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Electrode tip dresser and cutter for electrode tip dresser

US5332342A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1992
Grant dateJul 26, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/304256
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cutter for use in an electrode tip dresser, which has a cutter holder for holding the cutter and dresses an electrode tip for a resistance welding apparatus, has a rising portion which has a cutting tooth for cutting a front peripheral portion of the electrode tip and a flat portion which faces a front end surface of the electrode tip. The flat portion has a single cutting tooth for cutting the front end surface of the electrode tip. The single cutting tooth extends from that central point of the cutter as and origin which coincides with an axis of rotation of the cutter holder towards a predetermined radial direction. An origin portion of the single cutting tooth further extends beyond the central point towards a direction which is opposite to the radial direction.

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