US 12,465,996 B2
Welding rod dispenser
Max Money Hart, Broken Arrow, OK (US)
Filed by Max Money Hart, Broken Arrow, OK (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/141,570, filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234128 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 9/133 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/133 (2013.01) [B23K 9/121 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding rod dispenser comprising:
a deck, where the deck angles downward from back to front;
a rotating assembly located at the front of the deck, where the rotating assembly comprises grabber teeth;
a leveler assembly located atop the deck; and
a plurality of wheels mounted above and spaced from the deck such that the wheels provide pressure to welding rods located on the deck for even dispensing;
such that welding rods placed atop the deck tend to slide forward under the leveler assembly and the leveler assembly is capable of leveling them into a single layer where they are grabbed by the grabber teeth one at a time before being moved forward by the rotating assembly.