Patent ID: 8269831

Claim:
A wire guider of air guide type for guiding a wire which is run in a predetermined direction, comprising: a guiding unit having an inner path extending along the running direction of the wire to guide the running of the wire, the inner path having an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the wire; an air supply unit for supplying air into the inner path to form a spiral air flow having a speed faster than a running rate of the wire between an outer surface of the air and an inner surface of the inner path; and a sensor unit arranged in the guiding unit to inspect the wire, wherein the guiding unit includes an entrance guider arranged at an entrance side of the sensor unit and an exit guider arranged at an exit side of the sensor unit; wherein the entrance guider includes an entrance guider body and an entrance screw; wherein the entrance guider body has a through hole which the wire passes through, a screw assembling part arranged at a rear end of the through hole with an inside diameter increasing along the running direction of the wire and an air inlet hole communicating with the screw assembling part, and wherein the entrance screw has a central hole conforming to the through hole of the entrance guider by, and is assembled to a rear end of the entrance guider body to form an air path communicating the air inlet hole and the through hole between an inner surface of the screw assembling part and an outer surface of the entrance screw body.