly for welding wire feeder 3 2006
8,212,182 Contactor assembly for wire feeder 0 2010
 
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (1)
8,288,686 Welding systems and methods for controlling a wire feeder via a spool gun connection 0 2010

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