United States Patent [191 [11] 4,081,656 Brown [45] Mar. 28, 1978 [54] ARC-ASSISTED OXY/HYDROGEN [56] References Cited WELDING us. PATENT DOCUMENTS [76] Inventor: Yull Brown, 182 Auburn Rd., uburn‘, New South Wales, ustralla 3,045,665 7/1962 3,262,872 7/1966 [21] Appl. No.: 722,125 3310483 3/1967 Primary Examiner—Donald G . Kelly [22] Filed: Sep. 10, 1976 Assistant Examiner--K. J . Ramsey Attorney, Agent, o r Firm-Hill, Gross, Simpson, Van _ _ Santen, Steadman, Chiara impson Related U.S. Application Data [57] ABSTRACT [62] Division of Ser. No. 489,921, Jul. 19, 1974, Pat. No. _ _ _ _ _ . 4,014,777. This inventlon relates t o brazing the llke I utilizing a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen generated in . . . . . substantially stoichiometric proportions i n an electro [30] Forelgn Apphcatlon Pnonty Data lytic cell by electrical dissociation o f water, the mixture J 11- 20, 1973 Australia - - - - - - ~ - “ P134159 s o generated being passed from the generator through a Aug 3 , 1973 Australia - - - i - - a - -- P134341 flashback arrestor and thence to a burner where the May 2 , Australia ----------------------------- -~ P137418 gases are ignited, The invention also relates atomic welding i n which the above mentioned mixture i s [51] Int. Cl.2 .................... . 323K 17/00; C25B 15/02; passed through an arc causing dissociation of both the (125B ]/04 hydrogen and oxygen into atomic hydrogen and oxy [52] U.S. Cl. ............................... . . 219/137.31; 219/75; gcn which on recombination generate a n intensely hot 219/121 P ; 228/242; 431/2; 431/11 ?amo [58] Field o f Search ............ . . 228/242; 219/75, 121 GENERATOR 219/137 R; 431/2, 11; 204/129 TO H2 +02 -___ 5 1 7 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures T O ARC GENERATOR
