Patent ID: 7723644

Claim:
A welding torch comprising: a handle portion including a first end with a connection block constructed to connect the welding torch to a welding-type power source and a shielding gas supply and a second end opposite of the first end; a barrel assembly coupled to the second end of the handle portion and including a work end for welding; a wire feeder attached to the handle portion and constructed to pass a consumable weld wire through the welding torch from the first end of the handle portion to the work end of the barrel assembly; a first tube extending along the handle portion from the first end to the second end and constructed to communicate a shielding gas and a welding power through the handle portion to the barrel assembly; and a second tube extending along the handle portion from the first end to the second end and constructed to communicate a shielding gas and a welding power through the handle portion to the barrel assembly; wherein the first tube and the second tube each comprise an inner wall and an outer wall disposed opposite of the inner wall and wherein the outer wall of the first tube is separate from the outer wall of the second tube.