Dual-biasing weld-attaching of end components to an elongate element
View Patent ↗A method utilizing a stabilizing jig structure for positioning and supporting the assembly of an elongate structural beam and a beam-end mounting component during weld attachment of that mounting component to an end of the beam. This method includes the steps of (a) applying, through a positionally shiftable first biasing element, a first yieldable biasing force which urges the beam-end mounting component relatively toward the associated beam end, and (b) applying, through a positionally shiftable second biasing element, a second yieldable biasing force which urges the beam-end mounting component relatively toward the first biasing element.
1. A method utilizing a stabilizing jig structure for positioning and supporting the assembly of an elongate structural beam having a long axis and a beam-end mounting component during weld attachment of that mounting component to an end of the beam, said method comprising
applying, through a positionally shiftable first biasing element, a first, axially oriented, yieldable biasing force which urges the beam-end mounting component relatively toward the associated beam end, and
applying, through a positionally shiftable second biasing element, a second, axially oriented, yieldable biasing force which urges the beam-end mounting component relatively toward the first biasing element.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two biasing forces have force vectors pointing in opposite directions.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the yieldable biasing forces are implemented by biasing springs.
4. The method of claim 1 which, utilizing the mentioned jig structure, is applicable simultaneously to opposite ends of the mentioned beam.