Wire mesh welding machine

Abstract

Abstract A WIRE MESH WELDING MACHINE OF THE KIND IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO ROWS OF WELDING ELECTRODES EXTENDING ACROSS THE MACHINE AND THE LONGITUDINAL WIRES OF THE MESH ARE MOVED STEP BY STEP BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES TO ENABLE THE TRANSVERSE WIRES TO BE WELDED TO THEM, HAS ITS ELECTRODES ARRANGED SO THAT THEIR SPACING IS CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TO ENABLE THE SPACING OF THE LONGITUDINAL WIRES OF THE MESH TO BE VARIED. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE MACHINE HAS THRUST TRANSMITTING DEVICES FOR APPLYING A WELDING THRUST TO THE ELECTRODES MOUNTED SO THAT THEY CAN BE SHIFTED IN POSITION ACROSS THE MACHINE AND IT ALSO HAS ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR RAILS ALONG WHICH A PAIR OF CONTACT SHOES FOR EACH PAIR OF ELECTRODES ARE SLIDABLY MOUNTED BELOW THE PLANE OF ADVANCE OF THE MESH THROUGH THE MACHINE. EACH PAIR OF CONTACT SHOES ARE MECHANICALLY JOINED TOGETHER BUT ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER TO FORM A SINGLE STRUCTURAL UNIT, ONE CONTACT SHOE SUPPORTING ONE ELECTRODE OF THE PAIR AND THIS FIRST ELECTRODE BEING SITUATED BELOW THE PLANE OF ADVANCE OF THE MESH. THE SECOND CONTACT SHOE IS CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY THROUGH A CONDUCTING PATH WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE PLANE OF THE MESH TO THE SECOND ELECTRODE WHICH IS SITUATED ABOVE THE PLANE OF THE MESH AND IS CONNECTED MECHANICALLY THROUGH A CONNECTING PIECE WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE PLANE OF THE MESH TO ONE OF THE THRUST TRANSMITTING DEVICES BY WHICH A SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND ELECTRODE IS MOVABLE UPWARDS AND DOWNWARDS. FURTHER, A COMMON THRUST BEAM WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS THE MACHINE IS PROVIDED FOR APPLYING A THRUST TO ALL THE THRUST TRANSMITTING DEVICES.

Inventors

• 👤 Hans Gott
• 👤 Josef Ritter
• 👤 Klaus Ritter

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