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US 2024/0391015 A1Published application
Quick-change cables and welding torch systems having quick-change cables
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsRyan Lizotte, Bradley Eugene Whipple
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Abstract
A housing for securing a welding torch comprising a first aperture at a first end of the housing to receive a welding torch neck, a second aperture at a second end of the housing to receive a welding torch cable, and at least one fastener mounted on an external surface of the housing, wherein the fastener is configured to bias the welding torch cable toward the first aperture to secure the welding torch cable when the fastener is engaged.
Claims21
A housing for securing a welding torch comprising:
- the housing;
- a first aperture at a first end of the housing to receive a welding torch neck;
- a second aperture at a second end of the housing to receive a welding torch cable;
- and
- at least one fastener mounted on an external surface of the housing, wherein the fastener is configured to bias the welding torch cable toward the first aperture to secure the welding torch cable when the fastener is engaged.
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A robotic welding system comprising:
- a robotic arm;
- a welding torch cable;
- a wire feeder;
- a welding torch neck attached to the robotic arm;
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- a housing configured to secure the welding torch neck to the welding torch cable, the housing comprising:
- a first aperture at a first end of the housing to receive the welding torch neck;
- a second aperture at a second end of the housing to receive the welding torch cable;
- and
- at least one fastener mounted on an external surface of the housing, wherein the fastener is configured to secure the welding torch cable when the fastener is engaged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.