MECHANICALLY AND PNEUMATICALLY CLEANABLE WELDING TORCH

摘要

A welding torch having two relatively movable assemblies of elements and an annular chamber therebetween. One of the assemblies is provided with a scraping device to strip strongly adhering metal particles from the lower portion of the inert gas chamber of the torch, and a pneumatic system is operative to then remove these as well as the remaining weakly adhering particles from the entire length of the chamber.