# Transcript of Record — Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. (No. 2)

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* {fol. 1045] This invention relates to.a method of electric -
- are welding in deep flux, and also to the flux employed.
The simplicity of bare wire-eléctrode welding recommends’
_it above all other methods. It is unfortunate that: the met-

. allurgical and physical properties of metal deposited i in. this
simple manner are se poor as to make the method unsuitable
where reliability and ductility are prime requisites. Fluxes,
heihg non- metallic in nature and: generally applied to the
exterior of the electrodes render it impossible to make. elee-
trical contact with the electrode except at certain intervals

where the rod has been bared to permit contact. Thissolk — .

stacle assumes great proportions in automatic arc-welding
wherein a continuously fed ele¢trode must be used. When
these bared sections reach the melting zone metal of inferior
quality is deposited: The current must pass. thronugh.a
variable length of rod, the length between the are and the
contact point, heating. it sufficiently to crack off the flux
covering and further to add an IR drop to the are voltage.

This IR drop is not constant in. magnitude but varies aecord-.
ing to the position of the contact point relative to the are. -
Tlie relay, unable to discriminate between are voltage and _
electrode drop, cannot maintain the constant are length.so-

necessary to successful welding unless compensatory means °

are resorted to. These difficulties therefore limit the energy
-which may be expended in the are. We are not aware of eur-—
rent values in excess of aiwut 500 amperes being used in this
manner of welding. The energy, limitations above mentioned.
make the welding of heavy plate a- multiple pass protess.

The soundness or homogeneity of the metal cannot be as-
sured unless the fused flux is renioved between successive
passes. Acyumulated stress is introduced into such welds.

Unless each layer of deposited metal is peened to relieve
this stregs the united parts will have been deflected through

| fol. A046] the agency of this stress.

~ There ‘s another means of applying -protective flux. It
consists in utilizing a thick coating of finely divided material,

‘a flux, which covers the seam to be welded. The welding elpe-
trode, which is a bare wire of suitable composition, is fed
down by conventional feeding means and the. are is struck
under this powdered flux. The electrode is traversed at a
constant rate along the path to be welded. The process ‘is
such that the operator cannot see the progress of the weld,
the are being submerged in the fluxing material. Direct eur-
rent is employed at a voltage of about 30 volts with ¢ current

1046

values: up to 900 amperes. The flux used in this system has
been, in the past, a natural clay of approximately the compo-
sition used in making brick. Specifically the = ing is an
analy sis of such a flux: ..

; x} Si 0: DO. 6% fO
Al: Os 18.86
Fe, ( Vs 4. 34

ae
Mn ° 600

‘Fe | 3.03

“This method, retaining as it does the advantage of feeding
current to a bare wire at a point adjacent to the weld, is
seriously deficient in the quality of the weld metal deposited.
A weld made by this method has ample ‘strength but is so
porous that it ean hardly be said to be satisfactory. It is
therefore customary to hand weld on the opposite side to
insure superficial freedom from holes. It has not been

found possible to extend. this method beyond 4 inch plate |
and there is no immunity from holes in any- thickness.

The vigor. of the are ‘abanereei ender. this dust projects
(fol. 1047] .a continuous cloud of material into the atmos-
phere. An evidence Bagley. of gas that is emitted
by a flux of this nature is afforded by the fact that the weld-
ers very frequently. wear gas masks to protect themselves
~ from the dust. Since ‘the dust is thrown up by the gas that
is evolved: from the flux and the weld metal, it is tot surpris-
ing that gas holes should be found in the. metal of the weld. |

It is the purpose of this application to deal with a new

~~ method, designated as >ubmerged-are electric welding,

wherein a bare wire electrode of ary: diameter may be em-
ployed and in which plates of 14%-inches thickness may be .
welded in a single operation by a weld whose densit 518
equa! to-the parent metal and whose’ properties are sucly as.
to inspire confidence in atiy-application: Furthermore, the
weld is of such low internal stress that no evidence of plate
deflection is apparent after its completion. - It is well known.
that all insulating materials become increasingly ‘conductiv e.
as their temperature tises ‘and finally, when in .a molten. -
state, they exhibit the well -known electrolytic phenomenon
which ig the’ basis of the aluminum industry. It was there-
fore deemed desirable in order that gas liberation be re.

SUPREME COURT. OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER TERM, 1948

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No. 184

GR AVER TANK & MPG. CO, INC. THRE LINCOLN |
ELE CTRIC COMPANY, GR AVER TANK bg MEG. -:
CORPORATION, PETITIONERS

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THE LINDE AIR. PRODUCTS COMPANY

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GRAVER TANK & MFG. CO. INC. THE LINCOLN

ELECTRIC COMPANY, GR AV ER TANK & MFG.
CORPORATION? ie ETITION ERS,

ts,
THE LINDE ATR alain COMPANY

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT. OF
AFPEALS FOR THE & VENTH CioReU[T ~*

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: ‘ . Orginal Print
- Plaintiff's tria! exhibits:
\ 125-—File wrapper -and contents—Patentees’ aban-
‘doned application, Serial No. 657,836 © — i 1042. 1043
126— File wrapper. and contents —Patentees’ aban-
doned application, Serial No. 705,892 - " 1100 * 1074
127- File wrapper and eontents’ Patent in suit, No. yas tec
2,043,960 . eee Rhee HSS = 1103
175-A- Photo of vacuum tank experiment - F2a3 1136

Jupp & Derweiter (Isc.), Printers, Wasniscros, D. C., Nov. 18, 1948.

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ae eo: : INDEX

‘Plaintiff's thal! exhibits—( ‘ontinued , Orginal —- Print
175-B-, Photo of vacuum tank experiment 1224 136
175... Photo of. vaeuum tank expernuent Pel ee P|)
216.8- Form of plaintiif’s lieense agreement — b2a6- 2087 .

- 217-—-Letter,-R. E. Cornwell to J.P. Lincoln, Sep. . ie
‘tember 10, 1943 . es are eS
218-G—Purechase contract--Oxweld Rods for Cuien
— anelt Welding hn Pe ee 1230 14S
"219 Letter, J. F. Lincoln to’ R. E. Cornwell, October .
SRS. Te 43 NNT
220 - Dratt cross-license agreement, enelosed with above Ks
_ iter af October 8, 1941 . . 1804 1148.
25--Photo of welding, Christy a eh > > a 12

I sien trial exhibits: . 52 .
88-—Patentees’ orginal notés — 1248 L153
98-A to 98-Y, ine.--Colleetion of Linde sales instruc. - Z
* tion letters rk 13600. 1265
104-A—-Letter, J. Fo Lincoln to R. BE. Cornwell July. ;

“31, 1941 Hie L325

M2 2 Patents cited as showing: old forge’ welding com

pound; No, 277,303 to Whiteomb and No. 1.283,000

to Roberts - 14h4 1328
143. —Patents cited as s showing electric furnace. fluxes;

No. 721,703 to Heroult and No. 1,842,052 to Greene 1417 1335 _
144 — Patents cited as showing quasi-.re type fluxes > .
No. 1,041,525 to Strohmenger — ;
No® 1,241,899 to Armstrong
No. 1,277,639 to Peseatore

No. 1,441,685 to Jones ©. see Wet 1346
-Patents cited as showing prefused . welding epom-
aoe — 3

No. 1,467,825 to Armor
_No: 1,741,031. to Miller
No. 1,748,785 to Miller — ; :
No. 1,754,566 to Miller ‘ marae 1435 1355
. Stipstation ax to record — Pee * 1444

{ fol. 1042] PLatntire's Exar 125 _
; Department of Commerce

U nited States Patent: Office —

~ To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greet-.
ing: This is to Certify that the annexed is a true copy from
the records of this office of the File Wrapper and Contents,-
in the matter of the Abandoned Application of Lloyd T.
Jones, Harry E. . Kennedy and: Maynafd A. Rotermund, —
Filed February 21. 1933, Serial Number 657,836, for Im-
provement in Method of Electric Are W elding and. a Flux
Therefor.

In testimony whereof -I have heretinto set my —_ and
caused the seal of the-Patent Office to be affixed at the City -
of W ashivgton, this fourth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and- forty-five and of
the Independence of the United States of America the one

hundred and seventieth.
Casper W. Ooms, ‘omfhissioner of’ Patents. (Seal. )

Attest: v. A. Coulter, Acting Chief of Division.

1184-185

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duced toa minimum that a flux be produc ed capable of oper-.

ation with alternating current in order that the effect of

this phenomenon might he controlled. Sach a flux was pro-

duced.
When an eleetrie current is passed thireugh a material

which becomes.a Nernst -conductor at a low temperature a:

relatively large area of the 7 ‘rial willtbe engaged in the
conduction. Conymoin. salt: Ch) is a murterial of this-
ciass.. If it is used-ar a flux Ans c menonl is conducted Pol the
elestrode to the phate: almost entirely by-the fused electro-
Iyte. So mueli ‘salt is invelved in the conduction that the

ek [fol. 1048] en ergy density is insufficient to produee fusion -

of the plate or wire. If on the other hand a material becomes
a Nernst conductor ‘at an exceedingly high temperature,

very ttle of the material i is involyed in the econduetion, the

energy is thereby so conce trated as to melt very deeply
and With very small cross section, An example of the lat-

-ter type of material might be common sand, From. the fore-

going it is clear that by a proper selection of flux, the energy.
density on the parts to be welded inay be eantrolled and that
e jectrolysis with its consequent production of gas may be

‘avoided by the use of: alternating current: However, “alter-

niting current has been entirely unsuitable with fluxes. here-
tofore used. -In the sample analysis of a customary: flux.
i; will be noted that silica is present to the amount of 50%.

. We have noticed in analyses. of welds: made with the usual
flux and direct current that the silicon content of the metal
after welding exceeds that of the parent, metal or the rod

while the earbor content is less than eithtr. Such welds
are invariably fuil of holes, A rational explanation is that
the enrbon of the weld metal reduces the-silica of Ahe flux .
With the generatior. ef carbon monoxide and the release of
silicon, according to the well known chemical reaction.
We have 2-08 a flux, consisting of two components, one
basie.: Moré specifically stated a flux.may be.
formed by fusing as a hase caleinm carbonate and silieon -
dioyide in such proportions as to form a neutral slag, the
restltant. cempound being principally ealcinm silicate.

‘After fusion the material is finely. ground, ‘laid upon the

seam to be welded, the electrode submerged in the powdered?

material and thesure struck. The welding proeveds under

this material unobtrusively, the operator hardly cognizant

that welding is taking. place. Sucha flax Nys extreme pene-

tr ating power, so great in a fast that a solid. plate. 14 inches —

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Ca SiOs++ 2 Na

_ Cl. -The calcium silicate thus obtained is equally effective

- asa flux. It-has heretofore heen regarded that the thief

_ ‘requirement of a flux was that it exclu Je the atridsphere—
_ Which was held responsible’ for most welding evils. We
have: found that a fluid flux not. only serves this end but

through a proper control of melting point, its temperature--:

resistance characteristic and the proportions of its chemical -

constituents it ean expand the welding field ‘far beyond its -,
present ‘limitations. A further very necessary. property is

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- that, the flux be readily remov ed at the fomer of. the
” wold That portion of the material that has not be ‘en fused ©,
_is removed by a vacuum system to be returned to its storage —,

tank. That which has been fused lifts off intact from the — *
weld exposing a. perfectly symmetrical uniform weld, A
cross section of our weld shows ‘the fused metal to have
almost parallel sides and to. be almost independent of the

character ofthe vee. ¢ Since‘the amount of metal solidifyi ing
' is uniformly wide, unequal stresses’ tending to warp the’
plate do not exist.

It-is quite passible with our ‘tes to use direct. current, or
‘it is possible to superimpose direet. current on eehees
current. Alternating current alone is preferable.

_ A vast number of experimental welds support the coneln-.
sion&hat the properties of a.successful flux for this metl Od
: of welding are these: s

(1) The cheiiteat reactions between the components. é
of the flux must be completed before it is used in weld-
ing. Failure in Ske regard most surely invites po-
rosity. >

(2) It must be capable of sbboetibig the penetration
and the width of the weld. : ‘

(3) Its meiting point must be such that it will not
become entrained with the molten metal. a]

[fol.1051] (4) It must consist of chemicals which are
not detrimental to the properties of the steel, and

ak |, It must be readily removable from the finished —
~ weld.

