Resistance welding head

Details Resistance welding head Resistance welding head

1988-11-10

1990-04-10

Miller, Jr., George H.

Electric heating

Metal heating

For bonding with pressure

219120, B23K 1106, B23K 1130

Patent

active

049162713

ABSTRACT:
A welding head 10 for coupling a welding electrode 12 to a source of electrical current. The welding head includes a housing 30 and an electrically conductive shaft 18 rotatably mounted with the housing. The shaft has a substantially circular cylindrical shape having a first end surface for mounting a welding electrode thereto and a second, substantially flat, opposing end surface 20. The welding head further includes an electrical coupler in contact with the second substantially flat end surface of the shaft for coupling electrical current into the shaft. The electrical coupler includes an electrical conductor having a first end coupled to a source of welding power and an electrically conductive contact plate 22 having a substantially flat surface in contact with the second substantially flat end surface of the shaft. In one embodiment of the invention the shaft rotates against the plate upon the second end opposing surface while in another embodiment of the invention the contact plate is rigidly coupled to the shaft end. In the embodiment wherein the shaft rotates agains the contact plate an input lubricant flow coupler and an output lubricant flow orifice provide lubrication to the rotating electrical contact surface. An input cooling flow coupler and an output cooling flow coupler are also included for providing for a flow of a cooling medium for cooling the contact plate during the operation thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1196852 (1916-09-01), Fulda
patent: 2280111 (1942-04-01), Widell
patent: 2407676 (1946-09-01), Munson
patent: 2614146 (1952-10-01), Mallett et al.
patent: 4091255 (1978-05-01), Yamamoto

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