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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6621037 | Welding material with conductive sheet and method A welding material assembly is constructed and arranged to position a welding material in electrically conductive relation between exterior surface portions of first and second weldable members at a location where the first and second weldable members are... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6566624 | Welding assembly with nestable conductive ends A welding material in positioned in electrically conductive relation between exterior surface portions of first and second weldable members, such as hydroformed tubes, at a location where the first and second weldable members are to be joined. A welding d... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6119916 | Internal backup ring system An actuation system preferably for mounting between front and rear clamping mechanisms in a pipe clamping apparatus as part of an internal backup ring system. The system includes a guide, a cam plate positioned adjacent to the guide and rotatable relative... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6060678 | Gas shield strip clad welding system A gas shield strip cladding welding system including a workpiece, a strip of welding material, an enclosure having an opening through which the strip of welding material passes, a feeder for controllably passing the strip of welding material into the encl... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5609291 | Expandable tool for holding and aligning pipes to be welded An expandable tool for holding and aligning pipes to be welded together is disclosed. The tool includes an annual array of radially movable gripping elements for engagement with the interior wall of the pipes to be welded. A wedge is mounted for axial mov... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5538173 | Expandable tool for holding aligning pipes to be welded An expandable tool for holding and aligning pipes to be welded together is disclosed. The tool includes an annual array of radially movable gripping elements for engagement with the interior wall of the pipes to be welded. A wedge is mounted for axial mov... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4975556 | Butt welding machine A cylindrical wheel rim blank has a longitudinal seam defined by a pair of longitudinal edge portions each of which is clamped between upper and lower jaws of a respective clamping assembly. The two clamping assemblies are urged laterally together to pres... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4830258 | Method and apparatus for producing a container body having a butt welded longitudinal seam from a sheet metal blank To make a container with a butt welded longitudinal seam, the side edges of a preformed blank are guided by straight grooves so that the side edges converge at an acute angle. At the point of convergence the side edges are heated to at least to the forgin... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4810848 | Tube welder An apparatus for welding together coaxial tube sections which includes a main housing within which is located a through opening within which is to be located the coaxial tube sections to be welded. A welding electrode is mounted within the main housing to... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4648544 | Internal chuck for butt welding two tubes An internal chuck for use in the butt welding of tubes 16, 17 aligning the tubes and for bringing them into abutment comprises a central tube 6, a sleeve 7 slidable on the central tube and carrying centering means 12 and welding backup means 8, the center... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4562326 | Machine for welding automotive wheel rim blanks The longitudinal edge portions of a cylindrical wheel rim blank are gripped by a pair of laterally spaced clamping assemblies each having a radially fixed inside clamping member and each having a radially movable outside clamping member adapted to clamp t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4500764 | Device for internal welding of pipes or the like Apparatus for internal welding of pipes is provided with an external mechanism for rotating a pipe to be treated and a car insertable into the pipe and operable within the pipe. The car which carries a welding equipment is rigidly mounted to a central sha... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4490599 | Apparatus for flash welding of pipes An internal apparatus for flash welding pipes together in end to end relationship both under factory conditions and in the field, for example in laying trunk pipelines, comprises an elongate supporting member carrying an axially movable clamping assembly ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4436974 | Pipe resistance butt welding apparatus A pipe resistance butt welding apparatus comprises a body with an elongated arrying member and two internal expanding clamps including current-feeding shoes. One of the clamps is rigidly attached to the body, whereas the other is movably mounted on the elo... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4410781 | Lap-seaming electrical resistance welding machine for can bodies A continuous lap-seaming electrical resistance welding machine for can bodies is disclosed. Two electrode units together define a welding passage, through which laps of sheet metal are passed for welding. Each of the electrode units comprises a band elect... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4326116 | Apparatus for electric resistance heating and cooling tubular workpieces An apparatus comprising a case with a carriage mounted on horizontal guides thereof which carriage supports two brackets provided with contact clamps. Under the brackets there is mounted a bath containing a cooling medium. At least one of the brackets is ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4317003 | High tensile multiple sheath cable A multiple sheath cable for telemetry, heating and communications and methods of manufacturing such cable in long lengths with high tensile strength. The telemetry and communications cable may be of the wire type for conducting electrical signals or fiber... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4310737 | Pipe resistance butt welding apparatus A pipe resistance butt welding apparatus comprises a movable clamp and a fixed clamp to locate the pipes to be welded. Current-feeding shoes contact the ends of the pipes to be welded together. A device is provided for axially moving the movable clamp in ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4187406 | Machine for welding seams in automotive wheel rim blanks A welding machine for welding the longitudinal seams in wheel rim blanks which have been rolled into cylinders with the longitudinal edges of each blank forming a longitudinal gap includes a pair of clamping assemblies each having an inside member and an ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4081649 | Seam roller for tube mill A tube mill which employs circular rotating electrodes for welding the edge seam along with means within the continuous tube for rolling the welded seam. An arm extends into the tube and carriers a rotating roller that contacts the seam just downstream fr... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4072787 | Laminated wall tubing A large diameter rocket launch tube comprised of a pair of thin sheets wh are rolled and positioned in concentric relation with the seams disposed in spaced (180°) relation. A pair of reinforcing weld strips are positioned inside the tube adjacent the s... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4012619 | Machine for the resistance butt welding of pipes by fusion The machine disclosed is provided with a manipulator which aligns and moves pipes in course of welding and incorporates a hollow rod for the movement of the manipulator relatively to the pipe joints. The rod is immovably attached to the body of the manipu... | 03/15/1977 |
