Patent ID: 8809726
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. An electrode tip magazine for a spot welder storing a plurality of electrode tips such that the electrode tips to be used for spot welding are supplied one by one to a supply opening, comprising: a magazine body formed with a storage part slidably aligning and storing the plurality of electrode tips therein, the magazine body having a longitudinally elongated shaped opening that extends continuously along a length of the storage part with one end of the storage part serving as an externally opened supply opening at a front end of the magazine body; a push-out member disposed to be slidable between both ends inside the storage part; a pulley disposed at a position adjacent to the supply opening of the magazine body; a spiral spring disposed at a position at the other opposite end of the storage part, wherein the spiral spring is arranged at the back end of the magazine body thereof; and a wire connecting a distal end of the spiral spring and the push-out member with an intermediate portion thereof being wound around the pulley so as to always pull the push-out member toward the supply opening by inverting a biasing force direction of the spiral spring, wherein the push-out member is connected to the wire by a guide pin, the side pin connects to the wire at one end, extends through the push-out member and an opposing end of the guide pin protrudes outside of the magazine body.