Lleyd T. Jones, Harry Ee - Kennedy, Maynard A. |

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-. Lloyd T:; Jones,. Harry E. Kennedy pay Maynard Saks

Rotermund tlie above-fiamed petitioners, | being sworn (or:

affirmed), depose and say that, they are citizens of the ee

County of Alameda, Sfate of California; that they ve

United States of ‘America, and residents of Berkeley;
believe themselves to be the original, first and joint vei

‘tors of the improvements in-Méthod of Electric Arc AVeld-
ing and. a.Flux Therefor described and claimed’ in the
_-annexed Specification ; tliat they do not-know afid_do not

believe that tle same was ever known or used Pie their’

- invention or disedévery thereof, or patented at deseribed in

any printed publication:in any:country befére their inven-

. tion or discovery thereof, or more than to years prior fo

‘this application, or patented i in any country foreign to the |
United ‘States a an application filed more than twelve

his application, or jn public use or ‘on sale
in the Unitéd States for more than two years prior to. this
application;,and that no appliggfion for patent on said iim-

provements has been filed by4hem or their. representatives ——

or assigns in atipy country fg¥éign to the United States; and .-

. the said Harry E. Kennedy hereby states that his full first |

name is ‘‘Harry’’.- © i
Lloyd ‘'T. Jones, Harry FE. Kennedy, es ; ee
-Rotermund, (Notary en. )’. =

-Saheeribed gear sworn to before me pris Jith day -

aoe _ of: ‘February, 1933. Wm. J. Vaughan, Notary Pub-

lic in and for the ney of Ssmeentat State of
California. ae

Oath or affirmation muat be made before a Sotins Public, 7
Who Must Affix His Seal on the Gold Wafer. If Notary has .
no seal, a certificate of -the Judge or Cferk of the Court,
showing that the Notary js qualified, must be attached. If

the oath i is taken before a Justice of the Peace, a certificate —

of the Judge or Clerk of the Court, showing that: such
Justice i is qualified, must berattached.

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| Department _of ‘Commerce, United States Patent Oiice,
eee pe Washington. | 3

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Div. 60.. Room 5896

shai only “The Commissioner of Pafents, Washing- a
* ton, D. C.,” and not any official by name. ‘a

Paper N o. 2. All communications respecting this iui: |
‘tion should give the serial number, date of filing, and name

of the applicant. : aay | :
. mae! ere ‘RIS-FR. :
soar Se : a fags . ++ May 97, 1933.
Dies find’ below ¢ mmuinication from the Examiner in:

charge of this applicat ion.
Thomas E. Robertson, Commissioner of Patents.

* Applicant: L. T# Jones et al. Ser. No. 657, B36. Filed Feb.
: 21, 1933. For Method pt Electric ‘Are Welding ete.

‘ Townsend & Lorine, | 907 Crocker Bldg. sf San Francisco, |
California '

This. ease “has ‘been examined. References made ot
"record :— «-, : ee geet
Whitcomb, 277, 393 May 8 1893 148-26
Miller, 1 748, 785 Feb. 25, 1930 148-26.

— Vervaet, 720, 300 Feb. 10, 1903 148-96.
Robinoff et al, 1 ,782,316 Nov. 18, 1930 219- 10- 67.

The claims herein are drawn to three separate: ‘and dis-
tinct inventions. Thus:

I ‘claims 1 to 4, 10-fo 13, 20 and 21 nd recite a —

- JI claims a 14 and 17 which recite a — of producing a

flux, and ~
- HI claims 6 to 9, ‘16, 18. and 19 which. eee a method of

electric welding. ae
Division is required in accordance With Rule 42.. The

°° fhethods of groups II and III are separate. and distinct

- methods one leading to creation of.a flux, the other leading .
.. to the making of a welded joint.. Further, metliods other
than that claimed in group II may be resorted to when mak-
ing the flux of group I while the process of group III.may
be bh givctemaes with fluxes other than that of group I or with

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_ the flux of group I mon by a | process other than that of

group II.

‘It. is to be noted that claim 15 is not included i in the above’
grouping. This claim initially recites ‘‘in a welding sys-
tem’’ which recitation is followed -by the. recitation ‘‘a
.. method of alloying.’?’ Then follows. recitation of a step
[fol. 1061] executed. i in the production of the flux group I
- and finally there is recited. the inherent chemical reactions. :
which occur when the flux is utilized inga,welding*process.
Classification of: the claim will depend upon the nature of
amendment thereof so-as to render the claim sufticiently.
definite that the nature of the invention elaimed can Be
ascertained. : :

Art cited is the résult,of a ‘eursory ‘search and is cited és.
aid the applicant in his election and to indicate classification
of the respective inventions. oa

An action on the merits awaits settlement of the question
- of division... |

R. »L. Glass, Examiner. ie ie .
(fol. ee Depiriment of Commerce, United States
Patent Office “ :
; ‘Div. 60. “Room 5896
Paper No. 3

[Stamp :] ‘U. 8. Patent Office, ney, 1, 1933. Divi.

_sion 60.

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| In re igntiadinn of ‘Loyd T. Jc ones, Harry E. Kennedy,

_and Maynard A. Rotermund, Filed February 21, 1933,

if Sm:

Serial No. 657,836, For Method of —, Are Welding |
and a Flux Therefor. 3

‘San Francisco, California. Neieibiee 13, 1933.

?

Wadd: Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C¢.

Jn response ti i official action of ee 97th, 1933, the 2
above entitled application is hereby amended as follows :

- Claim 15, cancel line 1; line 2, cancel ‘flux,??; ; same line,
change ‘‘a ’ to —A— before the word “method”; same line-—~
fore « and not any official by name.

idkavinens of Gommeres, United States Patent Office,

Washington

Please find below a. communication from the Examiner

in charge of this application.
; -Conway P. Coe, Commissioner of Patents.

Apeticeit: L. T. Jones et al. Ser. No. 657,836. Filed °

Feb. 21, 1933. For Method of Electric Are Welding ete...

* Charles C. Scheffler, 30 East 42nd St. , New York, N n. Y.

. Responsive to letter of May 11, 1934.
Additional, references:

Severance, 429, 777, June 10, 1890, 148-26.

Jerfibeck, 1,956, 327, Apr. 24, 1934, 219-8..
A iller, 1, ‘065 009, July 3, 1934, 219-8.
Woods, 1 905,081, Apr. 25, 1933, 219-8. cf
Lloyd, 1,599, 056, ‘Sep. 4s 1926, 219-8.5. :
‘Hammers, 1,752 793, Apr. 1, 1930, 148-26.

Claim. 1 is rejected as vague and indefinite and not in

compliance ‘with R: S. 4888. The terms basic and acid com- -

ponents are vague and indefinite. Furthermore, the dis-

- closure that certain silicates are suitable for use as fluxes |

does not warrant such broad terminology.
Claims 2, 3, 4, 20 and 21 are similarly rejected. |

Claims 2, 3 and 4 are further rejected as vague and in-
definite and functional. The last two°lines of these claims

are vague and indefinite as well as functional. _ Applicant.

1063

has. claimed no particular material. but merely sets - forth,
a result. . | tel om.

Claim 13 is similarly iiahid, -«

Claim II is rejected as fully met by> Ser erance. The
* pumice- -stone satisfies the requirement for a metallic sili-
cate and the salt or sal-ammoniac that for the on com-
. paund.

Claim 10 is rejected as not patentable over any of the
above cited patents. A specification of the particular man- |
her in which the silicate: fluxing material is te be used
cannot make the claim patentabh.

G. J. . ss
(fol. 1070) ay Amendmeént BZ,

; : In ae anne States Patent Office
Div. 3, Room 4093

A. Lindsey, Examiner.

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Jones, Kennedy & Seinen Method of Electric rw
WwW elding and a Flux Therefor. Setial No. 657,836. Filed
February 21, 1933 ' °. nae

Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.
Sir: hee f | =

In response to the Official letter of Afgust 8, 1934, the
above-entitled application is hereby ‘amended as follows’:

Cancel claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 20. waar 21, and insert
‘the following in liew- thereof:

Per C

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-B’.- 22. A finely-divided unbonded fasible electric weld-
. ing composition containing a major proportion of a.
~ compound havi ing a basic bersacue and an acid com-

ponent... ae?

23. A finely-div ided unbonded fusible Pas weld-—
ing composition containing a halogen compound and °
a niajor proportion of a compound having both a

. basic component and an acid component.

[Matter enclosed between rules erased in copy.)

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24. A finely-divided unbonded fusible electric welding
'. composition containing a major proportion of
Insert C’. a , [compound having both a basic component ig
a) €> 7 ; 3 * ‘ \-

* and an acid cotnponent],° said composition being substan-

tially free from substances capable of evolving gas under
- welding conditions. : . .

29. A finely divided lita fusible elactrie “welding
composition containing a halogén compoud and a major
« . + , and being substantially. free from
* substances capable of evolving
gas under welding conditions
proportion of metallic silicate,. finely-divided unbonded fusible ‘electric welding -
composition contdining a fluoride and a major proportion a
of an alkalirie earth metal silicate.

(fol. 1072] 33. “A finely- divided rarer | f usible composi-
tion for use in electric welding employing a bare metal elec-
trode as, a source of weld metal, said composition being
substantially free from substances capable of evolving a
detrimental quantity of gas under welding. conditions and
containing calcium fluoride and a ce ae proportion of one .
or. more alkaline earth sy > silicates.—__—— 3

Refsfarks

-All-of the rejected claims- have been withdrawn and are
replaced by new claims which applicants beliéve to be en-
tirely free from the criticism advanced against the cancelled
claims: and are also patentably distinguishable f rom the art
of record.

[Matter enclosed between rules erased in copy.] -

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Applicants are nati to undérstand wherein ine’ is any
- vagueness or indefiniteness in the terms ‘‘basic’’ and

‘‘acid’’ as applied t6 the components of applicants’ electric -

welding composition. These terms are quite clear and defi-
nite in a chemical sease and particularly from the context

of the specification. Applicants havé disclosed a variety -

of compositions, such as silicates, titanates, Phosphates, all
of which function satisfactorily for the intended purpose.
In view of this fact and the absence of anticipating art, appli-
cants are clearly entitled to claims which are sufficiently
broad to protect ‘the various compositions embraced in their
- invention. If *the examiner. considers applicants’ termin-
ology too’ broad, he is requested to cite references and au-
thority to support his rejection. Judging from applicants’
. knowledge and the prior art cited, the applicants were the

first to discover that the compositions disclosed.in the ~~

_ [fol. 1073] present application, e.g., compositions consisting
principally of alkaline earth metal -gileate in a finely-divided
--unbonded state, are ‘useful as electric welding compositions
_in which a bare metal electrode is employ ed as the source
- of weld metal. +4 at

The statements in certain claims e.g., idle 25, 26, 27

and 29, that the present electric welding composition con-
tains ‘‘a material adapted to control the density of the

welding current’’; ‘‘a material adapted to control ‘the ‘elee- -.

_trieal conductivity’’;“‘a material adapted to alloy the weld
metal’’; and ‘‘a material: adapted to change the composition.
of the weld metal’’ are neither indefinite nor functional.
Applicants have clearly disclosed’ tompositions containing

materials . which perform these functions; dnd, in the
absence of. anticipating art, they are entitled to claims:

_ which satisfa@torily cover these compositions. .

All of the patents cited.in the last Official letter, except
Severanee, relate to~ coatings “for welding eleetrodes, in
' which various materials are mixed together ith a binder
and are applied to the surface of the electrode either by
dipping the electrode ‘into ‘the composition or by painting
the composition onto thé electrade, The dipped or painted
- electrode is dried until the coating hardens’ and becomes
; practically unitary with the electrode, Therefore, these
coatings are not finely-div ided unbonded welding composi-

tions, and it is evident that the patentees do not disclose

applicants’ invention. . Obviously, the patented coating

compositions could not he applied to the welding electrodes |

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1067,

ina » Rinate-dietiied unbonded state,—it i is necessary to incor-
- porate a binder and the elect rodes ntust be dipped gr painted
[ fol. 1074) aud then dried. Applicants avoid the expense .
and inconvefience of using a binder ingredient ‘as well as
_the dipping and drying operations; arid ‘since the claims as
naw presented clearly define this ampertens difference, they
are allowable. .

The composition disclosed by Severance i is not an electric
welding composition, nor do its ingredients correspond to - |
. those of applicants’ composition, as defined“by the cla'ms ~~
now presented. The main use, of the: Severance welding .

compound is for forge welding.iron\ and steel, and there’is
no suggestion that this compound is — for electric .
welding. Furthermore,, the principal conSituent of the
Severance compound i is borax of which 33 parts are used ;
-.the remaining ingredients altogether comprise 14 parts: of
the whole, and of ‘these the dolomite, for which a silicate
- may be substituted, is only 1 part of the whole. Therefore,
‘Severance does not disclose nor suggest an electric welding
composition in which an alkaline earth metal silicate or its
equivalent constitutes the major portion of the composition.
Even if the content of the pumice-stone and the dolomite or
silicate are considered together, such ingredients still would .
constitute but a minor proportion of the entire compound. —

The cerediedt of applicants’ electric welding. composi- _
tion and their relative proportions are very important from
a practical consideration, in electric welding With a bare
metal electrode, as is clearly set forth in the present applica-
tion. Therefore, the claims, as now presented, are clearly
‘allowable since they differentiate applicants’ invention
from the references. *

. Respectfully submitted, Eugene 1. Gretuew ald, At-
~ torney for Applicant. . Ee,

Rew Yorke. Y., February 5, 1935. A:GM. °

ffol. 107: a} 260 : 5 |
Se he OS
Paper No.10.-: 5
‘Department. of ‘Conienanes, United States Patent Office,
Washington

Address: only “The Commissioner of Paterite, W ashing.
ton, D. C.,"" and not any official by name.

