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Flash welding apparatus

US4304977A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1980
Grant dateDec 8, 1981
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K11/046
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a flash welding apparatus, different length guides and driving devices thereof are formed on lower parts of an inlet side electrode table and an outlet side electrode table and the electrode tables and a compact rotary shear unit are arranged in the direction perpendicular to a strip line when both of the electrode tables are approached and one of the guides is commonly used as a guide for shifting a flash trimmer lower unit and a guide is formed on one of the upper electrode frames of the electrode tables so as to shift a flash trimmer upper unit and the rotary shear unit of the inlet side electrode table and the rotary shear unit of the outlet side electrode table and a pair of the upper and lower trimmer units are aligned in the plan view.

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