Welding electrode cap
OwnerBryan Prucherinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a spot resistance welding electrode cap for welding two or more work-pieces together, including a substantially cylindrical body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a tapered interior cavity for frictionally fitting over an electrode shank. The exterior surface of the body includes a plurality of longitudinally extending depressions or flutes formed therein which provide an increased external surface area to the electrode cap, thus increasing the ability to transfer additional amounts of heat. The electrode cap further includes a plurality of fins disposed on the interior surface of the body within the interior cavity. The free ends of the fins are chamfered in order to ease the transition of coolant flowing throughout the shank proximate the electrode cap.
Claims7
An electrode cap comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical body having a top domed working end disposed thereon forming an integral structure, the body includes an interior surface and an exterior surface cooperating to define an interior cavity, the body includes a lower terminus, the terminus defining an opening to the interior cavity;
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- an array of longitudinally extending flutes, each having a first end and a second end, formed within the exterior surface of the body and wherein the interior cavity is tapered to frictionally fit over an end of an electrode shank.
A spot welding resistance electrode cap comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical body having an interior cavity and a working end integrally formed therewith, the body having a lower terminus defining an opening into the interior cavity, the interior cavity terminating at the interior side of the working end, the body having an exterior surface and an interior surface within the cavity;
- an array of longitudinally extending flutes provided in the exterior surface;
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- a plurality of internal cooling fins disposed within the interior cavity and extending from the interior working end and terminating at a chamfered free end, the chamfered free end causing laminar flow of any coolant flow therepast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.