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“All Sintenininatteeis respecting this webtieiiten should
give the serial number, ° date of. filing, and name of the
applicant. ; : > :
. : B =H

Please find below a ostmiabeadion from the, Examiner i in
‘chargé of this application. .
Conway P. Coe, Commissioner of Patents.

po ere Lloyd T. Jones, H. E. Kennedy & M. A: Roter-
mund.- Ser. No. 657836. Filed Feb. 21; 1933. For Method
of Electric Are Welding one a ea therefor.:

- Apr. 26, 1935.

ad. Scheffler & E. L. Orgieweft 30 Fast 42nd St, New ue

York, N. Y..

- In re amendment filed February 6,1 1935:
Claims 22 to 27 are rejected similarly to cancelled claims
1 to 4, 20 and 21 as vague and indefinite and not in compli-

ie

ance with Section 4888, R. S.° The claims are furthermore '

inaccurate. since applicant’ s compound if its final form does
not contain an acid and a base but rather contains, the re-

action product of these, i.e., a salt. Moreover the disclosure ©

that certain silicates, titanates, phosphates, etc.,. will be
effective would not warrant the recitation broadly of a salt.

Claims 22 to 31.are rejected as. unpatentable over Sever-
fince, for the reason noted in such rejection of Claim’11 in
the last Office action. Attention is called, particularly to
lines 84 to 90 in Severance. There is seen no invention in
_redueing the borax: content_given—by- Severance in his
specific example, and having the pumice- -stone constitute the
‘major ingredient. _— .

Claims 22 to 31 are rejected. =

' Claims = 32 and 33 may be allowed. ¢

A. Lindsey, Raieaies
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Div. 3, Room 4093

L..T. Jones; H. E. Kennedy and M. A. Rotermund.’ Method
“of Electric Are Welding and a Flux Therefor. Serial No.
657, 836. ° ‘Filed February 21, 1933

Method of Electric ‘Are Welding and a Flux Therefor “oie

Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, at ....
Sm: oe ee

In response to the -official action of April 26, 1935, the
_ above-entitled application is hereby amended as ‘follows:
* Cancel claims 22, 23, 26, 27, and 30. - ~~

Claims 24 and. 25, lines 2 and 3 of each, cancel ‘*compound
. having both a ‘basic component and an ‘acid component”? and
insert therefor: Bi

C’. —stable nonoslatile sili salt the basic component «
of which is selected from the oxides of the alkaly,and

- alkaline earth metals; and the acid component of xhich

is an oxide of an element selected from the fourth:

fifth, and. sixth ddd of the periodic a earns eet a

of elements—.

- Claim 25, last line, add —, sisid composition being sub-——
~ stantially free from substances capable of evolving gas,
under welding conditions. -

._ Claims 28, 29; and 31, last line of each, add: —-, and being
subsiantially free from substances: capable of evolving gas
under welding conditions.

‘Remarks -- oye sae %

The siavienes of claims 12, 32, and 33 i is noted. Rejected
egg 22, 23, 26, 27, and.30 are cancelled. Claims 24, 25,
28, 29, and 31 are amended to overcome the objection that -
they are vague, indefinite, broader than. the invention, and —
{fol. 1077] unpatentable over Severance of record, and it
is believed that these claims are now allowable. Reconsid- -
eration of tye claims now presented is respectfully asked.

The cited patent to Severance, No. 429, 7 does not antici-

1070. © .

pate the present invention, because the patentee specifies as
esseptial cqnstituents of his flux spathic iron ore (iron car-

-- bonate) and salammoniac (ammonium chloride), both of" -
‘ which compounds evolve large volumes of gas at welding
‘temperatures, thereby behaving directly contrary to the be:

~~ havior of .applicant’s composition. No other. _— of -

-record is. pertinent or has been appliéd to the cl

/Claims 24 and 25 are amended to specify that the -com- ”

: pound i in question is.a salt, as suggested by the Exgininer,
and gre limited to the oxydie salts of the class specifically

‘disclosed in the specification, also as ‘suggested by the Ex-

aminer.

Thus, the elaims presented are definite, ssebtonsive in -

scope with-the disclosed: invention, and. are patentable’ over
the art of record. Favorable acfion is solicited.

Respectfully submitted, Eugene L. Greenewald, Ate

C -torney for applicants..
New York, N. Y., October 22, 1935. GK.

fol. 1078} [Stamp :] Mailed Dec. 9, 1935.
B:G. oe

Department of Ciminiinn, United ‘States Patent Office,
* Washington ere ‘

_ Div. 3, Room 4093

Address only ‘The Comiissionsr of Patents, Washing-

ton, D.C.,’’ and not any official by name.
Paper No. 12— |

All communications - respecting this application should -

‘give | the serial eer date of filing, and name of the appli-
cant. »
Please find below a communication from the Examiner
in charge of this application.
Conway. P. Coe, ‘Commissioner of Patents.

Aina: L. T. Jones,-et al. Ser.’ No. 657,836. “Filed
Feb. 21, 1933..:For Method of aris Are Welding and
Flux Therefor.

Charles (. Scheffler, 30 East 42nd St, New York, N. - -
rests aerated: to amendment filed Oct. 23, 1935.

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1072

Union Carbide and Carbon Pincnrch Laboratories, foe. aa
assignees of the-above-identifiéd application, hereby. consent. |

to the above. abondonment of the said —— but not

|. the: igvention disclosed therein. .
i ~ Respectfully, Union Carbide ite Chthon Research a

‘Laboratories, Inc. By Albert Chester: ‘Cornell,
Secretary... --

New York, N. ¥,, May 12, 1936, G/K.

~

_ [fol. 1080] In THE: Unites ee PATENT Orrice |

- Div. 3, Room. 4093

L. T. J ones et al: Method. of Electric ak Ww elding anda -

: Flux Therefor.. Serial No. 657,836. . Filed February: Ti.
1933.
ization to Abandon”

| _ Aut

We, ery Theodde J ones, Harry Edward Kennedy, apd
‘Maynard Arthur ermund, of Berkeley,- California,’ the
* joint inventors in the’ above- entitled application, hereby
- authorizé our attorneys, Charles C. Scheffler and Eugene L..
Greenewald, or either of them, formally to abandon the
“above identified application but not the invention disclosed
therein. This authorization is made in view of the presénta-
tion in our copending application ‘Serial No. 44,142, filed

_ October 9, 1935, of ‘claims directed: to. the invention claimed |

~ in the above- identified application.

- Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry Edward Kennedy.
Maynard Arthur Rotermund.

eae California, April 10, 1936. aK.

[fol 1081] Stare OF CaLironnn; .
‘ County of Alameda, SS:

On this 10 day of April i in the year One Thousand Nine
Hundred and 36, before me, C. N. Lavers, a. Notary Public
in. and for the ‘County: of Alameda, State of California, fe-
siding. therein, duly commissioned and sworn,,. personally
appeared Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry Edward Kennedy,
- Maynard Arthur Rotermund, known to me to be the persons.
- described in and whose names are subscribed to the within
instrument, ‘and they acknowledged to me that they executed

the same. - Be. °

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- In Witness Whereof, I ‘have hereunto eat my hand and
affixed my Official’ Seal, the day: and year in this certificate
first above written. od

100 3

C. N. Lavers, Notary Public i in and for Said County’.

of Alameda, State of Californias (Seah) —
[ fols.-1082- 1099) iStymp ] Mailed May 15, 1936.
" 260 |
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Department of oasis United States Patent Office,
at Washington i

~~ Div. 3, Room 4093
Paper. No. 4:

nd. 2
eo

All communications respecting” this. euiblication should
give the serial number, date of filing, and name of the
- applicant.

Pd
Address only.- “‘The Cotmitasiomer: of Patents, W ashing-

ton, D. C.,”’ and not any official by name.

. On

Please: ‘find below a communication from the Fxaminer

in chargé of: this application. >
Conway. P. Coe, Commissioner. of Patents.

o

Applicant: Jones, et al. Ser. No. 657,836. -Filed Feb. 21,.

1933. For Method of Electric ‘Are Welding — a Flux tier

| Therefor.
Charles C. Scheffler, 30 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y.

In re letter. of formal abandonment and authorization
therefor, filed May 13, 1936.

The above letter of formal abandonment amd authoriza: ome

- tion-therefore have been entered.

‘In. aecordance therewith, this. application will be. sent to | ‘

; the abandoned files i in due course.

A. Lialiag. Examiner. |

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1074 =
[fol. 1100] ; Prantirr’s Exduarr 126
oe yu 390.”

Repartment of Commerce.
United States Patent ‘Office

| To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greet-
. ting: This is to certify that the annéxéd is a true copy from
- the records of this office of the File Wrapper and Contents,
in the matter of the Abandoned Application of Lloyd T.
Jones, Harry E. Kenned}xand Maynard A. Rotermund,
Filed January 9, 1934, Serial ber 703,892, for Improv .
‘ment in Electric Welding.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the Patént Office to be‘affixed at the City
of Washington, this fourth day of October,-in the year. of
our ‘Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty -five and of.
the ‘Independence of the United States of America the, one
'. ,hundred and seventieth.
Attest:-T. A. Coulter, Acting Chief of: Division.
Casper W. -Ooms, Commissioner of Patents. (Seal.)

SF |

(Here follows 1 Photolithograph, side folio 1191): |

*

1084

[ fol. 1113] 9. A. resistive composition for ‘dlettric welding

which is.conductive when fused and which comprises alka-

nee earth metal@licate.

. A resistive composition. for, electric welding which
_ Is pode ei when fused and which comprises an alkaline
earth metal silicate and an alkaline earth metal fluoride.

Add A‘.

(fol. 1114] In Testimony Whereof, we affix our signa- _

tures.

(S.) Lloyd =. cones, erry ‘KE. Kennedy, Maynard
A. Rotermund.

‘County or ALAMEDA, |
‘State of California, ss:

Lloy d T. yeu ee cas and Wield 5 A. Ro-.

termund the above named petitioners, being duly sworn,
depose and say that they are citizens of the United States
and residents’ of Berkeley, California, that they verily be-

-lieve themselves to be the original, first.and joint inventors:

; of the: Improvements in Electric Welding, described and
claimed i in the, annexed specification ; that they do. not know

and do not believe that the same was ever known. or used.
' before their invention or discovery thereof, or patented or

described in any printed publieation in any country. before
_ their invention or diseovery thereof, or more than two years

- Oath ane .

prior to this application, or in public use or on: sale in ‘the >

United States for more:than two years prior to this appli-

cation; that said invention has not been patented in any,

country foreign to the United Stafes on an application filed
by them-or their legal ‘representatives or assigns more than
twelve months prior to this: application ; and that no appli.
cation. for patent on said. improvements has been filed by

them or their legal representatives or assigns in any coun-.

ne try foreign to the United States.

(S.) Lloyd T. ens Harry E- Kennedy, agen

A. Rotermund.
Sworn. te and iciiad before me this 2 day of,

- Alameda County, Calif. -(Seal.)

‘{iatier between rules sneak in copy.) ,

_

January, 1934. L. F. Macdonald; Notary Public,

| | : 1085
~ (fol. 1115] [Stamp :] Mailed May 4, 1934
ne
: | % Div. 60, Room 5896
2 iJ i 2

‘Department of Coniaieie. United States Patent Office, : .

W ashington |
RLS-FR

‘Khe only: ‘‘The Commissioner of Patents, W ashing-
ton, D. C.,’’ and not any official by name.

All communidations respecting this application should
give the serial number, date of filing, and name of the dppli-

cant.
May: + 1934.

Please find belew a communication from the ix xaminer

in charge of this application. ji
. Conway P. Coe, Commissioner of Patents:

Applicant: :L. .T. Jones et al., Ser. No. 705,892. Filed °

Jan. 9; 1934., For Electric W elding. .
C harles C. Scheffler; 30 EF. 42nd St., New York, N: Y.

__ This ease lias been examined. |
Reference made of record: Robinoff, 1 782,316, Nov. 18,
1930, 219-1067.

Claims 1-to 7 are each rejected as fully met by Robinoff.
Recitation that ‘(claims 3 to 6) a flux of a, . particular kind
is utilized does not alter the-process. -

Claims 8 to 10 are each rejected for failure to comply with

Section 4888 R. S. in that.-said: claims define naught. For .

example, the applicant does not‘teach that just any compo-
sition which is eofiductive when fused and incapable of
evolving gases will be of utility (elaim 8). Further he does

not. teach that an alkaline earth and metal: silicate and, ‘or

an alkaline earth metal fluoride in- pure form or in just
any proportion of a combination is efficacious.
Claims 8 to 10 are each further rejected as admittedly
old (paragraph , beginning on page 2 of specification).
No ¢laim Is dllowed. Calas
- L. Glass, Examiner.
RL. Ss.

