Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Quick connect configurations for welding necks and gas diffusers

Abstract:

Some examples of the present disclosure relate to apparatus, systems, and/or methods for providing a quick connect and/or disconnect for a gas diffuser and/or neck assembly, for example, in a welding system. The gas diffuser may include threaded grooves and/or protrusions configured to engage with screw threads and/or channels of the neck assembly. The screw threads, protrusions, threaded grooves, and/or channels may be configured such that the gas diffuser may be quickly connected to, and/or disconnected from, the neck assembly.