Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
In a clamp construction for clamping the end of a strip to be welded in a welding zone of a strip welding machine, the combination comprising: a clamp bed of magnetic material spaced from said welding zone and having a first clamping surface thereon; a magnet having a second clamping surface thereon disposed opposite said clamp bed, said clamp bed and said magnet being movable relative to each other for clamping said strip therebetween; a nose of nonmagnetic material fixed with respect to each of said clamp bed and magnet and projecting away therefrom toward said welding zone, said noses each having a guiding surface thereon which is offset back from the respective clamping surface, the spacing of said guiding surfaces when said strip is clamped between said magnet and said clamp bed being greater than the thickness of said strip but close enough to prevent a buckling of the portion of the strip extending between the clamp bed and magnet and the Welding zone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a clamp construction for clamping the end of a strip to be welded in a welding zone of a strip welding machine, the combination comprising: a clamp bed of magnetic material spaced from said welding zone and having a first clamping surface thereon; a magnet having a second clamping surface thereon disposed opposite said clamp bed, said clamp bed and said magnet being movable relative to each other for clamping said strip therebetween; a nose of nonmagnetic material fixed with respect to each of said clamp bed and magnet and projecting away therefrom toward said welding zone, said noses each having a guiding surface thereon which is offset back from the respective clamping surface, the spacing of said guiding surfaces when said strip is clamped between said magnet and said clamp bed being greater than the thickness of said strip but close enough to prevent a buckling of the portion of the strip extending between the clamp bed and magnet and the Welding zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The clamp construction defined in claim 1, including a pair of pressure fluid cylinders disposed on opposite ends of said clamp and connected between said clamp bed and magnet actuable for raising said magnet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The clamp construction defined in claim 1, wherein said guiding surfaces on said noses are generally parallel to said first and second clamping surfaces.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The clamp construction defined in claim 1, wherein said guiding surfaces on each of said noses includes replaceable liners, each of said replaceable liners being offset back from the respective clamping surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The clamp construction defined in claim 1, wherein said noses are L-shaped with one leg thereof being secured to the respective one of said clamp bed and magnet and the other leg thereof extending outwardly away from said one leg toward said welding zone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
89 words
The clamp construction defined in claim 1, wherein said noses are L-shaped with one leg thereof being secured to the respective one of said clamp bed and magnet and the other leg thereof extending outwardly away from said one leg toward said welding zone; and wherein said guiding surfaces on each of said noses includes replaceable liners, each of said replaceable liners being fixedly secured to said other leg of said L-shaped nose on the side thereof facing said strip and being offset back from the respective clamping surface.