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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence W Smith, Kingwood, TX (US);
Garry F McClelland, Huffman, TX (US);
James R Hyde, Dayton, TX (US);
Robert P Badrak, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Raymond C Rowland, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
Precision Tube Technology, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ; B23K / ; B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228125 ; 228194 ; 228199 ; 228203 ;
Abstract
A method of joining the ends of metal strip material together by positioning a consumable insert of weld filler material between the full thickness of the strip ends and below the lower surface of the strip ends a predetermined depth to establish a predetermined gap between the strip ends thus allowing for full arc penetration of the strip ends and providing a supply of the filler material to the root of the weld to be formed between the strip ends.