Patent ID: 11958144
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A robotic welding torch, comprising:
a robotic arm;
a welding torch mounted to the robotic arm;
a power cable connected to the welding torch at a first end; and
a wire feeder connected to power cable at a second end opposite the first end, the wire feeder being mounted to a wire feeder mounting assembly, the wire feeder mounting assembly comprising:
a stationary mounting bracket fixedly connected to the robotic arm,
a moveable adapter plate, the moveable adapter plate being separate and moving relative to the stationary mounting bracket, the wire feeder being mounted to the moveable adapter plate,
a stationary track coupling the mounting bracket to the moveable adapter plate, the stationary track being defined by one or more stationary bolts, and the moveable adapter plate being moveable along said stationary bolts, and
one or more resilient members biasing the moveable adapter plate relative to said stationary mounting bracket, each of the one or more stationary bolts extending through at least one of the one or more resilient members,
the one or more resilient members biasing the moveable adapter plate towards and the one or more resilient members biasing the moveable adapter plate away from the stationary mounting bracket as the moveable adapter plate moves along the stationary bolts based on movement of the robotic arm.