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L. T. Jones, et al. :
| Electric Welding apes | =
Serial No. 705,892 ”
Filed January 9, 1934 .
Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, a.©.
Sir:

Applicants have carefully considered the Official letter

of Mdy 4, 1934 in the above-entitled application; and re- =i

‘quest that the following amendment be’ entered: -

In the specification, page 4, line 2, for’‘‘the are process”’
substitute—prior arc processes—; line 3, after ‘Call’? inser?
_—prior—; line 3, cancel ‘‘and uses no are’’; line 13, cor- .
rect the spelling of ‘‘efficacious’”’. ae te

Page 5, line 1, for **CaCQ.” substitute-—-calcium carbo-.
nate—; line 2, for ‘‘MgO”’ substitute—magnesium oxide—;

line 2, for ‘*Si02”’ substitute—silica—. : a
Page 8, line 6 and. line 11, after ‘‘arc’’ in each instance
-insert—of the usual type—. ; 3 |
~ Claim 1, line 2, after ‘‘melt”’ insert—
At. , containing a major proportion of alkaline earth
metal silicate and substantially free from uncom-
© bined iron oxide,—. : :

‘Claim 2, line 4, after ‘‘melt’’ insert

A®. —containing a major proportion. of alkaline earth —
metal silicate and substantially free from uncom-

bined iron. oxide—.
Claims 3-and 4, line 4 of each, after ‘‘silicate”’ insert—
substantially free from uncombined iron.oxide—.

Claim 7, line 4, after ‘‘melt”’ (first occurrence) insert— fe

45. containing a major proportion of alkaline carth metat
silicate and substantially free from uncombined tron
oxrtide—. . ;

1087

{folk 1117] Cancel claims 8, 9, and 10, and rewrite them as .
follows: ee 2

ee [11]°. A composition for électrie welding con-
taining a major proportion of ‘alkaline earth “metal j
Silicate, and being substantially free from. uncom-_
bined “iron oxide “and: from substances capable of
evolving gases under welding conditions.

STi". A composition. for electric welding con-’
taining a major proportion of calcium silicate, and
being substantially free from uncombined iron oxide.
and from substances capable of ererring gases under
welding conditions. 7

~10 [13]*. A‘ composition for déstric welding eon-
taining a fluoride and a major proportion of alkaline
earth metal silicate, and being substantially free from
uncombined iron oxide and from substances capable
of evolving gases under welding conditions.

1t [14]*. A composition for electric welding con-
taining a fluoride and a major proportion of calcium
silicate and being substantially free from uncom-
‘bined iron oxide and from substances capable of
‘evolving gases under welding conditions. ©

Be Ae to ie A. composition for electric welding com- °
prising fluorspar; magnesium silicate, and .calcium
silicate, the -latter silicate ‘being present — in* pre-
dominant proportion. |» ‘

Remarks -

The examiner’s holding is based on an erroneous postu-_
late, viz:).that altering. the welding composition or ‘‘flux’’
- of the reference does not produce a new process. That such
a change can result in a new process is clear from well

- \ established practice with respect to process patents. If a
[fol. 1118] series-of manipulations, c!d in themselves, are
performed with or on a material not previously used with
these manipulations, and a new result follows, there i is anew
and patentable process. ae mi Ne

Before making the’ present invention, applicants | were
familiar with the proces of the Robinoff et al. comand hav-

[oe nadie ind fgtres enclosed:in brackets erased in copy. ]

‘ 1075
| (fol. 1102]. Union CARBIDE AND Chane ‘Reskarcu Lasora-
ert TORIES, Inc. .

Carbide nil Carbon” Building
30 East —— Second Street.

Patent Department aE Seite
oe New. York, January 8, 1934

Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1 D. Cc. eee

—

Sr: pees Sele

We enclose herewith Union Carbide Company check No.
171148 for Thirty Dollars ($30.00) to your order to cover’
the filing fee in the. following application, executed peti-
tion, application and oath of which are attachéd hereto:

Inventors: Lloyd T. J ones, Harry K. Kennedy and May-
ard A. Rotermund.

Title: Electric, W elding.

Executed: January.2, 1934. 7

We would appreciate ‘promptly receiving the filing receipt
for this case, for use in connection with the filing- of cor- -
responding foreign patent applications.

‘Very truly yours,

* Patent Department, E. L. Greenewald.
ELG: :GM. Encl. ¢ 7

(fol. 1103] Perrrion FOR UniTep hese Lerrers Patent |

- To the Commissioner of Patents of the United States of
‘America: suis

' Your petitioners, Lloyd J ued Sana. Kennedy, and .

Maynard A. Rotermund, citizens of the United States,
_residing at Berkeley in the County of Alameda and State
. of California, P. O. Address: 896 Santa Barbara Road;
- 105 Tunnel Road; 479 Kentucky Avenue, Berkeley, Cali- 3
fornia, respectively, ’ pray that Letters Patent. anay be
granted to them, for Improvements in_ Electric: Welding |
‘set forth in the annexed specification ; and they hereby
appoint Charles C. Scheffler; Register No. 11032, and Eu-
vene L. Greenewald, Register No. 3276, both of 30, East

42nd Street, New York, New York, their attorneys with full -

power of substitution and revocation, to ‘prosecute this ap-
plication, to make alterations and amendments therein, to

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sign’ their names to the drawings, to'receive the Letters
- Patent, and ‘to transact all business in the United States’
Patent Office connected therewith, the said power to be
“exercised cither separately or collectively by said attorneys
'as they shall from time to time elect. Please address all

communications. to..Charles €:-Schefifer. Be ma ie To ee

~~ Signed at Albany, California, i in the County of poe
and State of California the second day of January,.1934. —
(Sign here First name in full.) Lloyd T. Jones,
Harry E. Kennedy, Maynard A. Rotermund.

a Specification
~ To All Whom It May Concern:

Be it known that We, Lloyd T. Jones, ervy E. Kennedy
and Maynard A. Rotermund, citizens of the United States,
residing at. Berkeley i in the County of Alameda and State —
of California, have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements ‘in Electri¢c ‘Welding of which the following is |

a i orice meant

‘ [fol. 1104] This invention relates to electric welding.

Athong the various ways in which electrical energy has
- been converted into heat for the welding of. metals, the are
process (which itself takes several forms) is the most gen-
erally practiced. w:\ typical example: of arc-welding is its
use to join the abutting edges of steel plates. In the metal-
are Variation of the are process, molten metal, provided by
. the melting of a metal wire or:rod of suitable composition;
is introduced between the abutting edges of the pilates, and
~ the latter afe fused sufficiently to permit the added metal to
coalesce with the metal of the plates, so that, on cooling,
a structurally strong bond results.. The requisite heat is “
developed, as the term ‘‘are process’’ implies, by maintain-
ing either a direct current or an alternating are between
the parts to be welded, connected to one side of the power.
line, and the wire or rod used to supply the molten metal,
connected tothe other side of the power-line. The abut-
ting plate edges are usually beveled to form a-trough for
receiving the molten metal, thereby facilitating conleseence
of the added metal with the plates throughout the thickness
of the latter.
- In metal-are welding it is customary to protect the freshly

dépasited molten metal with a blanket of molten metal

a eee

ing had practical experience with that process i numerous
éfforts to make it. operate satisfactorily. They never suc-
ceeded; and their failure with the patented:process impelled
them to pursue the researches which led to the present -

* invention.

The patented process uses a flux which apparently con-
tains a plurality of substances, although but one is spe- .
cifically mentioned in the‘patent. The disclosures of the |.
-patent, in this respect, does not extend beyond the content —
‘of a single sentence,—‘‘The groove is -then filled with a
powdered flux composition having a percentage of ground
‘or powdered scale (ferrous oxide) to make the flux inag- -
netizable’’. (Page'l, lines 40-44). According to applicants’
information, in the Robinoff et al. process as actually used
- by the patentees and their assignees, a mixture of iron oxide
and clay ‘is used. Applicants have extensively tested that:
combination, and have also tested mixtures of iron oxide
with other fluxing substances. x
Applicants-bekieve that no one has obtained better results
with the patented process than applicants themselves have »
obtained. They. found that the patented process is, as the
patent repeatedly states, an are process.. The dazzling are
characteristic of conventional arc-welding processes, is al-
ways in evidence. They found that currents in excess of
about 900 amperes can not be successfully used, nor can
(fol. 1119] plates more than about %@ inch thick ‘be suc-
cessfully welded: in a single pass. They also found that the
‘deposited meta] lacks homogeneity, and that the powdered
flux is blown about to such an extent that it: becomes exceed-
ingly offensive to the operator and any others near the |
ee ! | gaits : )
- Seeking the causes of these defects, applicants found .
that the iron oxide (which presumably loses all magnetic
properties as soon as melted) is not only quite unnecessary, »
but highly objectionable. - They. omitted the iron oxide en-
tirely, and compounded a mixture composed of materials
of which not a single one is even mentioned in the patent, —
and finally emerged with a: process in which no are, nor even
any red-hot material, is ordinarily visible; in which there is
no puffing of the flux; in which the current and plate thick-
ness (weldable at a-single pass) can reach any values for
which. there. is a commercial demand, for example 2600

~

{* Words and figures enclosed‘in brackets erased in copy.] |

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compounds (usually compounds ‘of the aikali or alkaline

