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Method and apparatus for alignment of components of a plasma arc torch

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  • US 6,946,617 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2003
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A coolant tube for a plasma arc torch, the coolant tube comprising:

  • an elongated body having a first end, a second end, and a coolant passage extending therethrough, wherein the elongated body is not rigidly attachable to a torch body; and

    a surface located on an exterior portion of the elongated body adapted to mate and align with an electrode along a direction of a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, wherein an opening in the second end of the elongated body does not contact an inner surface of the electrode.

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