Wire Dispensing System
AssigneeELCo Enterprises, Inc.
InventorEdward L. Cooper
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Abstract
A wire dispensing system for continuously dispensing wire from wire coils to a welding site. The system includes a wire feeder mounted above the wire coils on a frame and a wire transfer arm which moves between the wire coils as one wire coil is depleted and the other wire coil is started.
Claims33
A weld wire dispensing system for continuously feeding wire from wire coils to a welding site, which comprises:
- a) a frame for positioning the wire coils;
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- b) a wire feeder mounted on the frame and spaced apart from the wire coils for pulling wire from the wire coils and pushing wire to the welding site.
A wire dispensing system for continuously moving wire to a welding site, which comprises:
- a) a first wire coil having a first end and a second end;
- b) a second wire coil having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the second wire coil is configured to be connected to the second end of the first wire coil;
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- c) a wire feeder spaced apart from the first and second wire coils and configured to receive wire from the first or second wire coil wherein in operation the wire feeder pulls the wire from the first or second wire coil and pushes the wire to the welding site.
A wire dispensing system for continuously dispensing wire from wire coils to a welding site, which comprises
- a) a pair of drums, each drum configured to hold one wire coil;
- b) a frame for positioning the drums in a side-by-side arrangement having a center post positioned between the drums and extending upward beyond a top of the drums;
- c) a wire feeder mounted on the center post above the top of the drums;
- d) a first guide conduit extending between the top of the drums and the wire feeder;
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- e) a second guide conduit extending from the wire feeder toward the welding site, wherein the wire feeder pulls the wire through the first guide conduit and pushes the wire through the second guide conduit to the welding site.
A system for feeding wire from a wire coil to a welding site which comprises:
- a) a drum for holding the wire coil having a top with an opening;
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- b) a wire feeder mounted on the top of the drum adjacent the opening for pulling wire from the wire coil out of the drum and pushing the wire to the welding site.
A method for continuously providing welding wire to a welding site, which comprises the steps of:
- a) providing at least two wire coils;
- b) providing a wire feeder;
- c) feeding the wire from one of the wire coils through the wire feeder to the welding site;
- d) activating the wire feeder so that the wire feeder pulls wire from one of the wire coils and pushes the wire to the welding site;
- e) connecting an end wire from one of the wire coils to a start wire of the other one of the wire coils;
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- f) switching from one of the wire coils to the other of the wire coils when one of the wire coils is depleted, wherein as the wire is dispensed from one of the wire coils and the end wire of the wire coil is reached, the wire feeder continues to pull on the wire so that the start wire of the other one of the wire coils is moved through the wire feeder so that the wire is provided from the other one of the wire coils and wire is continuously provided to the welding site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.