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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1988
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for assembling a tubular mesh ring annularly interposed between a tubular casing in a catalytic converter and a columnar catalyst unit inserted therein, the mesh ring alternately having a plurality of crests and roots extending incliningly with respect to an axis of the catalyst unit when mounted to the converter, the assembling apparatus comprising a pair of side receiving members for supporting the sides of the mesh plate with an overlapped portion of the mesh tube positioned on top and the axis thereof oriented to be substantially horizontal, a lower receiving member for supporting the lower portion thereof, an upper receiving member for supporting the overlapped portion from below, an electrode secured to the upper surface of the upper receiving member and capable of bearing against the overlapped portion from below, a pressing plate for urging the overlapped portion against the electrode, and an electrode tip in cooperation with the electrode to spot-weld the overlapped portion of the mesh tube to assemble the mesh ring.