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Method and apparatus for cleaning welding electrode wheels with high pressure water

  • US 4,536,635 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1983
  • Issued: 08/20/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a welding machine having first and second wheel electrodes which engage a workpiece at adjacent circumferential points on the wheel electrodes and weld the workpiece by passing electrical current through the workpiece;

    a tank adapted to hold a supply of fluid;

    a pump operatively connected to the tank for drawing fluid from the tank;

    first and second nozzle means for directing a spray of fluid toward a portion of the periphery of said first and second wheel electrodes respectively, said portion of the periphery of said first and second wheel electrodes being circumferentially spaced from the adjacent circumferential points on the wheel electrodes which engage the workpiece;

    piping means interconnecting first and second nozzle means with the tank for transferring the fluid from the tank to the first and second nozzle means; and

    first and second brackets attached to the first and second nozzle means respectively and having adjustment means thereto for adjusting the location of the first and second nozzle means relative to the first and second wheel electrodes to adjust the cleaning spray, said adjustment means comprising a rack and pinion gear set, or the like, having two parts with one of the parts secured to the nozzle means and the other of said parts being secured to the welding machine.

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