earth metals), . ‘and the material used for forming “this -

blanket is called the ‘‘flux’’. The usual method of providing

-a flux blanket on the weld is to encase the welding rod or

wire (usually referred to as the electrode) in an adherent

~~~ sheath-of_solid flux, and this gives rise to further difficulties.
_The sheath is fragile ¢ as a rute-and is, moreover, ndn-con-

{fol. 1105] ductive when cold, so that electrical connection |
must be made with the electrode at points bared for that

purpose, and at variable distances from, the weld, thereby
imposing an additional burden on the automatic regulating
devices used in machine welding.

For good welding a homogerieons deposit, of metal is in-

dispensable. In metal-are welding it is found that the dif
-. fiéulties involved in securing a homogerieous deposit are
- multiplied as the thickness of the deposit increases, so that,

if thick plates are to be welded, it. becomes necessary to

_.make several traverses or ‘‘ asses’? adding a layer of metal
b J

each time until the necessary thickness is attained. This

_

method of operation is obvioush ‘time-consuming, the more |

| so since it is usually necessa y to chip off the cover of
' solidified flux on-one deposit, and peen the metal, before--—

another deposit can be superimposed. It also’ ‘complicates

the stresses set up by contraction of the metal in the cooling

weld, and the resulting distortion of the welded parts.
“An object of the present invention is to avoid the dis-

_ advantageous features cited above, and to provide a process

by. which fhick plates can be strongly and rapidly electri-
cally welded in a single pass. Another object i is to provide
a process in which heavier welding currents can_be used,
thus .accelerating the rate of. welding. | -A further object
is to overcome the difficulties which, in prior processes, are

caused by the inherent instability of an electrie arc, its

liability to be extinguished by a. variety of adventitious
causes, and the difficulty, »specially in automatie machines,

“of reestablishing the arc} when it has been extinguished.

Another object is to avoid the necessity -for a flux sheath
on the eleetrode. Other objeets of the invention will become
apparent as the description of our. invention proceeds.

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amperes and two-ineh sila —neither of these values being »
limits; and in which the deposited metal is absolutely sound
and homogeneous.. Yet the examiner says that what they

* did ‘‘does not alter the process’’

Applicants’ specification has ein: slightly naieeiid Wate
it discusses the theory of their process, and compares this
process with prior are processes. It is immaterial to the
patentabifity. of tle invention whether applicants aré able

to give the correct theory or not, but it is their purpose to

give the examiner the fullest information i in their possession
on this matter. It is difficult, if not impossible, to define
an are precisely, and applicants have contemplated. the pos-
sibility that a-definition may be framed in such, terms hs
to embrace. the phen{on]*omenon which occurs in their
[fol. 1120] process. There can be no question, however, that
there is no:such are involved in their process as occurs in
every prior are process, including’'that of Robinoff et al.

Anyone, if he bears in mind, the intense dazzling are which

less than fifty amperes will evoke and stands by one-of °

applicants’ machines and sees a weld made with two thou-

sand amperes but with. little or no visible evidence that a

heating operation is being carried on, will quickly be con-
vinced fhat here is something quite different from any arc .
welding process known to the art.

At the top of page 5 certain chemical formulas have been

replaced by the corresponding names to rebut any presump-.

~~ tion, however improper in view of the context, that the sub-

stances used in the specific example were chemically pure. _
As clearly appears from the context the calcium carbonate,

'- magnesium oxide and silica used were merely of a good

technical grade. :

Several of the process claims ieee been amended and the
composition- -of-matter claims have been rewritten. Since
the use in the process of a composition which brings about

a new result clearly gives rise to a new and patentable

process, it is only necessary in the process claims, to reéite
those characteristics of the composition which are responsi-

‘ble for thé new result. These characteristies are, briefly,

a high content of alkaline earth metal silicate, and sub-
stantial absence of uncombined iron oxide. “Robinoff et al.

(* Words and figures enclosed in brackets erased in copy. |

+

mS .

1078 oe = a

~ {fol. 1106] We have divcovered a novel process tus wim ,
. prior are processes

Per A which résembles , [the are process]* in many ways
prior |

..A but which is essentially different from all qa are proc

esses [and uses no arc]. * .As in prior‘ ‘pracesses the -
necessary heat is generated in our process by causing a
heavy electrical current to flow across a region of relativ ely
high electrical resistance, and thence to a niember onto which
- metal is to be deposited, but*in our process the resistance is_
provided, not ‘by a body : of ionized gas, but by a conductive
melt.

The cindatitive melt used in our process Acide per-_
forms the protective functions of a flux, but it is much more
than a flux and many compositions which are satisfactory
fluxes for are welding are unsuitable for our purpose.

efficacious

Per “ . » While other melis : are more.or less , [efficaceous]*
in our process,. we prefer silicates of the alkaline
earth. metals, such as calcium silicate, and in many ¢ases.,
we prefer to add to, these silicates a minor proportion of a
substance‘adapted to lower the melting point, for example,
a halide salt. We have had excellent results with a material
corresponding closely to the composition repr resented by the
formula RO.SiO2z where.R stands for calcium or magnesium,
- but silicates which are more acid or more basic are also suit-
able. We have also used manganese silicates, especially
in conjunction with other silicates, and it is probable that .
alumina-contaiming compositions may also be used in cer-
tain cases, although we have not tested them extensively,
the calcium and magnesium silicates being eheap and en-
tirely satisfactory. When-more fluidity is desired the more
acid silicates may be used, but we prefer to con- .

Fluorspar trol the fluidity by additions of alkali metal com-.
CaF, pounds and halides; especially fluorspar. Good

. results have been obtained by adding about 6%
fluorspar to an alkaline earth. metal: silicate. Boron eom-

-. pounds in large proportion do not appear ta:be advantag-

eous, and so far as our researches have extended, the results —
obtained with | iron- bearing silicates have not been satisfac-
tor y. ; 3
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* Struck out in Copy.

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seem to have been the only workers prior to applicants who,
- in an electric welding process, began operations by filling -
the seam with a fusible. non-metallic composition ; ‘and the |

composition of Robinoff et al. differed from that of ap-
plicants; as now defined, in every respect.
[fol. 1121) The objection to claims 8, 9 and 10 seems ‘to
- have been upw arranted. As clearly appears from the. speci-
fication there is a wide range within which the comiposition
- of the welding material may be varied. Applicants see no
-\ reason why the examiner should question the operativeness
of any composition falling within these claims as rewritten.
Applieants have made no admission that the compositions
of claims 11 to 14 inclusive are old. Compounds of alkali
and alkaline earth metals have indeed been used as fluxes.”
That claims 11 to 15 are limited se as to distinguish from
this statement is too. obvious to require further discussion. .
Reconsideration, in view of the foregoing amendments

‘and arguments, is asked. _
Respectfully submitted, Eugene L. Greenewald, At-

torney for ‘Applicants. |
New York, N. Y., November 1, 1934.

A:GM © |
(fol. 1122} ~ Paper No. 4
[Stamp :] Mailed Dee. 8, 1934, :

260 3
‘Div. 60, Room ‘5896

Department of Commerce, United States Patent Office,

. Washington
_ RLS-FR -

| Address only ‘‘The Commissioner of Patents, W ashing-
ton, D..C.,”’ and not any official by name.

All communeations respecting this application dinihd ave |

the serial number, date of filing, aid name of the applicant.
December 8, 1934.

Please find below a cotammuleation fr rom | the Ezaniiner in

charge of this application.
Conw ay P. Coe, C ommissioner of Patents.

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5 [fol. 1107] In a specific instance we fused. togethér 50
calcium carbonate magnesium oxide
Per A pounds of , [CaCOs],* 9.4 pounds of , [MgO],° and
‘silica
aan A 40.5 pounds of’, [SiOz] * until the reaction was com- »
; plete. The materials used’ were of the purest qual-
ity nied in the ceramic industries. The fused material was
' cooled and granulated, and to each pound, one ounce of ~~
°, fluorspar was added. The material was then ready for use
to form the conductive melt’ which is the principal er
of our process.
In practicing our process the plates to be welded are ar-
ranged as for are welding.. The edges are preferably’.
heveled but this is less necessary than with, are welding
because the ‘‘penetration’’ and width of the. weld. —¢hich-—
depend on the extent to which the edges of the. plates are
fused during the welding, can be more closely controlled in ~
our process. The usual copper ‘‘hacking- up” strip is pret - :
erably used. .
When a weld is ‘to i made between beveled edges the :
operation is started by filling the groove with the resistive
composition, preferably i in powdered or granular form, and
a suitable additional quantity of the composition is heaped
up along the groove. it the plates are not beveled the proce-
dure is-the same, except that a larger proportion of the
composition will usually be above the upper surface of the.
plates, tliat is, outside of the seam itself
The material placed in and on the groove is preferably
, Stable at the welding temperature in the sense that‘it does
not evolve detrimental volumes of gases when brought to
that temperature. Thus if, instead of -preformed calcium
silicate, a niere mechanical mixture of caleium carbonate
and silica ‘were placed inthe groove and the weld started,
carbon dioxide would be evolved from the calcium carbon-
_ ate, and the development of a conductive’ melt would be
delayed and irregular. The resistive composition should
also be substantially anhydrous. ‘After the weld is finished
-the resistive composition can be collected and reused, any
volatile constituents lost, -such as halides, being of course |
replaced.
When our process is wer to deposit metal from a metal °
[fol. 1108] electrode, the tip of the latter is dipped into the

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Waa, Lloyd T. J ones et al., Ser. No. 705,892. Filed © q
Jan. 9, 1934." For Electric W elding.

‘ Charles C. Scheffler, 30 E. 42nd St., New York, N.Y.

Responsive to amendment filed Nov ember 2, 1934.
References made of record:

- Severance, 429,777, June 10, 1890, 148. 26.

Hammers, 1,752, 793, Apr. 1, 1930, 148-26. ?
Division is required. Thus: ce

%

I. Claims 1 to 7 which recite a process of wcidine,

oo |S Claims 11 to 15 which recite a welding composition
’ or flux.

The art cited together with the art of record. tidhnate

vi distinctness of classification of the two inventions. Further,

the process of group I may be practiced with fluxes other

than that of group II and other processes of welding. than

that of group I may utilize the flux of group II.
The foregoing requirement i is along a line identical to that

for requirement of division in Serial No. 657,836 of which
' this case is an a eged ontinuation-in-part. -.In that case
the requirement (was approved by the Classification Ex--

aminer. The requirem herein is thought also proper.
Action on the merits of the claims awaits applicant’ .
election.
. R. L. Glass, Examiner.
R. L. 8.

\ (fol. 1123] [Stamp] U. S. Patent Office, Feb. 6; 1935. :

Division 60. 3} :
‘[Stamp:] Mail Divisfon, Feb. 6, “535, U. 3. Patent Office.

In the United States Patent Office. :
- Div. 60, Room 5896”

3 hes T. Jones et al., Electric Welding, Serial No..705,8 892.

Filed January 9, 1934."

Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G;

Sim:

“In ‘response to’ the Official Letter. of December &, 1934.
Applicants contend ‘that. the ——, of division is

4—184-185 ;

A s = °
> = M >
:
. +. = S¢ :

" resistive composition, a low-Sdaingantie patlris provided, for
-exampl¢ by bridging the ga » hetwoen the electrode and the
_ seam. with a sliver of. graphitéj and thé power -is applied.
The composition is sogn locally heatéd until it fuses and _
becomes “eonductive; and immediately thereafter ‘the end .
ofthe electréde begins to fuse and the molten metal begins
to deposit.in the groove. At.the same time the. edges of the
plates begin to fuse and coalesce with the deposited metal.
The electrode is then fed toward:the seam and moved along
the seam at appropriate rates, preferably by a mechanical-~
device not unlike those which are now extensively used for
are- welding, and the weld proceeds without interruption.
_ There is no puffing or displacement of the melt, no sparking,
> * -and indeed scarcely any external evidence that a weld is
being made. The weld is ordinarily completed in one pass,
~~ >—~even in thick plates, but a plurality of deposits, ‘either on -
- 4, the same Or’ opposite. sides of the plates, are not preclided.
The resistive Composition i in front of the electrode remains .
unfused, while the. fused material rises-tethe-top-of: the
completed portion of the weld. and solidifies with the metal. |
Even this effect is scarcely visible because of the use of
an excess of the resistive composition which remains un-
"fused and covers the fused nfterial and the metal.
“Th sults attained are, as in arc-welding, jatiuencg
«by the potentraLor . voltage difference betweén tbe Flec-
trode and the seam, e magnitude o relding cur-,
rent, by the size of the electrode, and by the rates at which
the: electrode is fed toward the seam, and traversed along
the. seam. Assuming a constant welding speed; the weld- =
ing voltage and current vary with the plate thickness, each
being a function thereof. For example, we may use a ‘wel -
ing voltage of about 36 volts and a welding: current of
about 1500 amperes when welding together steel plates
qpout | one inch thick using a welding rod about. 24 inches
_ in diameter and a welding spéed along the seam of about
eight inches per minute. The welding ‘current, which is
"preferably alternating, may rise to 2000 amperes or. more,
many of our experimental welds in «thick plate (for ex- -
ample 1.5 inches) having been made with a current of 1600 Zoe
» [fol. 1109] amperes. Such thick plate cam\be readily welded 7 | °
: at the rate of 6 or 7 inches per minute... A\ current of 2000 ;
- amperes may “be. used with electrodes only 0.50 inches in
diameter, or even smaller; while with lower eaten ~pro-
- iportionately smaller electrodes may be used. )

—_— A oe
_Improper and shquld be withdrawn because there is such
a close relation and interdependence between the subject

matter of claims 1 to 7, inclusive, and the subject matter of —

claims 11 to 15, inclusive, that all of these claims are prop-
erly. examinable in-a single application: uitder the provi-
sions of Rule 41. :

The examiner obviously i is in error in assuming that. ‘the
