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US 12,318,873 B2Granted
Welding systems with a rolling support base having a brake
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMark Richard Christopher, Connor Denis Uitenbroek, Adam Richard Schmitz
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Abstract
A welding sled, comprising a support base comprising one or more attachment points for attachment of a wire supply support and attachment of a wire drive assembly; a plurality of rollers coupled to a bottom of the support base; and a brake configured to selectively brake the welding sled.
Claims7
A welding system, comprising:
- a support base comprising one or more attachment points for attachment of a wire supply and attachment of a wire drive assembly;
- a wire drive assembly attached to the support base;
- a wire supply support attached to the support base and configured to support a wire supply spool;
- a plurality of rollers coupled to a bottom of the support base;
- and
- a brake configured to selectively brake the welding system, wherein the brake comprises:
- a contact pad configured to selectively extend through the support base to contact one or more of the rollers;
- and
- an actuator accessible from a top or a side of the support base and configured to:
- actuate the contact pad to contact the one or more of the rollers to apply a braking force to the one or more of the rollers;
- and
- actuate the contact pad to move out of contact with the one or more of the rollers.
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