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Plasma torch electrode

Granted 18 Apr 2017 · no office action yet

Current assignee: KOMATSU INDUSTRIES CORPORATION · originally Komatsu Ltd.

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Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Shigeo Morimoto, Keita Kondo, Katsuo Saio · Examiner: Patricia Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/534,303
filed 28 Jul 2015
Publication
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US D784432
granted 18 Apr 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a plasma torch electrode showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, the rear view, the right side view and the left side view being identical to FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5 - 5 in FIG. 2 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the article installed in a plasma torch.

The features shown in broken lines in the drawings depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/144

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