_ process ‘of group I may be practiced with fluxes other than .

, that-of group JI’’. Each claim in group I plainly includes

a welding composition of the kind defined in the group IL

claims. That is to say, the welding composition is an es-
sential feature of the welding process, —- the successful

‘ functioning of applicants’ welding process and its novelty
are dependent. upon the particular ‘welding composition
_-used. Applicants have disclosed no other process in which ~ ,
these welding compositons | can. be used; and whether or .

not they could be used i in other processes is quite irrelevant
here. ‘The fact remains that the welding processes defined
in claims 1.to 7, inclusive, specify. welding compositions

of. the: kind Relea | in claims 11 to 15, inclusive ; and there-.

fore tt these two groups of claims and the invention defined

thereby are so closely related that they belong in and should ©

[fol. 1124] be examined in the same applieation.

‘The mere fact that there are separate Office classifications °.

for welding processes and for welding compositions is not
in.and of itself a ‘sufficient reason for splitting up every

set of claims in the manner proposed by.the examiner in
this applicati ion. The examination of -these two groups of -

_elaims in @ single application . will not impose any extra
burden upon the Office or the examiner because it is evi-

dent from the.wording. of the claims that the fields of search .
for the process claims and for the composition claims must -

of necessity be practically the same in order to be complete,

Applicants still believe that the requirement of division
in thgir application Serial No. 657,836 .was improper, and -

the ruling in that case does not apply here. . From a.carefut
comparison it will be evident that the claims in the earlier
application are worded quite differently from those’ here

under. consideration.’ If the foregoing. -discussion of this»
matter does not change the ‘examiner’s opinion, he is fe-

quested | to submit this matter to the Classification Exaim-

iner for review, and we are confident that the latter will ©
recognize the propriety of applicants’ contention and the |

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The resistive compositions for which a preference. has
‘been expressed herein give, in general, a satisfactory de-
gree of ‘“penetration’’, or melting of the members — onto.
which tlie deposit’ is being made. ~ If it is desired to-vary-
the degree of penetration, we have found that some control
of this. feature can be achieved by varying the fusibility
and conductivity of the resistive composition. While we
are unable, at the: present stage of our researches, to lay
down compr chensive rules with respect to’'this matter, we
believe the proper course to pursue in order to effect: a
given change in perietration with a given resistive com--
-position will be determinable by a skilled welder without /
undue difficulty. As an example of the possibilities i in this.
| direction it may be remarked that fluorspar additions to
. ' ssilicate compositions often serve to diminish the penetra-
= tion from an otherwise objectionably high degree. While

the effect of the fluorspar appears to be merely to in¢rease

. . the fusibility, it may be much more complex, and we do’
i oe not restrict oursely es to any particular theory of operation. —

See Welds made by our process have certain distinguishing

a : ' Guateceriiies. ‘In many cases the planes defining the
Kaper ultimate zone of fusion at the sides of theweld are approxi-

2 . mately parallel, and this relation obtains whether the parts |
are preliminarily beveled to a wide V, to a narrow V, or
are not beveled. a all. :The deposit of metal occurs, not
directly under the/ electrode, but back of it, and there ap-
pear to be liquid currents. ‘(Bossibly caused by the so-called

“mpineh effect”) which cause the surface of the resistive
_ composition to. bé depressed at the point where it is first.
ene fused, that is, just ahead of the electrode, and cause ‘both

. the deposited metal and the conductive melt to be heaped

Saar [fol. 1110] up back of-the electrode. This facilitates the

production of a weld having the desirable upwardly convex

surface, with some excess: metal above the seam, which ean

either be niachined off or, as in | the usual practice, left for
“reinforcement.

Several circumstances show clearly that our process does :
‘ : 7 of the usual type
E: Sea +PerA not depend on the formation of anare,. If} while a
weld j is being made, the circuit: is opened externally |
of the weld and then closed ¢ again while the resistive compo-
sition is still molten, the current will immediately resume its -
flow without any nee cessity for moving the electrode into con-

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“very close. relation between the present groups of claims —
ae _ which may not have been so clear to him when considering
the claims of application Serial No.. 657,836. As having

a further bearing upon this question, applicants submit
below the numbers of a: few patents selected at random and

‘in ’which the Patent Office has allowed in a single patent - -

a _ @elaims to a process of welding as well as claims to a material
~ used in. the welding process : |

Patent No. Date. . Name ee “Title

1 613, 942, 1-11- 1997, R. D. Davies, Process’ of Facing .
‘the Cutting Edges of Drilling Tools.

\ fet 195; 7 ae
“\ 1,840,921, 1-12-1932; H. L. Spence, Bronze for Weld- .
t \. ing. otis

- 1,966,260, 7-10-1934, FE. i. Munson, Copper / lloy::
: , “Welding Rod’and Method-of Using.the Same. . hs
“ «1,967,872, 7-24-1934, G. E. Doan, Welding Electrode. °
: 1,974,436, 9-25-1934, W. K. Schweitzer, Flux for Use.

- in Soldering. :

1,977,128), 1o- 16-1934, F. P. Hawkins, Hard Facing.

; In Patent No. 4 ,966,260; for example, the Office has. al-
' lowed the following claims i in ‘a single patent:

«3. The metht .d of welding metals which comprisés
adding to the weld a copper ‘base. alloy including
barium in amount ‘from approximately 0.10 percent
to 1.0 percent. - :

«4. A welding or filler rod comprising a copper base
alloy. including barium in amount from about 0.10
percent to about_1.0 percent. -

iain. in patent No.-1,974,436 the ‘Office has allowed. ate :
aii: claims i in. & single patent :. ~—

“7, A flux for soft soldering: metals comprising —
‘ zine chloride, alcohol, and cetyl ammonium’ sulfate.”’ -

See aie “14, In a process of soft soldering, the step of
eters applying a flux comprising zine chloride, eecaigeme and.
ve cetyl ammonium sulfate. me |

Again in patent No. 1 977, 128, the Patent Office allowed |
the following claims.in a single canal

tact with the seam as it would necessary to do to reestab-
_ of the usual type

Per A lishanare,. The heat for melting the electrode i is

evidently dev eloped i in the conductive melt itself.

This application ‘is a continuation-in-part of our ‘co-. -

: pending — = No. 657,836, filed aionvent din 21,
1933. :

{fol. 1111]. We Claim:

1A process _ of .electrie welding which com-

prises the step. of forming .a conductive high-
| Insert At resistance melt , on a metal’part to be fused,
‘, A} |
and passing an electric current through a. circuit compris-
ing said melt and said metal part.

2. A process of electric welding which compr ises the steps -
of, juxtaposing a metal eleetrode and a conductive member
on’ which metal is to be deposited; «establishing
; between said member and said electrode a con-
Insert A*’ ductive path of high-resistance melt , ; and pass-

ee ae
ing-along said conductive path an. electric current ‘of snffi-:
’ ecient magnitude to maintain the conductivity, progressively
melt the said electrode and cause the resulting molten metal
to coalesce with said member.

3.-A process of electric welding whith comprises the steps
of juxtaposing a metal electrode and a conductive member’
on which: metal is to be deposited;.establishing between
said ‘member and said electrode a conductive melt of fusible.

substantially free fro - |

. uncombined i iron oxide — |
Insert A silicate ,; and passing through said melt an elee-
; tric current of sufficient magnitude to maintain -
- the conduetivity, progressively mélt the said electrode and
cause the resulting molten mate to coalesce with said mem-
ber.

4. A process of electric welding whieh comprises the steps
of juxtaposing a metal electrode and a conductive member
on which metal is to be deposited; establishing between
said member and said eleétrode a conductive melt of an,

-. substantially free from

uncombined iron oxide
Insert A alkaline earth: metal silicate , ;. and passing:

- through said melt an electric current of sufficient ,

“eh. Composite welding rod comprising :commi-
nuted hard metal secured to one surface of a strip
of softer metal.’’ ,

ee | Method of w elding which ¢ mprises. jaxtaposing
a metal surface and the hard-m¥tal surface of a weld- ©
ing rod consisting of a soft ‘metal strip having hard
‘metal on one of its surfaces, and applying a welding
heat to the soft metal surface of said strip.”’

~~ Tn his “General ‘Siaaadion of the Subject of Division’
in Volume I of the Journal of the Patent Office Society, a

‘ page 411, Mr. C. H. Pierce, Law. Examiner, clearly expressed — -

thé proper attitude on this question, and we quote the fol-
[fol. 1126] lowing from this article: .

‘A too rigid, technical and analytical dissection of appli-
‘cations often proves harassing and discouraging to the
inventor, does not in the end save any work in the Office, .
_and tends te prevent instead of furthering the purpose.,of” «
- the law,-nor has it any value fo ‘the public, and it has been

repeatedly ‘condemned:by. the courts.’

Withdrawal-of the requirement‘of division. and favorable
consideration of all of the claims are. solicited. ;

‘Respectfully submitted, Eugene L. ee At-
torney for Applicants. i )

New York, N. ¥., February 8, 1985. --
“A:GM | eee :
[fol. 1127] [Stamp:] Mailed Mar.:23, 1935.
Tee ee Ware e
Div. 60, Room tee
“Paper No. 6

Department of Coy ncree, United States Patent Office,
i . Washington |

Fea RLS-FR

Address only ‘The Commissioner 6f Patents’ W ashing
ton, D. C.,”’ and not’any official by name.

sth = | Si
: ’ :
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,

7, *

Ex parte Prescott & Morikawa, 19 Pat. Q. 178;
Ex parte Dow, 25,Pat. Q. 263.

“ Ali of. these decisions clearly support applicants’ conten-—
tion that the use of a new composition, particularly in a
chemical or metallurgical process, such as the present, one,
confers novelty upon the process. For example, in Ex parte
Chamberlain: the applicant had used a new or different
chémical reagent in a pickling bath and presented claims
covering a method of cleaning or pickling metals which
involved passing the metals through the new pickling bath.

~The Examiner rejected such claims {‘solely on the ground

tliat a new process is*not produced: by the use,of each dif-
- ferent. specific substanee in the pickling bath over the
pickling of metal. by baths containing other non-inhibitors *
x x x and that the claims should be in terms of composition -
of the bath only”. The.Board of Appeals, howev er, re-

versed the Examiner saving that the action involved 1 in the
' [fol. 1131] invention at bar

_ is of: a chemical nature rather than thielen and
x x x the steps employed are classifiable as a chemical
process instead of a mechanigal method. In such case .
we find no difficulty in concluding that. each chemical
agent used constitutes a proper r subject for.a process:
claim on the ground that.although the mechanical steps
cof immersing the metal in the various baths’ is the
+ same, the chemical action is different in each ease, due
to the different chemical reagents, and this constitutes
a different process.’’ | |

*.

Similarly; although applicants’ welding procedure and
that of Robinoff et alare superficially similar, the novel weld-
ing composition used by applicants constitutes a different
chemical reagent and produces a different chemical and
metallurgical result, and thus provides a Tew process whieh
is patentable.

- Respeetfully submitted, Eugene L. Greenewald, At-
neggd for Applicants.

New York, N. Y. September 19, 1935.
A. G. M. .

1099
[1132] | ec ae
| Div. 60, FR
Serial No. 705,892 |

: Department of Commerce, United States Patent Office,
;: ae ~ Washington : |

; Address only The Commissioner of Patents, WwW ashfrdton,
D. C. :

4 veo November 11, 1935.
:. Lloyd T. Jones, et.al, assors | a
; ‘Your application for a patent for an improvement in
; -Electrie Welding filed Jan. 9, 1934, has been examined and

allowed with 12 claims.

The final fee, Thirty, dollars, with $1 additional for each
: ~ ¢laim allowed in excess ‘of 20, must be paid not later than six
months from the date of this present notice of allowance. ‘
Tf the fina] fee be not paid within that period, the patent
will be withheld, but the application may be renewed within
one year after the date of the original notice with a renewal
fee of $30 and $1 additional for each claim in excess of 20.
The office delivers patents upon the day of their date,
on which date their term begins to run. The preparation .
the patent for final signing and séaling will require about *
four weeks, and such work’ will not be begun until after
payinent of the necessary final fee. —
ie When the final fee is paid, there should also be sent,
& - distinetly afd plainly written, the name‘of the Inventor,
Tithe of the Invention, and Serial Number’as above given,
date of allowance (which is the date of this cireular), date
of filing, anc d, if assigned, the names of the assignees.

If it is.desired to have the patent issue to an assignee
or assignees, an assignment cofitaining a request to that_

‘~ effect, together with the fee for recording the same, must

be filed.in this office on or before the date of payment of the
final fee. :

. | After issue of the patent, uncertified copies of the draw-

~ings and specifications may be purchased at the price of ten
centseach, The money should accompany the order. Post-
ave stamps will not be received. ..-_ - ,

The final fee will not be received from other than the ap-

1100

plicant, his assignee or attorney, or a party in interest as
_ shown by the records of the Patent Office. ek es
. . Notice —When the number of claims allowed is in excess
— of 20, no sum less than $30 plus $1 additional for each claim

in excess of twenty canbe accepted as the final fee. -

Respectfully, Conway .P. Coe, Commissioner of Pat-
ents. | . She

Charles C. Scheffler, 30 E. 42nd St., New York, N. : a a
In remitting the final fee give the serial numbers at the
- head of this notice. Uncertified checks will not be accepted.
[fol. 1133] ‘[Stamp:] Mail Division, Mar. 26, 1936, U. S.
Patent Office. | | oe | ee
“[Stamp:] U: S. Patent Office, Mar. 26, 1936, Division 60.

(Stamp:] U.S. Patent Office Mar. 27, 1936. Issue Divi- .
S1ON. © pe a ;
In the Unitea States Patent Office
Div. 60, Room 5896
L. T. Jones et al. Electric Welding. Serial No. 705,892.
| . Filed January 9, 1934 - | A

Formal: Abandonment.
To the Commissioner 0: Patents, Washington, D. €.
Se eC ase ia NO ES a oe

. The above-identified application, but. not the invention
- disclosed therein, is hereby formally abandoned in favor
of application Serial No. 44,142, filed October 9, 1935, by . |
Lloyd T. Jones, Harry E. Kenhedy, and Maynard A. Roter-..
-mund. The latter application contains claims directed to
the invention claimed in the former application. .
A formal Authorization to Abandon, signed by the in-
‘ventors, is filed herewith¢ at Si ee ea ee
Respectfully, Eugene L. Greenewald, Attorney for

- applicants, °
New York, N. Y., March 25, 1936.

G/K. .

