Auto-darkening welding helmet and welding apparatus equipped with the same
AssigneeTecmen Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorZiying Wu
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Abstract
The present application relates to a welding apparatus and an auto-darkening welding helmet (1) therefor. The auto-darkening welding helmet (1) comprises a helmet casing (10); an auto-darkening filter (20) secured on the helmet casing (10); a wireless communication module (100b) and a control circuit (700) which are installed on and/in the helmet casing (10), wherein the wireless communication module (100b) is able to be in wireless data communication with an external apparatus, and based on data received from the external apparatus, the control circuit (700) is able to set an operating parameter of the auto-darkening filter and/or a prompt message, and wherein the auto-darkening filter (20) is able to be operated independently of the external apparatus.
Claims20
An auto-darkening welding helmet, comprising:
- a helmet casing;
- an auto-darkening filter secured on the helmet casing and configured to be operated independently of an electric welder;
- a sensor installed on the helmet casing or the auto-darkening filter and configured to collect data including at least one of an ambient temperature, humidity, and air quality;
- a wireless communication circuit installed in the helmet casing and configured to wirelessly communicate data to and from the electric welder and transfer collected data to an external apparatus;
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- a control circuit installed on the helmet casing and configured to adjust, based on data including an operating parameter of the electric welder received from the electric welder and a relational database, an operating parameter for an opaque state of the auto-darkening filter,
- wherein the relational database comprises correspondences between operating parameters of both the electric welder and the auto-darkening filter from previous uses of the electric welder with the auto-darkening filter.
A welding apparatus, comprising:
- an electric welder including a first wireless communication circuit;
- a welding torch connected to the electric welder via a cable;
- a gas cylinder connected to the electric welder via a pipeline;
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- an auto-darkening welding helmet comprising:
- a helmet casing,
- an auto-darkening filter secured on the helmet casing,
- a sensor installed on the helmet casing or the auto-darkening filter and configured to collect data including at least one of an ambient temperature, humidity, and air quality,
- a second wireless communication circuit installed in the helmet casing and configured to wirelessly communicate with the electric welder, and
- a control circuit installed on the helmet casing and configured to adjust, based on data including an operating parameter of the electric welder received from the electric welder and a relational database, an operating parameter for an opaque state of the auto-darkening filter,
- wherein the second wireless communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate data to and from the first wireless communication circuit, and
- wherein the relational database comprises correspondences between operating parameters of both the electric welder and the auto-darkening filter from previous uses of the electric welder with the auto-darkening filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.