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US 2017/0232546 A1Published application
Rotary changer
AssigneeTipman Co., Ltd.
InventorAnura Silva MARAKKALA MANAGE
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Abstract
On an inner peripheral surface defining a through hole of a first rotator, provided is a positioning member for bringing the center axis of a contact tip, housed in the through hole, into alignment with a rotational axis, or making the former axis proximate to the latter axis, by coming into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the contact tip.
Claims22
A rotary changer comprising
- a rotator having a hollow inside, the hollow being able to house a cylindrical or bar-shaped torch component of a welding torch such that the center axis of the torch component is aligned with the rotational axis of the rotator,
- the rotary changer being configured to attach or remove the torch component onto/from a torch body by allowing the torch component to turn on its center axis through the rotary movement of the rotator, wherein
- an inner peripheral surface of the rotator defining the hollow is provided with a positioning member for bringing the center axis of the torch component into alignment with the rotational axis, or at least making the center axis proximate to the rotational axis, by coming into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the torch component housed in the hollow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.