US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for automatic gouge torch activation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,850, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for automatic gouge torch activation" was invented by Adam E. Anders (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Caleb M. Rosera (Menasha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically activating or deactivating a gouging torch. In particular, the disclosed systems and methods activate and/or deactivate a gouging torch based on a valve operation selection. For example, for welding power supplies and/or welding wire feeders configured to operate both wire welding processes as well as gouging, a valve can be integra...