US 12,076,807 B2
Electrode device
Yasuo Akao, Nagoya (JP); and Takaaki Murakami, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Shinkokiki Co., Ltd., Nagoya (JP)
Filed by SHINKOKIKI CO., LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,175.
Application 17/305,175 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/048864, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-076668 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323084 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B23K 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 11/3054 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode device comprising:
a device body that includes an electrode and a straight holder, connected with each other in a straight line, the electrode including a cap tip placed on a tip of a shank having a cylindrical shape, and the straight holder having a cylindrical shape; and
a cooling pipe inserted inside the device body from a base end of the device body opposing the cap tip, the cooling pipe having a tip opening located proximate to the cap tip,
wherein cooling water ejected from the tip opening of the cooling pipe cools the cap tip, flows through a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the cooling pipe and inner peripheral surfaces of the shank and the straight holder, and then is discharged to an outside of the device from a discharge port of the straight holder proximate to the base end of the device body,
wherein the cooling pipe is movable in an axial direction of the device body and fixable at any position,
wherein a cooling pipe support member, provided with a supply port for the cooling water, is positioned proximate the base end of the device body,
wherein the cooling pipe support member supports a base end of the cooling pipe,
wherein the cooling pipe support member comprises
a base provided with a supply port for the cooling water, and
a cylindrical body erected on the base,
wherein the cylindrical body is located within the straight holder and is movable in an axial direction, and
wherein the cooling pipe support member is movable in the axial direction of the straight holder and fixable at any position by engaging a long groove portion provided on an outer peripheral wall of the cylindrical body with a locking bolt screwed on a side face of the straight holder.
 
2. An electrode device comprising:
a device body that includes an electrode and a straight holder, connected with each other in a straight line, the electrode including a cap tip placed on a tip of a shank having a cylindrical shape, and the straight holder having a cylindrical shape; and
a cooling pipe inserted inside the device body from a base end of the device body opposing the cap tip, the cooling pipe having a tip opening located proximate to the cap tip,
wherein cooling water ejected from the tip opening of the cooling pipe cools the cap tip, flows through a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the cooling pipe and inner peripheral surfaces of the shank and the straight holder, and then is discharged to an outside of the device from a discharge port of the straight holder proximate to the base end of the device body,
wherein the cooling pipe is movable in an axial direction of the device body and fixable at any position,
wherein a cooling pipe support member, provided with a supply port for the cooling water, is positioned proximate the base end of the device body,
wherein the cooling pipe support member supports a base end of the cooling pipe,
wherein the cooling pipe support member comprises
a base provided with a supply port for the cooling water, and
a fixing member, having a first end that is fixed to a base part of the straight holder separately from the base and that penetrates and supports the cooling pipe,
wherein the fixing member is provided with a discharge port for the cooling water, and
wherein the cooling pipe support member is movable in the axial direction of the straight holder and fixable at any position by providing a lock mechanism at a an opposed second end of the fixing member, the lock mechanism having a ring-type steel pipe joint structure that uses an compression ring to fix the cooling pipe at any position.