US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on May 19 for "Fume extractors for robotic welding torches" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,734, issued on May 19, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Fume extractors for robotic welding torches" was invented by Adam Turner (Belle River, Canada) and Jeffrey Wells (Belle River, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example fume extractor for a robotic welding torch includes: a neck clamp configured to attach to a neck of a robotic welding torch; an intermediate mount rigidly attached to the neck clamp; a fume duct coupled to the intermediate mount and extending over the neck of the robotic welding torch toward a nozzle of the robotic welding torch; and a fume manifold rotationally coupled to the int...