Welding system having welding gun with hand/wrench tightened retaining nut
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRobert W. Wakeman
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Abstract
A welding system having a welding gun. The welding gun having a neck, a handle and a retaining nut for securing the neck to the handle. The retaining nut consists essentially of a polymeric material. The polymeric material may be polyphenylene sulfide (PPS).
Claims27
A retaining nut, wherein the retaining nut is adapted for securing a welding gun neck to a threaded connector secured to a welding gun handle, the retaining nut consisting essentially of a polymeric material.
A welding gun, comprising:
- a handle;
- a neck;
- and
- a retaining nut adapted to secure the neck to the handle, the retaining nut consisting essentially of a polymeric material.
An arc welding system, comprising:
- a power source;
- a wire feeder for feeding electrode wire, the wire feeder being electrically coupled to the power source;
- a welding gun operable to receive the electrode wire from the wire feeder;
- comprising:
- a neck operable to direct the electrode wire;
- and
- a retaining nut adapted to secure the neck to the welding gun, the retaining nut consisting essentially of a polymeric material.
A retaining nut, wherein the retaining nut is adapted to secure a neck to a welding gun, the neck being adapted to direct electrode wire towards a workpiece, wherein the retaining nut comprises polyphenylene sulfide (PS).
A method of securing a neck of a welding gun to a handle of the welding gun, comprising the acts of:
- disposing the neck proximate to the handle;
- threading a retaining nut consisting essentially of a polymeric material onto a corresponding threaded piece secured to the handle;
- and
- tightening the retaining nut onto the corresponding threaded piece with a wrench.
A kit for an arc welding system, comprising:
- a neck adapted to couple electricity from a welding cable to an electrode wire disposed therein;
- and
- a retaining nut adapted to secure the neck to a welding gun, the retaining nut consisting essentially of a polymeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.