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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Tezawa, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Kyokutoh Company, Aichi-gun, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/03 ; B23K 9/32 ; B21D 3/02 ; B23P 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/03 ; B23K 9/32 ; B21D 3/02 ; B23P 1/900 ;
Abstract
A welding electrode tip dressing apparatus for grinding a pair of electrode tips mounted on two opposite shanks and for removing the electrode tips when they are spent. The dressing apparatus includes a tip grinding unit and a tip removal unit. The tip grinding unit is provided with a cutter so as to grind the pair of electrode tips. The tip removal unit is provided with a removal mechanism so as to remove the pair of electrode tips from shanks holding the electrode tips. The tip grinding unit and the tip removal unit are arranged side by side in an apparatus body and connected to a drive transmission mechanism connected to and driven by a single drive device.