Cart for welding operation
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorJamil Snead
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Abstract
A cart adapted to perform a welding operation on a workpiece, the cart including a moving platform; a first slide supported on the moving platform defining a first slide plane; a second slide pivotally attached to moving platform, the second slide defining a second slide plane; a second clamp engagable with the second slide to hold a pivotal position of the second slide at a selected slide angle relative to the moving platform; an implement supported on the first slide and second slide, wherein operation of the first slide and the second slide move the implement to a selected position relative to the workpiece.
Claims23
A cart adapted to perform a welding operation on a workpiece, the cart comprising:
- a moving platform;
- a first slide supported on the moving platform defining a first slide plane;
- a second slide pivotally attached to moving platform, the second slide defining a second slide plane;
- a clamp engagable with the second slide to hold a pivotal position of the second slide at a selected angle relative to the moving platform;
- an implement supported on the first slide and second slide, wherein operation of the first slide and the second slide move the implement to a selected position relative to the workpiece.
A cart adapted to weld a joint between a first workpiece and a second workpiece oriented at an angle to the first workpiece, the cart comprising:
- a moving platform;
- a first slide supported on the moving platform, the first slide defining a first slide plane;
- a second slide pivotally attached to the first slide, the second slide defining a second slide plane;
- a clamp engagable with the second slide to hold a pivotal position of the second slide at a selected slide angle relative to the moving platform;
- an implement defining an implement axis, the implement being supported on the second slide, wherein the implement is movable to a selected position along the first slide plane and second slide plane by operation of the first slide and second slide;
- wherein the slide angle is aligned with the implement axis, and wherein movement along the second slide plane with the slide angle aligned with the implement axis adjusts a contact tip to work distance.
A cart adapted to perform a welding operation on a joint between a first workpiece and a second workpiece oriented at an angle to the first workpiece, the cart comprising:
- a moving platform;
- a first slide supported on the moving platform and fixed in a horizontal position;
- a second slide pivotally attached to the first slide, the second slide defining a second slide plane;
- a clamp engagable with the second slide to hold a pivotal position of the second slide at a selected slide angle relative to the first slide;
- an implement defining an implement axis, the implement being supported on the second slide, wherein the implement includes a welding torch having a contact tip adapted to apply a weld to the joint, wherein operation of the first slide adjusts a position of the contact tip in the first plane and operation of the second slide adjusts the position of the contact tip in the second plane, and wherein the slide angle is selected to align it parallel to the implement axis to provide a contact tip to work distance adjustment by operation of the second slide.
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