Electrode joint locking system

• Main Author: SEGGER MARK,PAVLISIN JAMES J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.05.2007
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS ORMACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS,CLIPS, WEDGES, JOINTS OR JOINTING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HAND TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

An electrode joint (10) having first and second complementary elements (20, 30) capable of being joined together to form the joint, wherein one of the threaded elements has at least one slot (24) at least partially along its length; and wherein one of the threaded elements includes a source of a flowable adhesive in fluid communication with the slot.