[fol. 1134] [Stamp:] U.S. Patent Office, Mar. 26, 1936.
Division ae alee ney ee ieee eo

1101

: {Gtisio: } Mail Division. Mar. 26, 1936. UL S. Patent
+ Office.

4 (Stamp: ] U.S. — Office, Mar. 7, 1936. “Issue Divi be.
dq sion. -

= spose mee Bae ng oii mace Sega ee?

rae ee iad the United: ‘aiaaae Patent Office

y) Div. 60, Room 5896 ; ,
‘ a ‘T. Jones et al. Blectrie WwW elding. Serial No. 705,892.
it nee tag Filed January 9, 1934
: 3 | | ‘Authorization to Abandon’

‘ ‘We, Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry Edward Kennedy, and

Maynard. Arthur Rotermund, of Berkeley, California, the |
joint inventors in the above-entitled application, hereby’
authorize our attorneys, Charles C. Scheffler and Eugene L.
Greenewald, or either of them, formally to abandon the
above-identified application but not the invention disclosed
therein. This authorization.is made in view of the presenta-
tion in our-copending application Serial,No. 44,142, filed
October 9, 1935, of claims directed to the inv ention claimed
in the above- identified application.

Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry ‘Wdwara pees

. Maynard Arthur Retermund. eae

- Berkeley, California, ioloaincae! | 26, 1936.°
G/K.

-[ fol. 1135] ‘Bian Mail Division, “Apr. 4, 1936, U. S
Patent Office.
[Stamp:] U. S. Patent Office; Apr. 6, 1936. Division 60, .
{Stamp:] U.S. Patent Office, Apr. 7, 1936. Issue Divi-
sion.
In the United States Patent Office

| —_——fr"
Div, 60, {oom 5896 | bas

Jones, Kennedy & Roterniund: Electrie W “iii Serial
No. 705,892. Filed Jan. 9, 1934 :

” ; —

- Hon. Commissioner of Patenta, Wazhideton, D:¢.

Sic: oe :
In response to Chief Clerk’s letter of April 1, 1936 there
‘is Miled herewith a. formal consent to the abandonment

Oo.

¢

Sir:

_ Union Carbide and Carbon Research Laboratories, Inc..
_ hereby consent to the authorization to abandon the above-
entitled application, but not the invention disclosed therein; .
-signed- by Messrs. Jones, Kennedy & Rotermund, on-or
‘about February 26, 1936 and ratify the action of their ‘attor-
neys in formally ‘abandoning this application in favor of |

1102

signed by an officer of. the assignee. corporation and bearing

the corporate seal of said corporation.

Respeetfully, Eugene L. Greenewald, Attorney for

_ Applicants.
New York, N. Y., April 3, 1936.
B/LK..

[ fol. 1136] Nihon: 1 “Mail Division, Apr. 4, 1936, U. S.
Patent Office. ©

?

(Stamp: 7] U.S. Patent Office, Ape. F 1936, Issue Divi ision. é

In the United States Patent Office :
Div. 60, Room 5896

Jones, Ridaai & Soigmend. "Electric Welding. Serial

No. 705,892. Filed Jan. 9, 1934

Consent to Abandonment |

Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. “

application Serial No. 44,142, filed October 9, 1935.

Respectfully, Union Car bide and Carbon Research

Laboratories, Inc., by Albert C. Cornell, Secretary.

New York, N. Y. , April 3, 1936. am
. B/LK. ee

[Stamp;] Abandoned 4/4/36. aes |
[fol. 1137] Mn Te, ele ee

Messrs. Jones, Kennedy and Rotermund, ‘Care Mr. Charles

C. Scheffler, 30 East 42nd Street, New York, a

GENTLEMEN: ;

I have your letter of Abandonment in connection with

your applic ation filed January 9, 1934, for Electric W elding, |

Se rial No. 705,892, allowed Nov ember 11, 1985.

he he

1103

You are: dina that the letter of Ee Re is s found

“\\ to-be informal in that it fails to bear.the signature of the

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sary that a letter be filed

Assignee.

Befare the case nay be co
earing the proper signature.
(See Rules of Practice, Hale 171.)

An early reply ily. will beAppreciated. Hace S 3
, Fe paly. ss J. A. Brearley, ‘Chief -Clerk.
[fols, 1138. a ‘ i ; | ; :
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3 Hon. Commissioner of Patents, ‘Washington, D.C.
Sir: ;

_ We are sending you herewith our check No. 193,995 for
| $41. 00, to cover the filing fee in the following patent ayipli-. —
eation, the necessary papers of which:are attached: e
Lloyd. Theodore Jones, Harry Edward Kennedy, and May-
nard Arthur-Rotermund, ‘“Blectrie W elding. ’*. Executed
-October 1, 1935. (31 claims.) - \
-Hespectfully, Patent - ‘Department, c.- ©, Scheffler, )

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[fol. 1158) ‘ieee ] Mail Division,U. Ss. Patent Office. Oct.
9, 1935" ‘

~ Petition for United States Letters Patent |

To die Commissioner of Patents of the United States of
America:

Your petitioners, Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry. Edward
Kennedy, and Maynard Arthur. Rotermund, citizens of -
United States, residing at Berkeley, i in the County of. Ala- °
_meda, and State of Zalifornia. P. O. Addresses 896 Santa ©
Barbara Road; 103 Tunnel Road; 479 Kentucky Avenue,
Berkeley, California (respectively) pray that Letters Pat-
ent may be granted tethem, for Improvements in Electric .
Weldirg set forth inthe annexed specification; and do
mereby appoint Charles C, Scheffler, Register. No. 11032, and

1106 oh oo,

Eugene L: Greenewald, Register No. 3276, both of 30 Fast
42nd Street, New York, New York, their attorneys with full
power of substitution and rev ocation, to prosecute this appli-
cation, to make alterations and amendments therein, te sign
their name- to, the alrawi les, ‘to receive the Letters Patent,
and to transact all pusiness in the United States Patent
Office connected therewith, the power to be exercised cither

* . separately or coltéctively by said attorneys-as they shall |

from time to time’elect, Please address all communications
to Carles C. Scheffler.

Signed at Adbany in the: County of Ania ud State of |

California, the 1st day of’ October, 1935.

(S.) Lloyd Theodore Jones, arey Edward Ken-

_nedy, Maynard Arthur Rotermand.
‘ : t
= : ‘Specification

To All Whom It May Concern:

Be It KnoWn: That We, Lloyd Theodore Jones, Harry
~ Edward Kennedy, and Maynard Arthur Rotermund, citizens

-of United States, residing at Berkeley i in the County of Ala-—
meda and State of California have invented certain new and._

useful Improv ements in Electric W elding of which the fol-
lowing is a specification :
[ fol. 1159], This i invention relates ‘to electric | Iding.

been ¢ “converted into heat for. the ‘outinn of. metals, the
are process (which itself takes several farms) is the one

~ most generally practiced’ A typical example of arc-welding .

is its use to join the abvtting,edges of steel plates.- ‘In. the
metal-are variation of the are process, molten metal, pro-
vided by the melting of a metal wire or rod of suitabl

_ position, is introduced between the abutting edges of the .

> plates, and the latter aré fused sufficiently to permit

-added-metal to coalesce with the metal df the plates so that,
on cooling, a structurally strong bond results. The requisite
heat is developed, as the term ‘fare process’’ implies, by
niaintaining eithersa direct current or an alternating are
' between the parts. to be.welded, connected to one side. of the

power line, and the wire.or rod used to supply the molten

metal, connected to the other side of the power line. The
abutting plate. edges are usually beveled to form a trough
for receiving the molten metal, thereby facilitating coales-

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thickness of. the latter. . ~-

“aware ¢
ing use

at, ae SO ae
cence of the added metal with the plates throughout the.

ral

The simplicity of barywire- electrode wihding recommends
it above all other methods, but the metallurgical] and ph¥si-
cal properties of metal deposited j in this simple manner are
usually so poor that the method is ansuitable for many appliz”” ¢
cations. ; :

In order. to avoid certain difficulties vaieiasiaiid | in —
metal. are welding, it is customary to protect the freshly
d&posited molten metal with a blanket of molten metal ecom-
{fol. 1160] pounds (usually compounds of the alkali’ _
line eartlis mietals). - The material used for forfiinethis
blanket is called the ‘“flux.’? The usual method of providing

_a flux blanket on the weld is to-enease the welding rod or

wire (usually referred to as the electrode) in an adherent

sheath of solid flux, and this gives rise to other difficulties.

The sheath i is usually fragile and, being nonmétallie M- na-

‘ture, is nonconduetive when cold,-so that electrical. connec-

tion must be made with the electrode at points bared for:

that purpose at intervals at variable distances from the

weld, thereby i imposing an additional burden on the auto-
matic regulating deviees widely used in welding. When the
bared sections reach the melting zone metal.of — qual-
ity is deposited. The current must pass through a variable,
length of rod, the length between. there and the contact.

point, heating” it sufficiently to. crack off the flux covering

and further to add an IR- drop to the are voltage.. This IR-
drop is not constant in magnitude. but varies ‘according to
the position of the contact point relative to the are. The. -
machine, unable to, discriminate between are voltage and _
electrode drop,. cannot maintain the constant’ are length

‘sO necessary to successful welding unless compensatory

sorted to. These ese difficulties therefore limit the
Heh-may be: e3 expended in the are. We are not
current values in excess of about 500 amperes be-
in this‘manner of welding.

For g6od welding a homogeneous deposit 7 metal is indis- -

means are
energy

-pensible. In metal. are welding it is found that the diffi-

culties invelved in securing -a homogeneous deposit .are

multiplied as the thickness of the deposit‘increases, so that,

if thick plates are ‘to be welded, if »becomes necessary to
{fols1161] make several traverses or ‘“passes,”* adding a
layer of meta] each time until, the necessary thickness is

9-2184-185

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Me a Ln,

: attained. This method of operation is covey tine con-
- suming, the more so since it is usually necessary. to chip off .

the covercof solidified flux ‘ou’ one ‘deposit; and peen the
metal, before another deposit can be superimposed. It also
complicates, the stresses set up by contraction of the metal.

* in the cooling. weld, and the: resulting distortion of the
‘welded parts.

There is another known.means of applying protective |

flux. It consists in utilizing a thick coating of finely divided

material, a flux, which covers the seam to be welded. The

welding electrode, which is’ a bare wire of suitable compo- __
| _sition, is fed down by conventional feeding means and the are

is struck under this powdered flux. The electrode ‘is. tta-
versed at a constant rate along, the path to be welded.
Direct current is applied at a voltage of about 30 volts .
with @ current up to about 900 amperes. The flux used in

this system has been a: natural clay of approximately the

| ‘composition used in making brick. -The following is a typi-

eal analysis-of such a. flux: 50. 6% SiO:; 18.86% ~AlO.;
4.34% -Fes Oa; 5.00% CaO ;'6.00% Mn; 3.03% Fe. Although 5
this method, retains the advantage of feeding’ current con-
tinuously toa bare wire at a point adjacent to the ‘weld, the |

be said to be satisfactory. _ It is, therefore, customary to
hand-weld on the bottom side to insure superficial freedom a
from:holes. It has not been found: possible to extend this

- method beyond % inch plate and there is no immunity

from undesirable porosity in any thickness. Moreover, the -

_ [fol. 162k vi vigor of the are submérged under this flux pro-

jects a continuous cloud of material into the atmosphere.
An evidence of the-amount of gas Nhat i is emitted by a flux
of this nature is afforded by. the fact that the welders very
frequently wear gas ‘masks. to protect themselves from the.”
dust.. Since the dust is thrown up by gas that is evolved

gas: ‘holes should be found in the metal of the weld:
An object of the present invention is to avoid the disad-

‘ vantageous. features citéd above, and té prov ide a process
- by which even thick plates can be strongly atid rapidly elee-

trieally welded, ina single pass-or ina plurality of passes,

are at least equal to these of the parent metal, Another
; Pree : #3 ; ;

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| from the flux and the. weld metal, it is not surprising that -

with a weld_of which the density and physical properties _

‘weld metal deposited thereby is seriously deficient in. qual =
-ity. A‘weld made by this method may have ample strength
‘for certain purposes, ‘but it is so porous that it can hardly

1109

object is to prov ide a process in whith heav ie bay elding cur-
> rents ean be used and the rate of welding accelerated. A

further object is to overcome the difficulties which, ix prior
/ processes, are caused by. the inherent instability of amelee-
tric are, its liability to the extinguished by a variety of ad-

ventitious causes, and the difficulty, especially in automatic
~ machines,-of reestablishing the are when" it has been exting:
uished. Another object is to avoid the necessity for‘a flux Cs
sheath on the electrode. ‘ Other objects of the i invention will ©
become ‘apparent as -the description’ ‘of our "invention _pro-
ceeds, . . : —

. We have dihoveved | a novel process for elesttis wildiue
“etiasain the necessary heat is generated/by the passage of a
heavy electric current between a metal electrode (usually
bare) and the. metal plates-er-similar. objects to be welded, -
the electrode being out of mechanical contact with the objects
and the current being carried attoss the gap between the
[fol. 1163] -electrode and the objects by. and through a con-
ductive melt or welding composition having appropriate
electrical resistance properties. .The heat thus generated
melts successive portions of the electrode and the molten
material is depesited’ fia weld-filler material. The welding
composition serves ds an active instrumentality, or welding
medium, inasmuch a it provides heating means, controls the
rate, penetration, and quality of welding, purifies the molten
metal, ‘and protects the molten metal. ° .

A large nynber of experimental welds. which we ii

\. “made sup the conclusion that*the properties of-a suc-'.

cessful w ing. composition for this method of ‘w elding’ are
these :

— (1) The chemical reactions between the components :
of the welding composition must be completed before it
is used in welding. | Failure.in this regard most surely
invites porosity. a ,

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(2) It must be etatile of controling the penetration
and the width of the weld.

(3) Its fluidity at welding tomperatares must be such
that if will not become entrained with the molten.metal.

(4) It must conkigt of chemicals which are not detri-
mental.to the properties of the steel,and:— -

(3), It must be Teadily removable from the finished *
weld.

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The svmpiveitinn of the. siting: medi. i is of the utmost. -

importance. The particular composition that is to be used
is determingd fe 2000 amperes or more, and with such heavy currents.

" splates 1.5 to 2 inches thick may be welded in one pass ata
rate of 6 or 7 inches per minute.,

». ‘She preie ‘rred welding current is-a function of several:
‘fagtors incliding the diameter of the electrode; the rates of .

penetration, deposition of metal, and travel. long. the seam,

the penetre ation of the werk piece, and the compesition of

© the flux. It is a characteristic of the invention that, for
> an electrode of a given size, the prefer red current is far
ereate?® tham can be used successfully inprocesses hereto-

fore known. The follewing table. indicates_the order, of

ae (fol. 1170] mgenitude of the:current in=the old and new
a processes, TOT tite purposes of comparison, but it. will be
