Laser welding unit
CA 2067573 C · Owner: Progressive Tool & Industries Co. · Inventors: Schlatter, Howard M.
Overview
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A laser welding head carried by a robotic arm welds sheet metal workpieces to each other along an elongate seam while maintaining a precise focusing of the laser beam on the seam as it is formed in the face of minor variations in the dimensions, shape and positioning of successive workpieces. The head includes a workpiece gripping assembly including a fluid pressure actuated motor having its cylinder coupled to one of two workpiece engaging members and its piston rod coupled to the other to shift the members between an open workpiece release position and a closed workpiece clamping position in which the assembly clamps the two workpieces fixedly against each other with a clamping force …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 29, 1992 and granted December 6, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 29, 2014.
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