Patent ID: 7325683
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: B23K,B65H

Abstract:
1. A welding wire container which includes an outer shell for storing welding wire W therein, a base plate for closing a lower end of the outer shell and a lid for covering the outer shell, the welding wire container comprising: a fitting projection arranged in a lower inner portion of the outer shell and having a diameter smaller than that of the base plate for catching and supporting the base plate thereon; and a lower fixture for wrapping the lower end of the outer shell to structurally reinforce the same, wherein the lower fixture includes a flange extending along a lower edge of the outer shell and a supporting face folded from the flange and extending along a lower outer periphery of the outer shell; and a backing member made of steel and mounted on an inner portion of the fitting projection, wherein the backing member includes: a body extending along an inner periphery of the fitting protection, the body having a number of holes perforated from an inner face thereof toward an outer face thereof and projected burrs; a flange folded from the body and extending along an outer edge of the base plate; cut sections formed at the body and the flange in a radial direction of the outer shell; and a diameter-adjusting means arranged at both ends of the body and the flange, whereby the backing member is adjusted in diameter.