Patents by Inventor Dennis K. Hartman
Dennis K. Hartman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9868610Abstract: The invention described relates generally to a method and apparatus for improving existing bulk wire transfer methodologies and more particularly, to welding wire packages for use as an endless wire container such that the welding wire of multiple containers can be linked together to produce an uninterrupted flow of welding wire to a welding operation by employing a welding wire transfer guide, the guide having an outwardly-facing curvilinear groove, one end of said groove of said welding wire transfer guide positioned along a tangent line running between an outer diameter of the in-process coil of wire and an opposed end of said groove along a tangent line running between an inner diameter of the staged coil of welding wire. The apparatus further includes a magnetically positionable wire guide arm above at least two, preferably each bulk welding wire container.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Paul A. Weissbrod, Brandon Juszczyk, Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20160355368Abstract: The invention described relates generally to a method and apparatus for improving existing bulk wire transfer methodologies and more particularly, to welding wire packages for use as an endless wire container such that the welding wire of multiple containers can be linked together to produce an uninterrupted flow of welding wire to a welding operation by employing a welding wire transfer guide, the guide having an outwardly-facing curvilinear groove, one end of said groove of said welding wire transfer guide positioned along a tangent line running between an outer diameter of the in-process coil of wire and an opposed end of said groove along a tangent line running between an inner diameter of the staged coil of welding wire. The apparatus further includes a magnetically positionable wire guide arm above at least two, preferably each bulk welding wire container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Paul A. WEISSBROD, Brandon Juszczyk, Dennis K. Hartman
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Patent number: 9421633Abstract: The invention described relates generally to a method and apparatus for improving existing bulk wire transfer methodologies and more particularly, to welding wire packages for use as an endless wire container such that the welding wire of multiple containers can be linked together to produce an uninterrupted flow of welding wire to a welding operation by employing a welding wire transfer guide, the guide having an outwardly-facing curvilinear groove, one end of said groove of said welding wire transfer guide positioned along a tangent line running between an outer diameter of the in-process coil of wire and an opposed end of said groove along a tangent line running between an inner diameter of the staged coil of welding wire. The apparatus further includes a magnetically positionable wire guide arm above at least two, preferably each bulk welding wire container.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Weissbrod, Brandon Juszczyk, Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20160199939Abstract: The invention described herein generally pertains to an improved process in the field of hot wire laser cladding, the improvement comprising adding increased amounts of a deoxidizing metal into the electrode, the deoxidizing metal selected from the group consisting of at least one of Al, Ti, Si, Mn and Zr, the addition of the increased amount of the deoxidizing metal increasing the cladding rate by at least 10-30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventor: Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20140246532Abstract: A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another the container. The coil of welding wire including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of the wire extending from the coil near the coil top to a feeding end and a second extension of the wire extending from the coil near the bottom to a transfer end. The transfer end of the one container being joinable to the feeding end of the another container. The container including an outer packaging with at least one vertically extending side wall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for receiving the wire coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Carroscia, Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20140097287Abstract: The invention described relates generally to a method and apparatus for improving existing bulk wire transfer methodologies and more particularly, to welding wire packages for use as an endless wire container such that the welding wire of multiple containers can be linked together to produce an uninterrupted flow of welding wire to a welding operation by employing a welding wire transfer guide, the guide having an outwardly-facing curvilinear groove, one end of said groove of said welding wire transfer guide positioned along a tangent line running between an outer diameter of the in-process coil of wire and an opposed end of said groove along a tangent line running between an inner diameter of the staged coil of welding wire. The apparatus further includes a magnetically positionable wire guide arm above at least two, preferably each bulk welding wire container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Weissbrod, Brandon Juszczyk, Dennis K. Hartman
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Patent number: 8664567Abstract: A metal cored electrode used to form a weld metal on a workpiece having improved yield strength, tensile strength and impact toughness by the combination of molybdenum, titanium and boron, the electrode containing at least about 0.001 weight percent boron, at least about 0.05 weight percent molybdenum, at least about 0.005 weight percent titanium and a majority of iron, the above metal alloy system having an average yield strength of at least about 70 ksi and an average tensile strength of at least about 90 ksi.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Dennis K. Hartman, Vaidyanath B. Rajan
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Patent number: 6820454Abstract: A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Otto Ferguson, III, Dennis K. Hartman
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Patent number: 6708864Abstract: A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: Otto Ferguson, III, Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20040020041Abstract: A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Otto Ferguson, Dennis K. Hartman
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Publication number: 20020190096Abstract: A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Otto Ferguson, Dennis K. Hartman
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Patent number: 5155330Abstract: A method and apparatus of welding along a pass line on a steel workpiece, which method and apparatus comprises simultaneously feeding two welding wires in generally parallel relationship toward a workpiece with extended welding wires generally intersecting the workpiece at individual points spaced from each other a distance in the range about 3/16 inch to about 3/8 inch; then creating a separate arc between each of the wires and the workpiece; passing a single protective envelope of shielding gas axially along two welding wires simultaneously and around said two separate arcs extending between welding wires and the workpiece; and, causing relative movement between the two gas shielded welding wires and the workpiece in the direction corresponding to the desired pass line on the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignee: The Lincoln Electric CompanyInventors: Paul J. Fratiello, Dennis K. Hartman, Lee E. Seufer