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US 2006/0124622 A1Published application
Welding torch with a drive unit and a wire buffer store
OwnerManfred Hubinger, Martin Trausnerinventors
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The invention relates to a welding torch with a torch body and a drive unit, for supplying a welding wire, in particular, for differing wire feed speeds, or a forward/backward wire feed and a tube assembly, connected to the torch body at an angle to a mid axis of the welding torch, whereby a wire core, for the welding wire, or the welding wire itself follows a curved course to form a wire buffer store and the amount of the welding wire contained in the wire buffer store can be adjusted by changing the curved course. According to the invention, a welding torch may be produced which is as simple and compact in construction as possible with an improved dynamic property for the wire feed, whereby the wire buffer store is arranged directly after the region of the connection of the tube assembly within the torch body and the tube assembly is arranged at an angle of 33 to 90° to the mid axis of the welding torch.
A welding torch (10) including a torch body (27) and a drive unit (35) for conveying a welding wire (13), particularly for different wire-conveying speeds or a forward/rearward wire conveyance, as well as a hose pack (23) connected to the torch body (27) at an angle relative to a central axis (34) of said welding torch (10), wherein a wire core (32) for the welding wire (13), or the welding wire (13) itself, follows a curved course (42) to form a wire buffer storage (43), and the amount of welding wire (13) contained in the wire buffer storage (43) is adjustable by a change of said curved course, wherein the wire buffer storage (43) is arranged immediately after the region of connection of the hose pack (23) within the torch body (27), and that the hose pack (23) is arranged at an angle (33) of up to 900 relative to the central axis (34) of the welding torch (10)
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