US 12,390,893 B2
Welding jig
Ian Lowrey, New South Wales (AU)
Assigned to WIREMAN PTY LIMITED, New South Wales (AU)
Appl. No. 17/904,335
Filed by WIREMAN PTY LIMITED, New South Wales (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/050116
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/163753, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020900451 (AU), filed on Feb. 18, 2020; application No. 2020901745 (AU), filed on May 28, 2020; and application No. 2020903737 (AU), filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060153 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 37/0533 (2025.01)
CPC B23K 37/0443 (2013.01) [B23K 37/0533 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding jig for holding a horizontal member relative to a vertical member, said jig comprising a base having a clamp able to clamp the base to the vertical member and constituting a first, coarse, vertical adjustment mechanism, a frame interconnected to said base by a first threaded member constituting a second, fine, vertical adjustment mechanism; a pair of supports slidingly mounted on said frame and movable between predetermined positions to constitute a first, coarse, horizontal adjustment mechanism;
and first and second vise parts each threadably mounted on a corresponding one of said supports and movable towards and away from each other to constitute a vise mechanism, said vise mechanism clamping said horizontal member and having a centre which is horizontally adjustable relative to said vertical member by adjustment of the threaded engagement between said supports and said vise parts.