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US 5,495,663 AGranted
Apparatus for removing an electrode chip from a shank of a resistance welding machine
OwnerAkihiro Saitoinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing an electrode chip of a resistance welding machine from a shank holding the electrode chip thereon comprising a shank holder to hold the shank, an electrode chip holder having a pair of holder halves to hold the electrode chip on the shank therebetween and means to move the electrode chip holder in a direction which is parallel to an axis of the shank so that the electrode chip holder move far away from the shank.
Claims7
Apparatus for removing an electrode chip from a shank of a resistance welding machine, said shank holding the electrode chip on one end of the shank, said apparatus comprising:
- first and second shank holders movable transverse to an axis of the shank for engaging the shank from opposite directions;
- first and second electrode chip holders movable in said opposite directions for gripping the electrode chip from said opposite directions;
- and means for moving said electrode chip holders in a direction parallel to said axis of the shank and away from the one end of the shank while said shank holders engage the shank and said electrode chip holders maintain a grip of the electrode chip, thereby removing the electrode chip from the shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.