Patent ID: 8307871

Claim:
A hand welding extruder for welding thermoplastic materials by means of a plasticized plastic strand having: a plasticization worm unit connected to a drive motor by a gearbox; and a hot air generation device with an external air supply, wherein the plasticizer worm unit, the gearbox, the drive motor, and the hot air generation device are disposed in a common housing, the common housing includes a bar-shaped housing having a front welding segment and a grab handle connected thereto in the longitudinal direction, the hot air generation device is disposed in the welding segment together with the plasticization worm unit, and the drive motor is disposed in the grab handle, and the hand welding extruder has a mobile welding unit and a quasi-stationary supply unit that are disposed remotely from each other and are connected, or are connectible, to each other by means of flexible connecting lines that are connected to the welding unit and/or the supply unit by means of a rotatable connector.