Inlet guide mechanism for wire feeder

Details Inlet guide mechanism for wire feeder Inlet guide mechanism for wire feeder

1997-08-11

1998-11-17

Nguyen, John Q.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Material guide or guard

With material confining portion

242397, 242566, 2426152, 242157R, B65H 2300, B65H 5700

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058365397

ABSTRACT:
An inlet guide mechanism for a wire feeder used with an arc welder wherein the guide mechanism comprises: a housing with a wire guiding passageway having an entrance end and an exit end for directing welding wire to the wire feeder, a plurality of closely spaced spherical guide balls and a support structure for rotatably mounting the guide balls in a pattern circumferentially around the entrance end of the wire passageway whereby a wire entering the passageway engages the spherical surface of at least one of the guide balls.

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patent: 4277011 (1981-07-01), Jeter
patent: 5090647 (1992-02-01), Clarke

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