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Voltage sensor circuit for an arc welding wire feed control

US3978311A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1974
Grant dateAug 31, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 26, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R15/22
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor circuit coupled to an arc welding system and responsive to the arc welding voltage including an oscillator and means for varying the frequency thereof in response to the arc voltage, light emitting means responsive to the oscillator frequency, and detecting circuit means responsive to the light emitting means for providing a DC voltage proportional to the arc voltage.

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