Patent ID: 9321122
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B23K

Claim Text:
1. A welding tip for use in a welding machine, said welding tip comprising: a base portion including a longitudinal base axis that passes through a center of said base portion; and a tip portion extending from said base portion and providing a contact surface, said tip portion including a longitudinal tip axis that passes through a center of said contact surface, and wherein said tip portion has an outer surface that is co-extensive with an adjacent outer surface of said base portion, and a concave surface between a lower shoulder of said base portion and said contact surface; said base axis and said tip axis being perpendicular to a transverse axis, said base axis and said tip axis being substantially parallel to each other and spaced from each other, and said contact surface disposed at an acute angle with respect to said tip axis.