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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Genzo Fuse, Sayama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 868 ; 219 8625 ; 219119 ; 901 42 ;
Abstract
The gun arm has a tail end portion provided with a flange with notches therein and a tapered portion extending rearwards from the flange. The arm holder on the gun body has a tapered hole formed to allow the tapered portion to be fitted thereinto via a receiving recess. Locking projections corresponding in shape to the notches of the flange are provided along the inner circumference of the opening end of the receiving recess. The exchange apparatus includes a gun arm indexing magazine with a plurality of gun arm holders, and a transfer device for transferring gun arms back and forth between the magazine and the welding gun.