Contour welding tracer

• US 3,281,047 A
• Filed: 11/12/1963
• Issued: 10/25/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bruno S. Weicht
• Original Assignee: Bruno S. Weicht
• Inventors: Weicht, Bruno S.
• Application Number:
  US04/322,752
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• US Class Current: 228/7
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/028 for curved planar seams
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/30168 with means for operation without manual intervention

Claims

1. IN A WELDING TRACER, MEANS FOR GUIDING A WELDING TORCH ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH CORESPONDING TO THE DESIGN PATTERN OF THE WELDING LINE IN A WORKPIECE, MEANS FOR CORRECTING THE POSITION OF THE TORCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTUAL WELDING LINE OF THE WORKPIECE INCLUDING A PROBE UNIT HAVING A SUPPORT, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID SUPPORT ALONG SAID PREDETERMINED PATH, A PROBE HEAD, MEANS MOUNTING SAID HEAD ON SAID SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, A PROBE SLIDE, SAID HEAD HAVING A GUIDE SUPPORTING SAID PROBE SLIDE FOR MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID HEAD, A CONTACT ON SAID SLIDE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE ACTUAL LINE ON THE WORKPIECE TO BE WELDED, MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PROBE HEAD AND SUPPORT FOR ADJUSTING SAID TORCH IN THE DIRECTION OF SUCH RELATIVE MOVEMENT, AND MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PROBE SLIDE AND HEAD FOR ADJUSTING SAID TORCH IN SAID TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.