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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1998
Todd M Heraly, Green Bay, WI (US);
Neal M Borchert, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Stephen P Ferkel, Appleton, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A control interface for a welding device facilitates selection of a welding process and of the various operating parameters associated with the welding process. The control interface includes a process selector to select one of a plurality of welding processes, such as AC TIG or DC STICK, and a plurality of parameter selectors for selecting operating parameters associated with the welding process, each parameter selector having a plurality of settings. Selection of the various parameter settings is constrained by a controller which recalls from memory the parameter settings associated with the selected welding process, and which may further enable, disable or default to particular settings based on the selected welding process or the selection of other settings.