Patent ID: 8745857

Claim:
A spot welding tip detaching apparatus which detaches a tip fitted in a spot welding gun, the apparatus comprising: a movable plate having a guide hole through which a shaft set upright in a base plate is inserted with a gap being left between the guide hole and the shaft, rotatable relative to the base plate, and movable along the base plate within a range of the guide hole; an engaging/stopping part that stops said movable plate at a predetermined position of the base plate by engagement in an engageable/disengageable manner; and a holder part provided integrally on said movable plate to hold the tip fitted in the spot welding gun, the holder part sandwiching the tip between two members of the holder part, wherein according to movement of the tip fitted in the spot welding gun along a predetermined route, said holder part rotates the tip, while holding the tip, to detach the tip from the spot welding gun.