ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,365, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BRAEUER SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH (Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany).

"System for drawing off the electrode caps from electrode adapters" was invented by Jens Nitz (Sehmatal-Sehma, Germany), Robin Kuettner (Crottendorf, Germany) and Jens Stopp (Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing an electrode cap from an electrode shaft. The system includes at least one electrode cap removal device which is mounted to rotate about a tool axis of rotation. The at least one electrode cap removal device has a clamping device for fixing the electrode cap to be removed. The clamping devi...