Weldment and process for making high tensile steel weldments by electric arc welding

Claim 1

AN WELDMENT OF LOW ALLOY HIGH TENSILE STEEL HAVING COMPOSITE STEEL PIECES EACH OF WHICH HAS A BACKING OF AT LEAST 3/8" THICK LOW ALLOY HIGH TENSILE STEEL CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE ALLOYING INGREDIENT OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF MAGNASESE, CHROMIUM, MOLYBDENUM, SILICON, NICKEL, VANADIUM TUNGSTEN AND COPPER, CONTAINING AT LEAST 1% OF ALLOY CONTENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS, HAVING IN THE ANNEALED CONDITION AN UNLIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH OR NOT LESS THAN 74,000 P.S.I., HARDENABLE BY QUENCHING, AND EACH OF WHICH HAS AT THE SAME SIDE A CLADDING LAYER OF LOW CARBON PLAIN CARBON STEEL OF A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 1/8", HAVING AT THE AREA ADJOINING THE WELD A CONTINUOUS INTERCRYSTALLINE BOND TO THE BACKING, AND PLURALIT OF ELECTRIC ARE WELD BEADS JOINING THE PIECES TOGETHER AND COMPRISING WELD-ANNEALED BEADS JOINING THE LOW ALLOY HIGH TENSILE STEEL AND OUTER AS-WELDED BEAD JOINING THE LOW CARBON PLAIN CARBON STEEL LAYER ONLY.