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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
William C. Easterday, Elyria, OH (US);
Nelson Stud Welding, Inc., Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
A stud welding gun (,) includes a barrel (,) which extends outward from a handle assembly (,). A chuck (,) on an outer end portion of the barrel (,) holds a stud (,) while the stud is being welded to a base member. A stud feed member (,) is manually moved along the barrel (,) from a retracted position to an extended position to sequentially feed studs (,) in a linear array (,) to the chuck (,). The stud feed member (,) has a leading end portion (,) which applied force against a trailing stud (,) in the array (,) of studs to move a leading stud (,) in the array of studs into the chuck (,). A detent (,) is engageable with a trailing stud (,) in the array (,) of studs to hold the array of studs against movement in a direction away from the chuck (,).