Patent ID: 6539770
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B21D,Y10S

Abstract:
A dent pulling apparatus for use in combination with a welder operatively attached thereto, comprising:an elongated body member having a front end and a rear end and an axial cavity therein; a plate mount on said elongated body at said front end; a face plate affixed to said plate mount, said face plate having an aperture therein communicating between a front surface and a rear surface communicating with said plate mount; an elongated internal member having a first end, a second end, a central chamber communicating axially therethrough, and having an external surface dimensioned for sizeable engagement within said axial cavity; said elongated shaft engaged with said elongated internal member through said central chamber, said elongated shaft having an attachment end and having a distal end opposite said attachment end; biasing means for urging said elongated shaft toward said front end of said elongated body; means of operative engagement of a welder with said attachment end of said elongated shaft; an electrode having a front tip cooperatively engaged with said attachment end of said elongated shaft; said front tip translatable through said aperture in said face plate a determined distance between a first point forward of said front surface of said face plate, to a second point rearward said face plate when said elongated shaft is translated; and means to laterally translate said front tip toward said second point by translating said elongated internal member engaged with said elongated shaft, whereby said front tip may be welded to a metal surface when in said first point and said metal surface drawn toward said second point.