Wire retaining ring for a welding system

摘要

The subject embodiments are directed to a system to allow an uninterrupted flow of a coil welding wire from one container to another container, the coil of welding wire including a coil top and a coil bottom. Each container includes at least one vertically extending side wall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for receiving the wire coil, the feeding end and the trailing end being positionable near the top opening. A wire retaining ring is disposed on the coil top in the container and another said container, the wire retaining ring includes a slot that extends radially from a center of the coil to allow the trailing end of the coil to be drawn at a location away from the center of the coil.

主权项

1. A system for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one container to another container, the coil of welding wire including a coil top and a coil bottom, a feeding end of the welding wire extends from the coil top and a trailing end of the wire extends from the coil bottom, the trailing end of the one container being joinable to the feeding end of the another container, the system comprising:
at least two containers, each container including at least one vertically extending side wall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for receiving the wire coil, the feeding end and the trailing end being positionable near the top opening: a wire retaining ring that is disposed on the coil top in the container and another said container, the wire retaining ring including,
a discontinuous inner ring that has an inner radius and an inner gap;an outer ring that has an outer radius, which is greater than the inner radius, the outer ring is substantially concentrically disposed with regard to the inner ring:at least two spokes that each extend radially from the inner ring to the outer ring, the spokes intersect the outer ring to create a plurality of segments along a circumference of the outer ring; anda plate extending radially from the inner ring to the outer ring, where the plate includes a slot having a slot width, the slot defining a discontinuity in the inner ring and extending in an arc from the inner ring to a position radially inward of the outer ring and disposed in a location in place of one of the plurality of spokes,wherein the trailing end of the first coil of wire is positioned within the slot.