Patent ID: 6924461

Claim:
A gas diffuser for a welding gun, comprising a peripheral wall that defines an axial bore, and a cradle disposed in said axial bore and supported by said peripheral wall, said cradle having a hole and a section of a concave surface disposed around a periphery of said hole, a first section of said axial bore on one side of said cradle communicating with a second section of said axial bore on the other side of said cradle via said hole in said cradle, said peripheral wall comprising a first generally axial slot partially closed off at its bottom from said axial bore and having one end that opens into said first section of said axial bore and another end that opens into said second section of said axial bore, said first slot being open to the exterior of said diffuser along its length and being disposed radially outward of said cradle, said first and second sections of said axial bore also communicating via said first slot.