Patent ID: 9486874
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B23K

Claim Text:
1. A control assembly for a welding gun including a handle, gooseneck and contact tip, said welding gun delivering at least one of electric power, welding wire and inert gas to a welding site for welding, said assembly comprising: a switch body disposed along a longitudinal axis of the handle; said switch body enclosing a trigger with a positioning lever pivotally mounted on the handle for movement toward and away from the handle for gun activation; and a control switch mounted on said switch body or on said handle adjacent said switch body and having a slide reciprocably, linearly movable relative to the body and operative to select a procedure of the welding gun, the slide being movable between two positions along an axis radially disposed and generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the body such that the control switch is pushable between said two positions in either direction along said transverse axis, and operation of the control switch is transverse to operation of the trigger.