Patent ID: 11919109
Assignee: PANATOOL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A welding device comprising:
a welding torch assembly defining a welding axis and comprising a welding torch rotatable about the welding axis; and
a drive assembly releasably attached to the welding torch assembly in a first orientation relative to the welding torch assembly, and operable to linearly translate the welding torch assembly along an axis of translation,
wherein the drive assembly is detachable from the welding torch assembly and re-attachable to the welding torch assembly so as to be disposed in a second orientation relative to the welding torch assembly,
wherein the welding torch assembly further comprises a head module, wherein the head module is operable to drive rotation of the welding torch about the welding axis and relative to the head module, and wherein the drive assembly is releasably attached to the head module, and
wherein the drive assembly comprises a first carriage module and a second carriage module, wherein the drive assembly is operable to linearly translate the second carriage module relative to the first carriage module and along the axis of translation, and wherein the second carriage module is releasably attached to the head module.