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US 4,792,655 AGranted
Stud welding system feeding device
AssigneeEmhart Industries, Inc.
InventorDonald H. Ettinger
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Abstract
A connector assembly for a stud welding device is provided. The connector assembly facilitates removal of jammed studs and prevents studs from shooting out of the feed tube when the assembly is removed.
Claims2
In a device for arc welding headed studs to a work surface wherein headed studs are fed seriatum from a feed tube through a receiver to a stud retaining collet, the improvement which comprises:
- a feed tube connector assembly comprising a connector which surrounds said feed tube;
- a receiver insert pivotally mounted on said connector, said insert being shaped to fit into said receiver and provide a portion of a continuing passageway for said studs, a lever pivotally mounted to said connector, said lever having a lip which fits into a slot in said receiver to secure said assembly thereto and a spring attached to said connector and said lever adapted to bias said lip into said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.