Camera and wire feed solution for orbital welder system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9527153-B2
Application number	US-201313830945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

The technology described herein generally pertains to a system related to a camera device and wire guide system that includes a bracket for a wire guide and a camera device, wherein the bracket aligns the camera device to aim on a position of a welding zone for an orbital welding system. In particular, the bracket supports a wire guide to be positioned on a welding zone while also supporting a camera device that can be positioned on the welding zone. The bracket enables the welding zone to be captured by the camera device and is centered on the wire guide to remain positioned on the welding zone. The bracket provides placement of a camera device to provide video/camera visibility of the welding zone while allows adjustment of the camera device with wire location adjustment or independent of wire location adjustment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bracket for mounting a camera device to a welder system, comprising:
a first arm situated in a first plane that includes a top portion and a bottom portion opposite thereof;
the bottom portion includes a camera device mount that receives a first portion of a camera device,
wherein the camera device is positioned to focus on a welding zone;
a second arm having an offset portion lying in a second plane separated by a distance from the first plane to define a recess to receive a second portion of the camera device,
wherein the second arm includes a wire guide mount that supports the wire guide in the first plane to provide a portion of welding wire to the welding zone; and
a center point of the camera mount device lies in the same plane as a center point of the wire guide mount.

2. The bracket of claim 1 , further comprising
a height adjustment device that utilizes a gear and a plurality of teeth to adjust a height of the bracket.

3. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein
the second arm further comprises: a top portion and a bottom portion opposite thereof;
a first transition that transitions from the top portion to the offset portion; and
a second transition that transitions from the offset portion to at least one of the wire guide mount or the bottom portion.

4. The bracket of claim 3 , wherein
at least one of the first transition or the second transition is a curved member.

5. The bracket of claim 3 , wherein
at least one of the first transition or the second transition is a non-curved member.

6. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein
the first arm threadably rotates 360 degrees to adjust the first arm to aim the camera device in a position on the welding zone.

7. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the first arm or the second arm are constructed from a material selected from the group consisting of a copper, an alloy of copper, beryllium copper, copper tungsten, a conductive metal, a steel, an aluminum, or a ceramic.

Assignees

• Lincoln Global Inc

Inventors

• Miller Victor

Classifications

• B23K2101/06

  Tubes · CPC title

• B23K9/0956 Primary

  using sensing means, e.g. optical · CPC title

• B23K9/122

  Devices for guiding electrodes, e.g. guide tubes · CPC title

• B23K9/32

  Accessories · CPC title

• B23K9/0286

  with an electrode moving around the fixed tube during the welding operation · CPC title