Welding light
AssigneeDavid M. Letsche
InventorDavid M. Letsche
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Abstract
This light is designed for use in the welding industry, for checking joint preparations, by lighting the area to be welded, lighting the area of a weld, so as to enable the user effectively to clean or chip slag from it, etc. It consists primarily of a sleeve, in which a high voltage bulb is received, that includes a resistor across the leads, and it is mounted to any electrode holder, by a ball and socket swivel, for changing the light angle.
Claims2
A welding light assembly, comprising, in combination, a welding rod holder and welding light mounted thereupon, for illuminating an area of a weld at the front end of said holder, a high voltage bulb, a sleeve enclosing a larger rear portion of said bulb, while a smaller forward portion of said bulb protrudes outwardly into a translucent cover on said sleeve front end, a recess inside said cover receiving and enclosing a said bulb forward portion, a pair of rearwardly extending prongs from a rear of said sleeve electrically being connected to said bulb, a resistor connected between said prongs, a spherical ball fixedly secured to an outer side of said sleeve, a socket member in which said ball is swiveled, a flange included on said socket member, and holes through said flange receiving screw fasteners secured on said welding rod holder.
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