Patents Assigned to Hobart Brothers Company
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Patent number: 8631936Abstract: A wire container having a housing consisting essentially of recyclable material is provided. The housing has a peripheral wall defining a boundary leading from a first end to a second end of the housing, a plurality of end portions folded inwardly at the second end to define an end wall, and a plurality of support structures coplanar with and coupled to the end wall and extending across the plurality of end portions. A welding wire and container assembly is also provided, in which a coil of welding wire is disposed in the housing and support by the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Adam Rolfes, Sanjeev Thapa, Steve Barhorst
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Publication number: 20130341314Abstract: A drive assembly is provided for driving welding wire through a welding wire feeder. The drive assembly comprises an insulating base and a conductive base secured to one another. Both bases have features that allow for mounting in the wire feeder and for mounting various drive components. The conductive base is energized during operation, and the isolative base insulates the conductive base from components of the wire feeder enclosure. Features of the assembly improve operation and facilitate assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Eugene G. Gibbons, Darrell L Sickels, Marlin E. Burns
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Patent number: 8604390Abstract: A weld wire electrode for use as a consumable in a gas-metal arc welding process comprises two or more strips wrapped around one another and drawn to a desired wire diameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2004Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Sundaram Nagarajan, Fuhu Chen
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Publication number: 20130313240Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. The tubular welding wire includes less than approximately 0.4% manganese metal or alloy by weight, and the tubular welding wire is configured to form a weld deposit having less than approximately 0.5% manganese by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Mario Anthony Amata, Joseph C. Bundy, Steven Edward Barhorst
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Publication number: 20130270248Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. Further, the core includes a carbon source and an agglomerate having a Group I or Group II compound, silicon dioxide, and titanium dioxide. Additionally, the carbon source and the agglomerate together comprise less than 10% of the core by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Mario Anthony Amata
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Publication number: 20130270244Abstract: A tubular welding wire includes a granular core and a metal sheath encircling the granular core. Furthermore, the metal sheath includes at least approximately 0.3% manganese by weight and at least approximately 0.05% silicon by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Steven Barhorst, Joseph Bundy, Michael Bertram
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Patent number: 8550245Abstract: In certain embodiments, a welding wire and container assembly includes a container having an interior volume; a coil of welding wire disposed in the interior volume; and a wire container cover. The wire container cover may include a top surface having an opening therethrough to enable welding wire to pass through the wire container cover when the wire container cover is disposed on the container. The assembly also may include a skirt askew to the top surface, wherein the skirt is adapted to produce friction between the skirt and a side of the container when the wire container cover is disposed on the container housing and wherein the skirt is non-locking with respect to the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Robert K. Dragoo, David E. Shepherd, Michael A. Rowland
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Publication number: 20130233839Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to electrodes for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. The core includes a carbon source and a potassium source that together comprise less than 10% of the core by weight. Furthermore, the carbon source is selected from the group: carbon black, lamp black, carbon nanotubes, and diamond.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Steven Barhorst, Mario Amata
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Patent number: 8430132Abstract: A preconditioned air hose includes an abrasion-resistant external layer made of robust nylon, an insulating layer, and an inner layer. The robust external layer protects the air hose from wear and degradation due to abrasion. The external layer may be made of a fabric with an abrasion resistance of at least 22,000 cycles to failure as measured using the ASTM D 3884 standard. This external layer fabric may be composed of filaments having a linear density of about 1,000 denier. The external layer fabric may weigh about 10.8 ounces per square yard.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Scott Takayuki Koizumi, Brian Michael Piety, William Taylor O'Connor
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Publication number: 20120241431Abstract: The present disclosure provides a welding system having a welder and a 12V spool gun, in which the 12V spool gun includes a 12V motor. The 12V spool gun receives a voltage that is derived from a welding arc voltage, and drives the 12V motor of the 12V spool gun with the derived voltage. The present techniques allow for the use of a spool gun requiring motor power to be used with any ordinary welder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANYInventor: Darrell Lee Sickels
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Publication number: 20120152923Abstract: The present disclosure provides a welding system having a welder, a welding gun, and a welding gun adapter, the welding gun being a spool gun with an attached motor. The welding gun adapter receives welding power from the welder, and converts it to output power suitable for driving the motor of the welding gun. The welding gun adapter also uses received welding power from the welder for control power. The present techniques allow for the use of welding guns requiring motor power to be used with any ordinary welder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Darrell Lee Sickels, Brian Scott Bashore
