Conduit system for handheld laser welder
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsJonathan T. Troup, Donald A. Dragolich
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Abstract
A laser welding gun includes a focal tube, a nozzle extending from the focal tube, and a mounting armature adjustably positionable along a length of the focal tube. A conduit assembly extends from a wire feeder and is attached to the focal tube by the mounting armature. The conduit assembly includes a removable tip holder secured to the mounting armature. The mounting armature provides adjustment of an angle between the conduit assembly and the focal tube, and an orientation of the mounting armature is rotationally adjustable around a circumference of the focal tube.
Claims19
A laser welding gun, comprising:
- a focal tube;
- a nozzle extending from the focal tube;
- a mounting armature adjustably positionable along a length of the focal tube;
- and
- a conduit assembly extending from a wire feeder and attached to the focal tube by the mounting armature, wherein the conduit assembly includes a removable tip holder secured to the mounting armature, and
- wherein the mounting armature provides adjustment of an angle between the conduit assembly and the focal tube, and an orientation of the mounting armature is rotationally adjustable around a circumference of the focal tube.
A laser welding gun, comprising:
- a focal tube;
- a nozzle extending from the focal tube;
- a mounting armature adjustably positionable along a length of the focal tube;
- and
- a conduit assembly extending from a wire feeder and attached to the focal tube by the mounting armature, wherein the conduit assembly includes:
- a removable tip holder;
- and
- a tip holder receiver, wherein the removable tip holder and the tip holder receiver are attached to the mounting armature,
- wherein the mounting armature provides adjustment of an angle between the conduit assembly and the focal tube, and an orientation of the mounting armature is rotationally adjustable around a circumference of the focal tube.
A laser welding gun, comprising:
- a focal tube;
- a nozzle extending from the focal tube;
- a mounting armature adjustably positionable along a length of the focal tube;
- and
- a conduit assembly extending from a wire feeder and attached to the focal tube by the mounting armature, wherein the conduit assembly includes:
- a removable tip holder attached to the mounting armature;
- a contact tip attached to the removable tip holder;
- and
- a tip holder receiver attached to the mounting armature and having a central opening, wherein a portion of the removable tip holder extends into the central opening of the tip holder receiver when the removable tip holder is attached to the mounting armature, and the removable tip holder is rotationally adjustable within the mounting armature and the tip holder receiver, and
- wherein the mounting armature provides both adjustment of the mounting position of the conduit assembly along the length of the focal tube, and rotational adjustment of an orientation of the mounting armature around a circumference of the focal tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.