Patent ID: 7279658

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for cleaning a gas nozzle ( 12 ) of a welding torch ( 14 ) and for spraying the gas nozzle ( 12 ) or a welding wire being disposed therein, having a clamping/holding device ( 16 ) for the gas nozzle ( 12 ), having a cleaning device ( 18 ) for mechanically removing welding residues from the gas nozzle ( 12 ), in which the cleaning device ( 18 ) is movable in the direction of a first axis ( 20 ) toward and away from the clamping/holding device ( 16 ), and having a spraying device ( 22 ) for applying an anti-stick medium or other fluid medium, characterized in that the spraying device ( 22 ) is movable in the direction of a second axis ( 24 ), located differently from the first axis ( 20 ), relative to the clamping/holding device ( 16 ), wherein the first axis and the second axis are disposed substantially transversely to one another.