Patent ID: 9313834
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B23K,H05B,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A graphite electrode comprising a graphite body having a threaded male tang formed in one end of the graphite body, wherein the male tang comprises a ratio of length of the male tang to a diameter of the graphite electrode of at least 0.6 up to 0.85, the male tang comprising a plurality of slots which extend from the end face of the male tang partially along a threaded length of the male tang with a slot length less than a length of the threaded portion of the male tang, the graphite electrode further comprises a blind threaded socket formed in a second end of the graphite body, an adhesive material plug in a base of the threaded socket, wherein the threaded male tang is designed to be fully jammed when engaged in an associated threaded socket of a second end of an associated adjoining graphite body, for each 0.01 the ratio of the length of the male tang to the diameter of the electrode is less than 0.85, a taper factor increases by about 1.2 greater than 15, a ratio of a diameter of the male tang at a base of the male tang to the tang length comprises no greater than 2.5 times the ratio of the length of the male tang to the diameter of the electrode.