Welding wire guide ring
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsRaymond BENDER, David BARTON, Herb MATTHEWS
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Abstract
A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device. As the amount of wire in the bin decreases, the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire. Wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles.
Claims20
A wire guiding device for dispensing coiled wire from a storage container, comprising:
- an annular base portion having an inner peripheral edge and a width dimensioned to substantially cover the cross sectional surface area of an associated coil of wire;
- a wire guide portion having a sloped surface extending from the base portion in a first direction, wherein the sloped surface terminates at a first end that defines an aperture;
- and,
- wherein the aperture is spaced apart from base portion.
A payout ring for dispensing welding wire from a coil stacked in an associated drum, comprising:
- a generally planar base portion having an inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge;
- an upwardly sloped wire guide portion extending from the inner peripheral edge of the base portion;
- and,
- means for restraining the associated wire from rising between the base portion and the associated drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.