Apparatus for brazing hardened tips to surfaces
First Claim
1. In an apparatus for brazing a hardened tip to a tooth of a toothed member having meltable brazing material therebetween, the invention comprising means movably mounting said toothed member to present a tooth thereof to a brazing position,means for feeding and applying a force to the tip to hold the same to the tooth in the brazing position to be brazed thereto,heating means for applying heat to the toothed member and to the held tip to melt the brazing material therebetween,means for moving the tip relative to said force applying means and to the tooth and for holding the tip in brazing position on the tooth until the braze is completed,said means being operable in a selected sequence,and means on said apparatus connected with each of said means for automatically controlling their sequence of operation.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for brazing hardened tips to surfaces as saw blades and the like, wherein the apparatus and method may be performed automatically and in which the hardened tip is held to the surface to which it is joined while a brazing material is melted therebetween and the tip is moved to a final brazed relationship with respect to the surface.
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11 Claims
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1. In an apparatus for brazing a hardened tip to a tooth of a toothed member having meltable brazing material therebetween, the invention comprising means movably mounting said toothed member to present a tooth thereof to a brazing position,
means for feeding and applying a force to the tip to hold the same to the tooth in the brazing position to be brazed thereto, heating means for applying heat to the toothed member and to the held tip to melt the brazing material therebetween, means for moving the tip relative to said force applying means and to the tooth and for holding the tip in brazing position on the tooth until the braze is completed, said means being operable in a selected sequence, and means on said apparatus connected with each of said means for automatically controlling their sequence of operation.
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3. In an apparatus for automatically brazing a hardened tip to a respective tooth of a movable member having a plurality of teeth with a meltable brazing material therebetween, the invention comprising
moving means connected with and for moving the toothed member to present a selected tooth thereof to a brazing position, stop means engaging the toothed member to stop the selected tooth at the brazing position, means for supporting a plurality of the hardened tips and including means for positively feeding and forcefully holding a tip to a selected tooth at the brazing position, means for applying heat to melt the brazing material, means for engaging at least a portion of the forcefully held tip to move the same relative to said holding means and to the selected tooth, and means connected with certain of said means to automatically control their operations.
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6. In an apparatus for brazing a set of a hardened tip and a meltable shim to the tooth of a movable member having a plurality of teeth, the invention comprising
means for moving the toothed member and to locate a selected tooth thereof in a brazing position, means for positively moving and positioning the set on the selected tooth in an initial brazing position, a source of gas flame heat, means for focusing the heat primarily at the tooth in the brazing position in the proximity of the set retained thereon to melt the shim of the set and for removing the heat from the tooth after the shim is melted, and means for moving at least the tip of the set from said initial position relative to the tooth after the shim is melted to a second position relative to the tooth, said positioning means applying a force to the tip to retain the same in its initial position and in its second position on the tooth.
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