Patent ID: 8723082

Claim:
A device for transporting a welding wire, the device including: at least one roller pair comprising a drive roller and a pressure roller, wherein the drive roller is coupleable with a drive motor, and a tensioning device for tensioning the welding wire, wherein the pressure roller is mounted in a pivotable pressure lever, and wherein the tensioning device comprises: a tension bracket capable of being connected with the pressure lever for fixation and pressure application, an adjuster for adjusting the application pressure exerted by the pressure roller on the welding wire, the adjuster being arranged above, below, or above and below the welding wire and transversely to a conveyance direction of the welding wire, the adjuster comprising a tie rod, a spring element, and an adjustment disk, and the tension bracket being pivotally or rotationally connected with the tie rod, and a passageway for the passage of the welding wire, wherein the tension bracket and the pressure lever comprise a fixing device, wherein said fixing device is formed by: at least one bore provided on the tension bracket or on the pressure lever, and a corresponding fixing pin provided on the pressure lever or on the tension bracket, respectively, and engageable in the at least one bore, wherein the pressure lever has a pivot axis and the pressure lever is fastened to a housing or mounting plate so as to be rotational about the pivot axis, and wherein the pivot axis is arranged in an end region or an edge region of the pressure lever in a region of the fixing pin.