ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,319, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ELCo Enterprises Inc. (Jackson, Mich.).
"Device for feeding a wire electrode" was invented by Edward L Cooper (Clarklake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for feeding a wire electrode includes a housing having an input port, an output port, and a cavity defined by the housing. The device also includes a first group of bearings and a second group of bearings disposed within the housing. Each of the bearings have a surface configured to engage and drive the wire electrode. Additionally, each of the bearings have teeth adjacent to the perimeter of the bearings. The teeth of the bearings...