B23K 9/328
Cleaning of weld torches, i.e. removing weld-spatter
Official title: {Cleaning of weld torches, i.e. removing weld-spatter; Preventing weld-spatter, e.g. applying anti-adhesives}
B23K9/328 (Cleaning of weld torches, i.e. removing weld-spatter) appears on 80 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Motion control method and system for servicing of welding torch4 Mar 2025US 12,240,067 B2Nasarc Technologies Inc.
- System and method for servicing welding torches10 Dec 2024US 12,162,104 B2Nasarc Technologies Inc.
- Spray containment systems and welding gun nozzle cleaning systems including spray containment systems10 Dec 2024US 12,162,105 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Systems and methods for automated cleaning of wire electrodes after welding17 Sep 2024US 12,090,585 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding torch maintenance center11 Jun 2024US 12,007,592 B2Nasarc Technologies Inc.
- Welding Device6 Mar 2025US 2025/0073828 A1Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for automated cleaning of wire electrodes after welding12 Dec 2024US 2024/0408690 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Conditions-based torch maintenance systems3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326150 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding torch consumables cleaning systems3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326151 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding Jig Micro-Cleaning Apparatus11 May 2023US 2023/0142000 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coated welding cups80US 5,034,593 AW. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. · 1991
- Sequential combination low temperature condenser and enclosed filter solvent removal system, and method of use50US 5,454,274 ACetac Technologies Inc. · 1995
- Sample introduction system for inductively coupled plasma and other gas-phase, or particle, detectors utilizing an enclosed filter solvent removal system, and method of use42US 5,400,665 ACetac Technologies Inc. · 1995
- Manual keyhole plasma arc welding system38US 5,045,667 ARockwell International Corporation · 1991
- Apparatus and method for transfer arc cleaning of a substrate in an RF plasma system33US 4,902,870 AGeneral Electric Company · 1990