IP Library Granted Patent US 5,166,494
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US 5,166,494 · App. 07/682,992

Process and apparatus for reducing electrode wear in a plasma arc torch

Inventors: Lifeng Luo, Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr.
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Granted: Nov 24, 1992 Filed: Apr 12, 1991
Inventors
Lifeng Luo
Nicholas A. Sanders
Richard W. Couch, Jr.
Assignee (at issue)
Hypertherm, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,166,494
App. No.
07/682,992
Filed
1991-04-12
Granted
1992-11-24
Kind
A