Patent ID: 9211602
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. An electrode holder, comprising: an electrode holder handle having a handle interior; an electrically-conductive electrode clamp attachment head in the handle interior, the electrode clamp attachment head configured to receive and secure an electrode clamp for a welding electrode; an electrically-conductive welding lead attachment head in the handle interior and engaging the electrical insulator in spaced-apart relationship to the electrode clamp attachment head; an electrode insulator in the handle interior between the electrode clamp attachment head and the welding lead attachment head; a switch contact slide space in the handle interior between the electrode clamp attachment head and the welding lead attachment head, the switch contact slide space spanning at least a portion of the electrode clamp attachment head, the electrical insulator and at least a portion of the welding lead attachment head; an electrically-conductive switch contact slidably disposed in the switch contact slide space; and a switch carried by the electrode holder handle and engaging the switch contact, the switch positional between an OFF position wherein the switch contact is disposed out of electrical contact with at least one of the electrode clamp attachment head and the welding lead attachment head and an ON position wherein the switch contact is simultaneously disposed in electrical contact with the electrode clamp attachment head and the welding lead attachment head.