B23K 9/125
Feeding of electrodes
Official title: {Feeding of electrodes (for stabilising arc B23K9/073)}
B23K9/125 (Feeding of electrodes) appears on 281 US grants and 378 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method of short circuiting arc welding132US 5,148,001 AThe Lincoln Electric Company · 1992
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- Output control of short circuit welding power source102US 4,546,234 AKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho · 1985
- Portable arc voltage wirefeed welding system94US 4,508,954 AOxo Welding Equipment Co., Inc. · 1985
- Apparatus and method of short circuiting arc welding93US 4,866,247 AThe Lincoln Electric Company · 1989