Patent ID: 6786752
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A connector for connecting a welding torch to a welding apparatus, the connector comprising a connector body, a nest for a wire-guide, a nest for a gas supply conduit disposed on a frontal area of the connector body, one or more electric contacts situated flush with the front area and lead-out at a rear surface of the connector body, a wire-guide intermediate piece connected to the nest for the wire-guide from the back and a lead-in leading into the nest for the gas supply conduit, a threaded surface made of electrically conductive material, a contact surface disposed beside the threaded surface, and a house made of insulating material surrounding the connector body from the side and shaped to be suitable for mounting the connector, characterized in that the connector body and the house are made of insulating material designed as a unit in one piece connected by a rear wall, wherein the connector body has an insert made of electrically conductive material carrying the threaded surface and the contact surface, said insert having a side surface suitable for connecting the current to the insert, wherein an opening is disposed on a sidewall of the house leaving uncovered the side surface of the insert suitable for connecting the current to the insert, and wherein the insert is secured rotationally in an insert nest.