- realized that the invention is pot limited-to the use “of the
Cu rte nt values shown. : :
ba ee i lectrode me Current Amperes
Diameter. 2 > | a Old
: inches _ Invention - Methods
> oe ~*, 500 to 800 - 170 to 210"
=. a 800 to 1200) = 225 to BOO
3/16 ; 1250 to 1700 300 to 400°
a Be 1500 to 2200~ 375 to 525

In welding very heavy plate it is somotines adv antageous
to Use tWo passes rather than only one, because of iechan-

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ieal diffienities in supplying large amounts of filler metal .
rapidly, The tacts that the weld has little or no internal’

stress, and ‘that the flux lifts off easily, leaving ‘a clean
surface, expedite the two-pass. method.
Welds made by our process have certain Rdtoiidae

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characteristics. A cross section ot our. weld shows, in most
‘ases, that the planes defining the ultimate zone, of fusion

at the sides of the weld are approximately parallel. This

relation is‘almost independent of the character of the V:
and obtains whether the parts are preliminarily beveled to

_a wide-V, to a narrow V, or are net beveled at all. The

“deposit of. metal ocgurs, not ‘directly under-the electrode, |

but back of it, and here. appear to be liquid currents (pos:

sibly caused. by the so-called ‘‘pineh effect’’) which cause ©

the ‘surface of the resistive composition to be depressed at
the point where it is first fused, that is, just behind the elec-

trode, and cause both the deposited metal and the ¢ conductive:

(fol. 11 71] melt to-be heaped up back of the electrode. This
facilitates the production of a weld Having the desirable up-
wardly convex surface, With some excess metal above the
seam, which can. ater ae off, or,'as in the usual

pri actice, left for reinfor@ement. The relatively high current.

densities which are preferably 1 used ‘superhe: it the molten
metal and welding composition, making them highly fluid.
The liquid currents. set up in this highly -fluid mass

cffeetively mix the ‘netal and w elding, composition, thereby

ar cleansing or
Pet €. &* waskitiiibnpuritioa out of the metal, and then
completely separate pre metal as it is deposited.
As a résult, unusually clean ahd str€ng metal is deposited.
Since the amount of metal solidifying is uniformly wide,
unequal stresses, which would tend to warp the plate, are
not created, and the weld is of such low internal stress that
no evidence of plate deflection is apparent after itS com-
pletion. 4a
Several circumstanees show clearly that our process dbdes
not depend on the® formation ofan are of the usual type,
af, while a weld is being made, the cirenit is opened éx-
ter nally of the W@ld and then closed again while the resistive
composition is still molten, the eurrent will immediately
resunie its flow without any necessity for moving the elec-
trode,into contact with the seant.as it weuld be necessary to
do t@ reestablish an are of the usual type.” The heat for
melting the electrode is evidently developed in the eonduc-
tive melt itself. : |
The conduetive welding composition used in our. process
* doubtless performs the protective functions of a flux, but
it is much more than a flux, and many compositions which
are satisfactory fluxes for are welding are unsuitable for

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our purpose. When &n electric current is passed through a
fol. 1172] material which becomes a Nernst conductor at a-
low temperature a relatively large area of the material will
be engaged in the’ conduction. Common salt (Na Cl) is a
material! of this class: if it is used, the current is conducted
“from the eleetrode to the plate almost entirely by the fused
electrolyte. Sd much sak is involved i in the conduction that
_the energy density is-insufficient to produce fusion of the
“plate or Wire. If, onthe other hand, a material becomeés a &
-* Nernst conductor at ar exceedingly high temperature, very : :
little: ‘of the material is involved in. the conduction, the
energy is thereby so concentrated as to melt very decply
snd with very small cross section. | By a proper seleétion
of welding composition, as explained ‘bercinabove, . the ;
energy density on the parts to be welded may be satis- —
factorily controlled anc the produetion of a \ sound weld may
be assured. | ,

This applieation is a cadstinuatibn. in part, of ‘our prior ie
applications Serial Numbers 657,836 and 705,892, respect-. Is
ively, filed February 21, 1933 3 and san 9, 1934. |

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1. A method of Antec welding which consists in ——.
ing the parts to be Joined to the action of an electric curr nt,.
said current passing substantially wholly_.through -a- flux
placed on the parts tobe joined, said flux consisting of two ay
components, one acid and one basic, chemical re: ction he-
tween the components having heen previously completed.

-* 2. 4 method-of electric w elding i in the presence of a flux
which consists in substantially enclosing the gap between
the electrode and the work in a flux which has. been render ed
chentically inactive. - : . .

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3.-The method of electric welding by melting a metal
electrode, depositing the metal so melted upon a metal work
piece, and coalescing said melted metal with adjacent fused:
metal of said work piece, which method compriece supplying

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«! cor |
heat for said welding by passing an electric current from .
said electrode to” said work piece ‘througli a

Insert B' fuxed nonmetallic material ,, and maintaining

> BY

. said, material” in constant contact with said.

to avoid - : =
per B. clectrode and st om piece , [whereby]* the

: air

ae ‘formation of a substantial., [gas]*-conduet ted

between ‘the “efRefrode and. work piece
‘ electric
gurrent from said electrode to said work piece through ‘a
pool of nonmetatlic material fused in situ without material

evolution of gas, and maintaining said pool in constant ~

_electrical contact. with said electrode and work

to avoid | pantie enone

= B.- | piece n{achereby ]*- the formation of of-a substan-

‘2
* air «:
Tnsert BY. tial A eas}*-condueted clectric are, [is

B*
‘ avoided] *.

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‘{fol. 1174] 5. The process of electrie welding which com-
prises tlie steps of juxtaposing a metal eleetrode and a egn-
ductive member on which metal is to be deposited ; establish-
ing hetween said member and: said electrode a conduetive
path of a high-resistance melt of fusible silicate. sub-
stantially free ‘from substances, such as uncombined iron
oxide, capable Sf evolving large amounts of gases when

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‘which metal is to be deposited from said electrode; filling
-the gap befween said electrode ‘and said member with a +

ee er
fused in contact with the inefal to be deposited ; passins. *
through said melt'an electric cur rent of sufficient maznitude 4
to maintain the. condnetivity, progressively melt the said) 00. @

electrode and eauke the resulting molten metal to coplesce
with said member; and maintaining said melt in contac# with
said electrode ang mémber throughout the welding ager
tion. ;

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6. The process of electric welding which comprises the
steps of juxtaposing a metal electrode and a conductive
member on which metal is ‘to be deposited; establishing
hetween said member and said glectrode a conductive melt 4
comprising an alkaline earth metal-silicate, alumina, and an i
alkaline carth metal fluoride, supstantially free fram sub-_ ag
stances, such as uncombined iron oxide, capable of evolving
gases when fused, in contact with the metal to be welded:
passing through said-melt an electric current of sufficient,

- magnitude to maintain the conductivity, progressively melt

the said electrode and cause the resulting molten metal fo a
coalesce with said member; and maintaining said melt in a

contact with said. electrode and momber throughout the- |
welding operation. Aen rs

[fol. 4078] T. “The- “pgocess of electric welding which com. ’
prises juxtaposing a metal electrode and a metal member on |. -

firtely-divided, unbonded, nonmetallic material which ‘is
fusible at welding temperatures; heaping an additional ,

amount of said material above said gap so as to submeree

said electrode for a substantial distance; fusing a portion of.
said material in said gap to render the material electrically
cdndnetive: progressively moving said electrode along said
member: passing: through the ecirenit comprising said
electrode, fused material, and work piece an eleetrie eur:
rent suffie ‘lent to melt successive portions: of said electrode
and said metal member and fo maintain a pool of said non-
Moti lie material in. eontact with: said electrode and ad.
Jacent to and covering th re molten metal; and simultaneously
maintaining said fised pool, said-end of said electrode, and
said molten metal submerged under a quiet laver of -said
honmet: iJlic material, |

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8, The Tnethod of uigting metal work pieces by fusion

depositing’ a)

PerC. , [deposit of ]* added metal from an electrode
‘and coalescing stich added metal with adjacent
fused metal of the work which comprises juxtaposing the
work pieces to be united so that. ‘a space is previded there-
between at the linewf intended union, overtilling said space
with unbonded particles of 1 prefused solidified and ¥vround
material capable of refusion in site and active when fused
to cleanse the fused dépositing metal of an electrode, such

refusion and cleaning occurmdang without substantial appar:
~ ent gas evolution, and traversing said space with the end of
an electrode of the metal to be deposited, said end being sub

(fol. 1176] merged in said material, while passing current:

‘hetween the work and the electrode of a magnitade to main-
tain a localized subsurface pool tak Soraetal fused and
to fuse the electrode ata rate to effect deposit of srficient:
metal therefrom. to displ: we gaid pool and substantially fill
said space as traversed, ft maintaining a subs tantially
quiet surface layer of said unbonded particles over the
area of: fusion. ae moh °

. The method of: uniting metal. work pieces by fusion

~ depositing | ay
Per. , [deposit of ]* added metal from an electrode
and coalescing such added metal with adj: icent
ftised metal of the work, which COMPTISES, juxtaposing the
work pieces to be united so that a space is provided there-
hedween af the line of intended union, traversing said
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11. A method of elactric welding with alternating current

which consists in substantially enclosing the gap between
the electrode and the work in a flux having sufficient con-
ductivity to reestablish the welding current between alter-—
ie ‘nations of the voltage.

A: finely-divided Ginbonded ‘fusible - electric edliling
snapectian containing a major proportion of a compound -
hating hoth a basie component and an acid component,
said composition being substantially free from substances
capable of evolving substantial amounts of gas under weld-

ing conditions.
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a a finely -divided. ashes fusible composition for
use in electric welding employing a bare metal electrode «-
as a source of weld metal; said composition containing a |
‘major proportion of metallic silicate and being substantially

‘ free from substanees capable of producing: ‘substantial
; amounts of gas under welding conditions.

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: . 14. A finely-divided unbonded fusible. el octrie webding’
{ composition. containing a metallic silicate and.a material
; _ . adapted to change the composition of the weld metal de-
: - posited during welding, and being substantially free fiom:
$ substances capaBle of producing substantial amounts of gas.
‘ under welding conditions.

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15: A finely-divided unbonded fusible composition’ for ‘

>... - use in electric welding employing a bare. metal. electrode
as a,source of weld metal,.said composition containing -a

._ halogen-eompoundl and a major proportion of alkaline earth
metal silicate.

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16. A fluxing material for electric [are]*® welding com-

prising metallic silicate and ‘caleium fluoride.

17. A finely-divided ‘anbonded fusible electric welding.
composition. containing a fluoride and a major proportion
of an alkaline earth metal stliecate. © :

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18. “A firiely- divided unbouded fusible composition for use
in electric w elding employing a bare metal electrode as a+
, source of weld metal, said composition being substantially .
free from. £ubstances capable of evolving a detrimental
quantity: of gas under welding conditions and containing |
calcium fluoride and a major proportion’ of one or mére > ) |
ace alkaline earth ametal silicates. o , : ae

8 [19]*. * composition: for dattic. elding peer ee a
te proportion of alkaline earth mal silicate, and being
substantially free from uncombined iron oxide and from.
substances capable of evelving.ig rases under welding con-
ditions. Ren on = . . | 4
25 [23]*: A composition for electric welding compris- .
ing fluorspar, magnesium silicate, and calcium silicate, the © ‘ “3

latter silice ite being present in predominant proportion.

(fol. 1180] 26 [24]*. An eléctrie welding composition |
which i is conductive e when molten, consists —* of silicate:
ands contains about 1% “to 8% alumina.

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27 .[25]*. A prefused electric welding composition. which
is conductive when molten and the principal constituents of ,

which are alkaline earth metal silicates, said composition

containing about 1% te. 8% alumina and being substantially

free from materials sucl as uncombined iron oxide which
‘ evolve large volumes of gas or vapor at welding tempera-
tures. de | Sad ec é

28 [26]*. A prefused electric welding composition which -

is conductive when molten, is substantially free ffom uncom-

bined iron oxide and from inaterials which evolve large
- anounts of gas at welding temperatures, and the principal

ingredients

PerC. ‘, [constituents]* of which are silica, alumina,
, MA : “ ingredient...

_ group consisting of lime and magnesia, the basic
' ingredients. mee

““-C. , [eonstituents]* being present in an_ amount

Pare between about 70% and about 100% of) that.
‘theoretically required to: combine with all of the sila .

present to form metasilicate, and the alumina being: about

2% to Bc, of the composition; and said composition having »
“Ao ;

ingredient.

Per. as a minor, ,-[constitvent]* an alkaline earth
Re silcrn.. Oae

metal flouride. ©. -°

.29'[27]*. A prefused and comminuted electric, welding

composition which has a: vitreous fracture, is conductive
when molten, and consists substantially of siliva, lime, mag-
nesia, alumina, rfid, calcium fluoride, the silica, line, aud

maenesia being in approximately the proportions of 27 to 7

88 parts lime, 9 to 16 parts magnesia; and 60 parts siltea,
the alumina being about 4% to 6% and the calcium fluoride
being about 6% of the composition; said composition being
pote. “ameombined irén oxide (eee

Per B. substantiallgefree from ,_ [iron]* and from ma-

¢

6 ° —. terials which’ evolve gas or vapor at welding,

temperatures.»

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“« ©. -en8 at least one basic , [

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