Patents by Inventor Peter L. Nicholson

Peter L. Nicholson 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: 5742029
    Abstract: A method of and welder for welding a corrosion resistant, wallpaper alloy to the inside surface of a vessel wall formed from a corrosion susceptible steel sheet after the wallpaper alloy has been affixed to the inside to provide an exposed seam of wallpaper alloy extending in a given path wherein the method and welder comprising moving a welding wire toward the seam, melting and depositing the welding wire onto the seam along the path by a short circuit arc welding process of the type having a welding cycle with a short condition and an arcing condition, which arcing condition constitutes a plasma boost portion with a set peak current level followed by a plasma portion with a current decreasing from said peak current level toward a set background current level with a given time between the plasma boost portion and the short condition andsetting the length of time of the plasma portion of the arcing condition to a value greater than 25% of the given time or greater than 2.0 ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: The Lincoln Electric Company
    Inventors: Elliott K. Stava, Peter L. Nicholson