Patent ID: 9168609
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B23K,B23Q,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cap magazine for use with a cap extractor that detaches a spot welding cap of a pincer spot welding head inserted into the cap extractor from a shaft of the pincer welding head, the cap magazine comprising: a cap carrier having a plurality of holes sized and shaped to receive a plurality of spot welding caps; and an actuator for driving the spot welding caps within the cap carrier, the actuator providing an advancing force to advance the caps one by one so that one of the caps moves to an access position, the access position allowing one of the spot welding caps to be attached axially to the shaft of the pincer spot welding head and to be extracted from the cap carrier with the shaft of the pincer spot welding head, and when the cap in the access position is extracted from the cap carrier, the actuator advances another one of the caps into the access position; wherein the actuator includes a spring box; and wherein the spring box includes a spring, one end of which is fixed at the spring box, and the other end of which is fixed at the cap carrier.