Patent ID: 6528764
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
An oven for drying welding rods that are consumed when used by electric welding equipment during a weldment, that includes a combustion engine driving an electric generator, the engine producing hot exhaust gas, comprising:(a) an inner oven space and an outer annular hot gas flow space around said inner oven space, (b) said inner oven space is large enough to accept a conventional metal can of welding rods, (c) said outer annular space size is according to the requirements of at least part of said engine hot exhaust gas flow, (d) means for feeding said engine hot exhaust gas to said annular hot gas flow space and (e) means for opening and closing said inner oven space so that said conventional metal can of welding rods can be inserted into said inner oven space and removed therefrom, (f) whereby said conventional metal can of welding rods inserted into said inner oven space is heated sufficiently to dry said rods by heat from said engine hot exhaust gas.