Swing arm assembly with shifter for interacting with a spot welding tip
AssigneeG.E. Schmidt, Inc.
InventorsDrew Sherlock Johnson, Andrew Ryan Johnson, Jonathan Michael Dutton, Steven Mathew Daviaux, Dilshan Thilina Modaragamage
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Abstract
A swing arm assembly is provided for a spot welding machine. The swing arm assembly can accommodate a tip dresser or a tip exchanger and can include a shifter that can translate the tip dresser from a first position to a second position along a lateral axis.
Claims20
A swing arm for one or more of a tip dresser and a tip exchanger for a spot welding machine, the swing arm comprising:
- a base;
- an arm pivotally coupled with the base;
- and
- a shifter coupled with the arm, the shifter comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a slide plate configured to accommodate one or more of a tip dresser and a tip exchanger for a spot welding machine, wherein the slide plate is movable with respect to the body along a first axis between a first position and a second position.
A welding system comprising:
- a spot welding machine;
- a swing arm comprising:
- a base;
- an arm pivotally coupled with the base;
- and
- a shifter coupled with the arm, the shifter comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a slide plate movable with respect to the body along a first axis between a first position and a second position;
- and
- one or more of a tip dresser and a tip exchanger coupled with the slide plate.
A shifter for a swing arm for one or more of a tip dresser and a tip exchanger for a spot welding machine, the shifter comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a slide plate configured to accommodate one or more of a tip dresser and a tip exchanger for a spot welding machine, wherein the slide plate is movable with respect to the body along a first axis between a first position and a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.