Coating apparatus – With means to prepare work surface for coating
Patent
1986-02-11
1987-10-27
Silverberg, Sam
Coating apparatus
With means to prepare work surface for coating
118698, 239107, 239117, 15 88, 15 93R, 29 81F, 29 81G, 29 81H, 29 81J, 901 42, B05C 1100, B05B 1502, B23D 7902
Patent
active
047021950
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for cleaning the gas nozzle of a welding torch in which weld splatters which have been deposited on the nozzle are scraped off by revolving blades and in which the nozzle is then sprayed with an anti-adhesive agent. In such devices the welding rod is guided through the nozzle and brought closer to the weld location with the nozzle. The welding material spatters a great deal during welding. Contaminants thus settle in the nozzle, which gradually close the nozzle. Therefore the nozzle must be cleaned often. Cleaning devices for this are known in the art in which, for example, an electronically controlled robot inserts the nozzle. Rotating blades scrape the nozzle clean. Next the robot moves the nozzle into a second position in which it is sprayed with an antiadhesive agent. Since the nozzle must be very precisely centered at the first cleaning position and, after centering, the rotating blades must be brought close to the nozzle, but after cleaning must be lowered again so the nozzle can be guided to the spraying position, the known devices are expensive. Finally, time is also lost because of the change of the individual processing positions.
The object of the invention is to indicate a cleaning device with a simple design and with which nozzles can be cleaned faster than previously.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This object is attained by a device which has a nozzle mount consisting of two stops and a piston which pushes the gas nozzle against the two stops. There is an inlet and discharge opening on the side of the device. Beneath the mount there are blades which can be adjusted axially, as well as diagnonally placed spraying nozzles for the anti-adhesive agent.
Because now the nozzle to be cleaned stays in one and the same position throughout the entire cleaning process, including the spraying with the antiadhesive agent, no time is lost by moving the nozzle back and forth in the device. Rather, the processing position can be arranged directly behind the inlet and discharge opening of the device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Further details of the invention can be gathered from the subclaims as well as from the description of the embodiments.
Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing and specifically the following is shown in:
FIG. 1: the view of the device in perspective
FIG. 2: a longitudinal section of the device
FIG. 3: a section along line III--III of FIG. 2
FIG. 4: a modified embodiment
FIG. 5: a diagrammatic representation of the operation of the embodiment according to FIG. 4.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Device 20 has an inlet opening 21 for nozzle 22 to be cleaned. The nozzle is inserted in the direction of arrow 23, for example with the help of the gripper arm of a robot. According to FIG. 2 nozzle (22) encounters two stops 31 and 32 which center it in the cleaning position. Stops 31 and 32 consist of adjustable screws with check nuts, to be able to center nozzles with varying diameters in the processing position. A pneumatically operated piston 24 pushes nozzle 22 against stops 31, 32 so that the nozzle is secured immovably to the device during processing.
Beneath the processing position a pneumatically driven motor 4 is provided which drives blade head 3. Blades 25 scrape nozzle 22 clean. By a pneumatically moved piston in cylinder 9, motor 4 and blade head 3 are supported to be adjustable in height by piston rod 11 and plate 12 carrying motor 4. When blades 25 are in the lowered position nozzle 22 can be inserted from in front into the device. Then motor 4 with blade head 3 is raised until blades 25 reach the nozzle.
After the nozzle has been scraped free of contaminants, motor 4 with blade head 3 is again lowered and spraying nozzles 2 spray nozzle 22 with the antiadhesive fluid. The antiadhesive fluid is in container 7 which can be pressurized by compressed air.
Solenoid valves 13 and 5 are provided for controlling the work process. If valve 13 is closed by the robot program, piston 24 is acted on by
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Jaskiewicz Edmund M.
Owens Terry J.
Silverberg Sam
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