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US 11,883,913 B2Granted
Welding torch handle with a cover cap and a cap holder
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorCraig Matthew Bondy
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Abstract
Some examples of the present disclosure relate to a cover cap for a welding torch. The cover cap is attached to a housing of the welding torch and rotatable between a closed position, where the cover cap covers an access port of the welding torch, and an open position, where the cover cap does not cover the access port. The welding torch may have welding components within the handle that may be accessed through the access port when the cover cap is in the open position. A cap holder may be used to hold the cover cap in the open position.
Claims17
A welding torch handle, comprising:
- a housing having an access port and a knuckle, wherein the knuckle comprises a bore and a grooved notch extending radially from the bore;
- a cover cap comprising a cap knuckle having a cap bore and a protruding tongue configured to engage the grooved notch;
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- a bolt extending through the bore and the cap bore so as to create a joint between the housing and the cover cap,
- wherein the cover cap is configured to rotate about the joint between a closed position, where the cover cap covers the access port, and an open position, where the cover cap uncovers the access port, and wherein the protruding tongue is configured to engage the grooved notch when the cover cap is in the open position so as to retain the cover cap in the open position.
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A welding torch, comprising:
- a handle, wherein the handle comprises:
- a housing having an access port and a knuckle, wherein the knuckle comprises a bore and a grooved notch extending radially from the bore,
- a cover cap comprising a cap knuckle having a cap bore and a protruding tongue configured to engage the grooved notch, and
- a bolt extending through the bore and the cap bore so as to create a joint between the housing and the cover cap,
- wherein the cover cap is configured to rotate about the joint between a closed position, where the cover cap covers the access port, and an open position, where cover cap uncovers the access port, and wherein the protruding tongue is configured to engage the grooved notch when the cover cap is in the open position. so as to retain the cover cap in the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.