Patent ID: 6075226
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B23K,F26B,Y02P

Abstract:
An portable oven for drying welding electrodes for use with a engine-driven welding machine, comprisinga housing;an electrode rack, within the housing, for holding the electrodes to by dried;access door means for inserting and removing the electrodes to be dried;intake port means, coupled to the welding machine, for receiving heated exhaust gases discharged from the engine of the welding machine;heat exchanger means, coupled to the intake port means, for transferring heat from the heated exhaust gases into the interior of the housing to the electrode rack; andexhaust port means, coupled to the heat exchanger, for discharging waste exhaust gases therefrom;wherein the electrode rack is maintained at an elevated temperature while the welding machine is operating.