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Publication number: 20120108160Abstract: Embodiments of a noise reduction system for use in heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) systems are provided. The noise reduction system may include a barrier to be placed over an air inlet of an HVACR base unit. The barrier, consisting of two rows of equally spaced structures, may permit the passage of air therethrough while preventing the escape of noise from the base unit. The noise reduction system may also include one or more resonance chambers placed atop the base unit and a structure placed adjacent the base unit. Noise coming from the base unit may be redirected by the structure toward the resonance chambers, which are configured to attenuate the noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Chunnan Connie Zhou, Jeffrey Edward Montminy
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Patent number: 8158907Abstract: A low alloy or mild steel weld containing a slag-modifying additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, germanium and compounds thereof; A weld wire for forming a low alloy or mild steel weld containing a slag-modifying additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, germanium and compounds thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventor: Anthony Franklin Nikodym
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Publication number: 20120067965Abstract: Embodiments of a modular air conditioning (AC) unit include a base unit, a blower mounted to the base unit, and at least one heat exchanger module assembled to the base unit and communicatively coupled to the blower to form a modular AC circuit. The modular AC unit also includes a controller communicatively coupled to at least one component of the modular AC circuit and adapted to independently control operation of each of the components of the modular AC circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Varun Prem Sagar Rajasekaran, Jeffrey E. Montminy, Steven Eugene Bivens
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Patent number: 8133291Abstract: Air filtration devices and systems are provided to filter conditioned air after air exits an air conditioner module located on a ground support equipment unit but prior to entering a grounded aircraft. Disclosed embodiments include a system with the air filtration unit located along a hose originating from an aircraft ground support unit and a system with the air filtration unit located along a hose originating from an aircraft. Certain embodiments of the air filtration unit include a diffuser, which is configured to couple to a filter and direct air through the filter during operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventor: Ty Allan Newell
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Publication number: 20120042979Abstract: The present embodiments are directed towards the transfer, retrieval and storage of flexible materials. In one embodiment, a system is provided that generally includes a hose retrieval system having a first hose gripper assembly. The first hose gripper assembly includes a pair of first grippers configured to move between a first open position and a first closed position in opposite crosswise directions relative to a longitudinal axis of a hose. Each first gripper includes a first L-shaped structure, and the first L-shaped structures are configured to overlap one another to define a first bending gap in the first closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Anatoly Gosis, Folkert Fred Koch, Frank Otte
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Patent number: 8119951Abstract: A low alloy or mild steel weld containing a slag-modifying additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, germanium and compounds thereof; A weld wire for forming a low alloy or mild steel weld containing a slag-modifying additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, germanium and compounds thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventor: Anthony Franklin Nikodym
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Patent number: 8016325Abstract: A system and method for connecting a traditional air chute to an air hose delivering preconditioned air to an aircraft includes an adapter system. The adapter system includes a flexible stage having an exterior surrounding a hollow interior configured to receive air from the air hose and deliver the air to the air chute. The adapter system also includes a rotational stage coupled to the flexible stage and having an exterior surrounding a hollow interior configured to receive air from the air hose and deliver the air to the air chute. The flexible stage is adjustable relative to the rotational stage to selectively move the hollow interior of the flexible stage between extending along a common axis through the air chute and the rotational stage and not extending along the common axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Anatoly Gosis, Scott Takayuki Koizumi, Folkert Fred Koch, Brian Michael Piety, Mark David Resendes, Dale Arnold Miller
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Publication number: 20110113801Abstract: Embodiments of a modular condenser unit are provided. The modular condenser unit may include a housing and a first condenser coil and a second condenser coil disposed within a volume of the housing. A fan may also be disposed in an end of the housing and adapted to draw air through at least one of the first condenser coil and the second condenser coil. In some embodiments, the first condenser coil and/or the second condenser coil may be micro-channel condenser coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Varun Prem Sagar Rajasekaran, Jeffrey E. Montminy, Steven Eugene Bivens
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Publication number: 20110113795Abstract: Embodiments of a modular air conditioning (AC) unit include a base unit and a blower selected from a group of blowers configured for different cooling capacities. The module AC unit also includes at least one heat exchanger unit selected from a group of substantially identical modular heat exchanger units, the number of heat exchanger units being selected based upon the desired cooling capacity. The at least one heat exchanger unit and the blower are assembled to the base unit to form a modular air conditioning circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Jeffrey E. Montminy, Varun Prem Sagar Rajasekaran, Steven Eugene Bivens, Lenim E. Alcantara