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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Caldarone, Mentor, OH (US);
Assignee:
Lincoln Global, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228212 ; 228 443 ; 228 471 ;
Abstract
A robotic welder designed to efficiently weld a workpiece together which includes a three-sided structure to support a plurality of workpiece components, and an index and rotating mechanism designed to move the work support surfaces into a desired position. The welding system is designed to minimize idle time of the welding operations and to increase the efficiencies of the operators during the operation of the welding system.