Patent ID: 6068171
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B23K,B65H,H01L

Abstract:
A wire slacking device comprising:a wire support chamber having a substantially enclosed bottom and opposing first and second vertical sidewalls and further having a substantially open top, a back opening and a front opening;a fluid orifice extending through said first sidewall for receiving a pressurized fluid;a fluid path in fluid communication with said fluid orifice, wherein said fluid path extends continuously through said wire support chamber, passing into said fluid orifice, upward between said first and second sidewalls, and out said open top, wherein said wire support chamber is substantially continuously open from said fluid orifice to said open top such that said fluid path extends continuously upward between said first and second sidewalls substantially free from flow restrictions positioned overhead said fluid orifice between said first and second sidewalls; anda wire support path in fluid communication with said fluid orifice, wherein said wire support path extends continuously through said wire support chamber above said fluid orifice, passing into said back opening, laterally between said first and second sidewalls, and out said front opening.