Link stud inserter
AssigneeBulten-Kanthal AB
InventorsRolf Bergstrom, Stig Svensson
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Abstract
A device for inserting a link stud into a chain link to permit subsequent fastening of the link stud in the chain link in the region of the stud and/or by welding same. According to the invention, a pivotably mounted arm is arranged in operative connection to a stud fastening station, the arm carrying at its free end an operable holding means for holding said link stud and being pivotable back and forth between a collecting position adjacent a link stud feeding device and a delivery position adjacent the stud fastening station, and the holding means is resiliently mounted at the free end of the arm so as to enable guiding of the holding means into a well-defined position relative to a chain link situated in the stud fastening station.
Claims14
A device for inserting a link stud (5) into a chain link (4) to permit a subsequent fastening of the link stud in the chain link, comprising
- (a) a pivotably mounted arm (6) operatively connected to a stud fastening station (2,3), said arm carrying at its free end an operable holding means (7) for holding said link stud (5) and being pivotable between a collecting position adjacent a link stud feeding device (25) and a delivery position adjacent said stud fastening station (2,3),
- (b) said holding means being resiliently mounted (12) at the free end of said arm so as to enable guiding of said holding means (7) into a predetermined position relative to a chain link (4) situated in said stud fastening station (2,3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.