Device for cleaning welds
AssigneeWalter Surfaces Technologies Inc.
InventorMichele Lapelosa
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for cleaning welds. The device comprises a bristles pad, the bristles pad being electrically conductive to deliver electrical current to a weld to be cleaned when the bristles pad is in physical contact with the weld. The device further includes a bristles pad support, the bristles pad support including an elongated body receiving the bristles pad and extending along the bristles pad, the elongated body including a first section and a second section attached to each other, the first section being separable from the second section to reduce a length of the bristles pad support.
Claims14
A brush for cleaning welds, comprising:
- a. a bristles pad, the bristles pad being electrically conductive to deliver electrical current to a weld to be cleaned when the bristles pad is in physical contact with the weld;
- b. a bristles pad support, the bristles pad support including an elongated body receiving the bristles pad and extending along the bristles pad, the elongated body including a first section and a second section attached to each other, the first section being separable from the second section to reduce a length of the bristles pad support;
- c. wherein the bristles pad has a working end portion side including a working end portion for engaging the weld, and an opposite support end portion side including a support end portion for mounting to an end-piece configured to be grasped by a hand of an operator;
- and
- d. wherein when the first section is separated from the second section, the first section is configured to be removed through the working end portion side.
A brush for cleaning welds comprising:
- a. a bristles pad, the bristles pad being electrically conductive to deliver electrical current to a weld to be cleaned when the bristles pad is in physical contact with the weld;
- b. a bristles pad support extending at least partially along the bristles pad;
- c. a mounting member, the bristles pad and the bristles pad support being mounted to the mounting member;
- and
- d. a connection element on the mounting member for releasable inter-fitting engagement with a mating connection device on a handle piece on which the brush is to be mounted, the connection element configured to establish the inter-fitting engagement with the mating connection device through an angular motion of the mounting member relative to the handle piece, the connection element configured to establish a fluid connection with the mating connection device when the inter-fitting engagement is achieved to receive a cleaning fluid from the handle piece, the connection element further configured to establish an electrical connection with the mating connection device when the inter-fitting engagement is achieved to deliver the electrical current to the weld.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.