Stud welding gun

摘要

A stud welding gun (20) includes a barrel (42) which extends outward from a handle assembly (24). A chuck (46) on an outer end portion of the barrel (42) holds a stud (22) while the stud is being welded to a base member. A stud feed member (76) is manually moved along the barrel (42) from a retracted position to an extended position to sequentially feed studs (22) in a linear array (110) to the chuck (46). The stud feed member (76) has a leading end portion (124) which applied force against a trailing stud (22) in the array (110) of studs to move a leading stud (22) in the array of studs into the chuck (46). A detent (154) is engageable with a trailing stud (22) in the array (110) of studs to hold the array of studs against movement in a direction away from the chuck (46).