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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4869417 | Automatic build-up welding machine for track rollers An automatic build-up welding machine for repair of workpieces such as track rollers. The machine requires no operator in charge during the welding operation. The apparatus comprises a device including a pair of guides, and a switch box connected adjustab... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4805826 | Slag removing apparatus for pad-welding machine Described herein is a slag removing apparatus suitable for use on a padi-welding machine, which permits automation of the pad-welding operation and which essentially includes: a C-shaped roller holder located beneath a movable welding torch and provided w... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4368375 | Welding torch oscillating mechanical apparatus Apparatus for manipulating a welding torch independently along two axes. A torch support is provided to carry a welding torch or the like, and a motor is operatively coupled to position the torch support along a first path of travel relative to the weld j... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4286138 | Welding methods and apparatus including alternate weld metal depositions along opposite sides of a weld Welding methods and apparatus, wherein a welding electrode is oscillated by a motor-driven oscillator in back and forth movements transverse to a weld joint, and an alternating welding current is supplied to the welding electrode in timed relation with th... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4245767 | Apparatus for effecting multi-bead welding of two workpieces An apparatus for multi-bead welding of two rotating workpieces with a welding seam, which is deep relative to the maximum radius of the workpieces, includes a flat filler wire holder which can be inserted into the gap between the workpieces and which is p... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4188525 | Welding torch oscillation apparatus Apparatus for rapid and automatic welding of joints which interconnect sections of pipe, and in particular oil or gas transmission pipe. The system includes at least one torch transport assembly which simultaneously moves a plural number of welding torche... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4158124 | Method and apparatus for position and oscillation control in automatic electric welding An apparatus for welding the adjoining ends of annular work members, such as lengths of pipe, employing an arc nozzle for melting and depositing metal in the gap between said adjoining ends. A drive motor coupled to the nozzle drives the nozzle laterally ... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4151395 | Method and apparatus for electric arc and analogous welding under precision control Signals which contain components that vary with the lateral position of an electric welding instrument as it travels along a weld path between opposite work pieces are obtained from the arc or other heat source and are first processed to remove confusing ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4132338 | Apparatus suitable for use in the automatic welding of pipes The present invention relates to an apparatus suitable for use in the automatic welding of pipes. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a fixed part or rail band which is clamped around the pipe at a prefixed position and a moving part which ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131783 | Welding apparatus Welding apparatus in which a self-propelled wheeled carriage releasably supports a welding gun or torch of the hand-held type having a welding tip and control for controlling feed of a welding wire to the welding tip, wherein the carriage is guided along ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4047656 | Orbital motion welding head Disclosed is a welding head, for metallic arc inert gas (MIG) welding, which is to be moved by an external guidance system over a work surface. The head has an eccentric spindle, carrying the welding wire, which is rotated by its own electric motor to mov... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4019016 | Welding control systems An electric arc welding system includes programming circuits for controlling the position of a welding torch on a carriage wherein the carriage is caused to move along in the direction of a weld path on a member to be welded. The programming circuits caus... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3963895 | Device for effecting the guiding and oscillation movements of a welding head equipped with an electrode-carrier nozzle The invention relates to a device for effecting the guiding and oscillation movements of a machine part, especially a welding head of the type mounted for oscillating motion either by a movement of translation or by a pendular movement in a certain direct... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3946191 | Welding apparatus Apparatus is described for welding a tube to a tube sheet in which the angular relationship of a weld torch supported in a rotor may be adjusted with respect to the rotor axis by changing or rotating a bushing in which the weld torch is supported in the r... | 03/23/1976 |
