Patent ID: 7923656

Claim:
A wire collecting mechanism for a wire-cut electrical discharge machine, the wire collecting mechanism comprising: a wire guiding roller set including a first guide roller and a second guide roller movable relative to the first guide roller to a position where the second guide roller is attached to the first guide roller to clamp a metal wire that passes between the first guide roller and the second guide roller; a wire cutter moveable relative to the metal wire for cutting the metal wire at a cut end upstream of the wire guiding roller set, when the metal wire is clamped by the first and second guide rollers; a wire collecting box having a mouth facing the metal wire and provided with a suction force from the mouth towards an inside of the wire collecting box; and a press roller movable relative to the metal wire and operable to guide and move the cut end of the metal wire in a direction toward the mouth of the wire collecting box, wherein in conjunction with the first guide roller, the press roller is operable to force a cut piece of the metal wire into the mouth of the wire collecting box.