US 11,986,861 B2
Machine side connection for fume extraction torches
Oliver Binzel, Wettingen (CH); and Marc A. Hartel, Reiskirchen (DE)
Assigned to The ESAB Group Inc., Florence, SC (US)
Filed by The ESAB Group Inc., Florence, SC (US)
Filed on Jan. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/140,019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,309, filed on Jan. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0205865 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B08B 15/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/29 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 15/04 (2013.01) [B23K 9/295 (2013.01); B23K 9/325 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a machine-side connection housing comprising a machine-side connection arranged on a first end of the machine-side connection housing and configured to engage with a wire feeder or power source via which a welding consumable or an electrical connection is provided to a torch head;
a fume extraction connection housing comprising a fume extraction connection to a fume extraction device;
a flexible connection arranged between a second end of the machine-side connection housing and the fume extraction connection housing;
a seal comprising a first orifice arranged between the fume extraction connection and the machine-side connection; and
a conduit, configured to connect the machine-side connection to the torch head, arranged to pass through the first orifice, through the flexible connection and through the fume extraction connection housing to the torch head.