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US 8,714,433 B1Granted
Welder track ring clamp
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsJamil C. Snead, Richard D. Traver
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of welding track clamps are disclosed herein. These track clamps provide several new features including, without limitation, alternate methods and apparatuses for adjusting clamping force and assemblies that provide for increased clamping force for rigidity and stability of welding tracks. The invention further provides ease of use and assembly/dissassembly.
Claims19
An assembly for welding comprising:
- a first welding track segment and a second welding track segment;
- each said first and second welding track segments having two sides and at least one end;
- a latch member mounted to the at least one end of said first welding track segment;
- a housing mounted to the at least one end of said second welding track segment for engagement with said latch member;
- said housing divided into a first portion and a second portion resiliently connected to each other for adjustment of the clamping force used to engage the latch member with the housing;
- and
- a welding device attachable to one of said first or second welding track segments.
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A welding apparatus comprising:
- a first welding track segment and a second welding track segment;
- each said first and second welding track segments having two sides and at least one end;
- a means for connecting said at least one end of each of said first and second welding track segments together comprising a T-shaped latch member;
- a means mounted on one of said first or second welding track segments comprising a housing having a first portion resiliently connected to a second portion for adjusting the clamping force used to hold said first and second welding track segments together;
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- a welding device mounted to said first or second welding track segments.
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A method for welding comprising:
- providing a latch member on a first welding track segment;
- providing a housing on a second welding track segment;
- automatically adjusting the clamping force used to hold the first and second welding track segments together by operation of said latch member latching into said housing and said housing comprising two portions that are resiliently movable with respect to each other;
- connecting the two welding tracks together by latching the latch member to the housing;
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- attaching welding devices to said first or second welding tracks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.