Welding contact tip and diffuser

Details Welding contact tip and diffuser Welding contact tip and diffuser

2005-01-25

2005-01-25

Shaw, Clifford C. (Department: 1725)

Electric heating

Metal heating

By arc

C219S137420

Reexamination Certificate

active

06847009

ABSTRACT:
A welding contact tip and diffuser assembly for use in a welding apparatus. The assembly includes an electrically conductive contact tip having a tapered exterior surface, a diffuser having a cavity with a tapered interior surface, and a releasable connection for holding the contact tip in the diffuser. The connection includes at least one detent element in either the diffuser or the contact tip, at least one recess forming a ramp in the other of the diffuser or contact tip, and at least one spring. The spring biases the detent element into the recess and against the ramp to generate an axial force against the ramp. The axial force tends to urge the tapered surfaces of the contact tip and diffuser into contact with one another.

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