US Patent Issued to THE ESAB GROUP on July 29 for "Consumables for processing torches" (New Hampshire, Vermont, Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,218, issued on July 29, was assigned to THE ESAB GROUP INC. (North Bethesda, Md.).

"Consumables for processing torches" was invented by Michael Nadler (Wilmot, N.H.), Maximilian Dougherty (Bozeman, Mont.), Kevin Horner-Richardson (Cornish, N.H.), Auston Maynard (Thetford, Vt.) and Andrew J. Raymond (Lebanon, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consumables for cutting torches include a distributor, an electrode, and a nozzle. The distributor defines a plurality of ports that extend from an internal cavity of the distributor to an exterior surface of the distributor. The electrode is disposed within and irremovably, fixedly coupled to ...