Patents by Inventor Orville L. Wilcox

Orville L. Wilcox 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).

  • Patent number: 5070568
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the subject electrical arc-welding gun cleaning tool for removing welding splatter from the welding tip and nozzle of a wire-feed arc-welding gun is described. The tool comprises a cleaning tool base 52 connected to a drive means 90 for rotating the base 52 in a desired direction about a drive axis. A conical spiral spring 64 is attached to the base 52 for insertion into the arc-welding gun nozzle 33. The rotating spring 64 surrounds the welding tip 40 and expands to also contact the inner surface of the inner surface 36 of the arc-welding gun nozzle 33. The spring 64 removes accumulated welding splatter as it rotates. A cylindrical tube 82, with serrations 86 at a receiving end 84, limits penetration of the spring 64 into the arc-welding gun nozzle 33 while also removing welding splatter from the outer end 43 of the welding tip 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Orville L. Wilcox
    Inventors: Orville L. Wilcox, Ronald R. Reed