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US 10,882,133 B2Granted
Tip-retention device for use with a welding system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJeremy L. Jansma, Robert J. Centner, Jeffrey G. Wells
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods for providing welding systems or portions of welding systems that provide a tip-retention device that is configured to direct gas radially towards a contact tip.
Claims20
A welding torch, comprising:
- a nozzle including a tip-retention device;
- and
- a contact tip retained by the tip-retention device, wherein the tip-retention device comprises a gas channel in a sidewall of the tip-retention device, the tip-retention device configured to direct gas radially towards the contact tip, with respect to an axis of the contact tip, via the gas channel.
A nozzle for use with a welding torch, comprising:
- a tip-retention device having a sidewall and a gas channel in the sidewall;
- and
- a contact tip retained by the tip-retention device, wherein the tip-retention device is configured to direct gas radially towards the contact tip, with respect to an axis of the contact tip, via the gas channel.
A contact tip retention device for use with a welding torch, comprising:
- a sidewall encircling a hollow interior;
- a tip-retention wall attached to the sidewall, wherein the tip-retention wall is configured to retain a contact tip;
- and
- a gas channel defined by at least one slot in the sidewall that extends radially with respect to an axis of the contact tip, the gas channel configured to allow gas to flow radially around the tip-retention wall with respect to the axis of the contact tip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.