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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence A. Boehnlein, Chardon, OH (US);
Assignee:
Lincoln Global, Inc., Monterey Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A guide device for an electric arc torch having an insulator surrounding a contact tip through which a welding wire extends includes a sleeve having a first end for receiving the insulator and a second end through which the welding wire extends and which second end includes an edge and/or rib for engaging a workpiece and spacing the contact tip therefrom and an opening for viewing the wire, arc and weld puddle.