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US 12,465,996 B2Granted
Welding rod dispenser
OwnerMax Money Hartinventor
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Abstract
A welding rod dispenser comprising: a deck, where the deck angles downward from back to front; a rotating assembly located at the front of the deck, where the rotating assembly comprises grabber teeth; and a leveler assembly located atop the deck. Welding rods placed atop the deck may tend to slide forward under the leveler assembly where the leveler assembly levels them into a single layer. Individual welding rods may then be grabbed by the grabber teeth one at a time before being moved forward by the rotating assembly for retrieval by the user.
Claims12
A welding rod dispenser comprising:
- a deck, where the deck angles downward from back to front;
- a rotating assembly located at the front of the deck, where the rotating assembly comprises grabber teeth;
- a leveler assembly located atop the deck;
- and
- a plurality of wheels mounted above and spaced from the deck such that the wheels provide pressure to welding rods located on the deck for even dispensing;
- such that welding rods placed atop the deck tend to slide forward under the leveler assembly and the leveler assembly is capable of leveling them into a single layer where they are grabbed by the grabber teeth one at a time before being moved forward by the rotating assembly.
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A method of dispensing welding rods, the method comprising:
- placing a plurality of welding rods atop an angled deck and below a leveler assembly;
- allowing the welding rods to slide forward down the deck;
- allowing the welding rods to be leveled into a single layer by the leveler;
- rotating a rotating grabber assembly with a plurality of grabber teeth such that a single welding rod is grabbed by each of the grabber teeth and is rotated forward;
- allowing the single welding rod to fall forward off the rotating grabber assembly;
- and
- stopping rotating the rotating grabber assembly when the single welding rod falls off such that only one welding rod is dispensed at a time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.