Patent ID: 9686848
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B23K,H05H

Claim:
1. A plasma torch nozzle retaining cap assembly, comprising: an inner retaining cap, said cap comprising: a swirler having a ring shape with an inner diameter profile and an outer diameter profile and a radial center, where said inner diameter profile engages with said engagement portion and has at least one inner surface which does not make contact with said angular transition portion, wherein said swirler comprises a plurality of radially distributed channels, where each of said channels has an entrance in said outer diameter profile and an exit in said at least one inner surface, and wherein at least some of said channels are oriented such that a centerline of each of said at least some channels are offset from lines parallel to each of said centerlines, respectively, which pass through the radial center of said swirler by an offset distance.