.~ 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.
