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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1992
Fred J McMillin, Warren, OH (US);
Gerald E Blaha, Waukesha, WI (US);
Artos Engineering, New Berlin, WI (US);
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved wire feeding and measuring apparatus having a pair of cooperating feed belts to feed a wire in an axial direction. A drive wheel is located downstream of the feed belts and rotates in contact with the wire at a slightly faster speed than the feed belts, while a measuring wheel, operably connected to an encoder, is also engaged with the wire and is located opposite the drive wheel. The measuring wheel is biased toward the drive wheel by a spring exerting a light force. Guides are associated with each wheel and each guide includes a wire supporting surface and a slot located adjacent the supporting surface. The periphery of each wheel projects a slight distance through the slot in the respective guide and engages the wire. The guides maintain the wire in a tangential relation to the periphery of the wheels and prevent wrap around of the wire on the wheels.