Patent ID: 7374074
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. A wire guide adapted and configured to convey a weld wire in a weld wire drive assembly, and to provide lateral support to such weld wire in such weld wire drive assembly, such weld wire drive assembly having a pair of radially aligned drive rolls that interface the weld wire at a nip defined therebetween, said wire guide comprising: (a) an elongate body having an outer surface, a length, and first and second ends; (b) an elongate bore, extending along the length of, and though, said elongate body; and (c) an aperture extending though said elongate body transverse to, and intersecting, the elongate bore, wherein the drive roll is wider than the wire guide and a portion of the elongate body extends continuously between the drive rolls, laterally supporting the weld wired as it traverses the nip.