Contact tip installation tool for a welding device
OwnerRobert Lajoieinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for manipulating a contact tip of a welding device includes a member, e.g., a clutch bearing or other device, that securely grasps the contact tip and minimizes damage thereto. The method and apparatus can be used to install or remove a contact tip into/from a welding device, e.g., without the need to remove the nozzle of the welding device.
Claims19
An apparatus that removes or replaces a contact tip of a welding device, comprising:
- a main body including a first end and a second end defining an elongated portion therebetween, at least the first end defining a bore;
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- a member including a clutch bearing, the member disposed relative to the bore of the first end of the main body and adapted to receive and engage a tubular perimeter of the contact tip to remove or replace the contact tip upon manipulation of the main body.
A method of removing or replacing a contact tip of a welding device, comprising:
- providing a main body including a first end and a second end defining an elongated portion therebetween, at least the first end defining a bore and including a member disposed relative to the bore, the member including a clutch bearing to engage a tubular perimeter of the contact tip;
- receiving the contact tip in the member;
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- manipulating the main body to remove or replace the contact tip.
A method of manufacturing a tool to manipulate a contact tip of a welding device, comprising:
- forming a main body including a first end and a second end defining an elongated portion therebetween, at least the first end defining a bore;
- providing a member to receive and engage a tubular perimeter of the contact tip for removing or replacing the contact tip, the member including a clutch bearing;
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- positioning the member relative to the bore.
An apparatus that removes or replaces a contact tip of a welding device, comprising:
- a first means including a first end and a second end defining an elongated solid portion therebetween, at least the first end defining a bore;
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- a second means that receives the contact tip and that removes or replaces the contact tip, the second means including means in contact with a tubular perimeter of the contact tip to manipulate the contact tip, the second means disposed relative to the bore defined by the first end.
An apparatus that removes or replaces a contact tip of a welding device, comprising:
- a main body including a first end and a second end defining an elongated portion therebetween, wherein the first end defines a bore and is insertable into a nozzle of the welding device;
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- a member disposed relative to the bore of the first end of the main body, that receives and removes or replaces the contact tip upon manipulation of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.