WELDING WIRE FEEDERS WITH A WIRE GUIDE HAVING ELONGATED GUIDE SURFACES SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER

摘要

A wire guide (80) for use in a welding wire feeder (58) is provided. The wire guide (80) includes two guide surfaces spaced from one another to define an opening through which welding wire (52) is directed from a spool (56) to a wire drive assembly (60-70) of the wire feeder (58). The wire guide (80) may also include a side flange extending from an outboard position of the wire guide (80) to maintain the wire (52) within a desired region of the wire drive assembly (60-70), such as a space formed by grooves along rollers (60, 64) of the wire drive assembly (60-70). The side flange may be formed integrally with an outboard guide surface of the wire guide (80). The guide surfaces and the side flange may be formed integrally into a one-piece wire guide structure (60-70).