ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,931, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VIETZ GMBH (Hannover, Germany).
"Mobile pipe welding machine" was invented by Alexander Vietz (Seelze, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile pipe welding machine includes a welding unit for welding pipes and a pipe receiver for guiding a pipe to the welding unit. The pipe receiver has a distal end facing away from the welding unit and a proximal end facing towards the welding unit. On the distal end there is at least one linearly movable contact body for lifting the pipe."
The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/938,731.
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