Holder for a welding head
AssigneeUltra-Centrifuge Nederland N.V.
InventorsChristiaan Gustaaf Adolf Scholtus, Willebrordus Cornelis Hoeboer, Antonius Ruiter
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Abstract
Holder for a welding head for carrying out welds on the innerside of a substantially closed body, said holder being in the form of an elongated member, the end portion of which is provided with a holding member for the welding head adapted to pivot from an axial position to a radial position, and wherein means are provided for controlling said holding member.
Claims3
A welding head positioner for carrying out welds on the inner side of a substantially closed, narrow body which comprises a carriage provided with a mounting, an elongated, motor-driven cantilever sleeve-like member rotatably positiond within said mounting, a hollow, rod-like member slidably disposed within said sleeve-like member, a frame consisting of two lengthwise side-by-side arranged flats fixed to the cantilever end of said sleeve-like member and pivotly supporting therebetween a holding member having on opposite sides thereof protruding stub-like pins turning in holes provided in said flats, said holding member fixedly carrying within it a welding head, pin and slot linkage means acting between said rod-like member and holding member, said linkage means serving to pivot said holding member responsive to axial, sliding movement of said rod-like member, the welding head being pivotable from an axially directed position to a radially directed position by the axial displacement of the rod-like member inside of the sleeve-like member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.