Patent ID: 6129345
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B23K,B25B

Abstract:
Device for locating and locking in position components of pressed sheet metal to be subjected to a welding operation, comprising:a supporting element for supporting the sheet metal elements, rigidly connected to a fixed support structure, anda movable clamp element for clamping the sheet metal elements to be welded, said movable clamp element being rotatably mounted on a body carried by said supporting element for rotation between an inoperative position, spaced from the supporting element, and an operative position, in which it is adjacent to the supporting element and cooperates therewith to clamp said sheet metal components,a cylinder carried by said body and operatively connected to said movable clamp element for rotating said moveable clamp element,wherein said body carrying the movable clamp element is supported by said fixed support structure by means of said supporting element, to which said body carrying the movable clamp element is directly connected.