US PATENT SUBCLASS 901 / 10
.~.~ Sensor physically contacts and follows work contour


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2  DF  ARM MOTION CONTROLLER {4}
9  DF  .~ Closed loop (sensor feedback controls arm movement) {1}
10.~.~ Sensor physically contacts and follows work contour


DEFINITION

Classification: 901/10

Sensor physically contacts and follows work contour:

Subject matter under cross-reference subcollection 9 wherein the sensor is biased into surface contact with the work and is caused to travel thereover to thereby cause the arm* to maintain a fixed relative position with respect to said work

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SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

219, Electric Heating,

124.1, for electric arc welding with automatic positioning of the arc and subclasses 125.1+ for electric arc welding having a predetermined welding operation (programmed controlled).

228, Metal Fusion Bonding,

7, for the guiding of a welding device and subclass 102 for a process involving the guiding a welding device.