IP Library Granted Patent US 12,466,691
Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,691 · App. 18/044,251 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Kink prevention jig and pail pack

Inventors: Ryota Shimozawa (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Sato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
B65H57/18B65D85/04B65H49/08
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Patent No.
US 12,466,691
App. No.
18/044,251
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A kink prevention jig used in a pail pack to prevent kinks when wire is pulled out is provided with a housing that has a base plate part and a tubular outer tube part, and that accommodates a laminated wire and a wire extraction hole thereabove. This kink prevention jig is provided with an outwardly extended section above the laminated wire and that extends in the radial direction of the outer tube part, and a wire abutment section above the outwardly extended section and which abuts on a welding wire W and thereby prevents kinks when the welding wire W is pulled out from the extraction hole.

Claims (28)

1 . A kink prevention jig for a pail pack, the pail pack comprising a housing to accommodate a laminated wire, the housing including a bottom plate portion and an outer cylinder portion and a draw-out opening for a wire at an upper side wherein the kink prevention jig comprises:

an outward extending portion provided above a laminated wire and extending in a radial direction of the outer cylinder portion, and

a wire abutting portion formed above the outward extending portion so that the wire abutting portion abuts against a wire to prevent occurrence of a kink when the wire is drawn out from the draw-out opening,

wherein a top portion of the wire abutting portion is located at a height greater than H 1 +½×(H 2 −H 1 ), where H 1 is a height of the housing and H 2 is a height of the draw-out opening, and

wherein a size of a gap between an outer peripheral edge of the wire abutting portion and the outer cylinder portion is 0.05 times or more and 0.10 times or less with respect of an inner diameter of the outer cylinder portion.

2 . The kink prevention jig according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pail pack includes, in the housing, an inner cylinder provided on an inner side of the laminated wire in a coil shape, and

wherein the kink prevention jig has a connecting portion extending downward from the outward extending portion to engage with the inner cylinder.

3 . The kink prevention jig according to claim 2 , wherein the wire abutting portion is formed in a substantially conical shape.

4 . The kink prevention jig according to claim 1 , wherein the wire abutting portion is formed in a substantially conical shape.

5 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a lid body provided to cover an opening portion opposite to the bottom plate portion in the housing, wherein

the lid body has a substantially conical shape with an outer diameter gradually decreasing upward.

6 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a pressing plate configured to press the laminated wire downward, wherein

the pail pack is configured such that the laminated wire is drawn out in an interior drawer manner.

7 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a lid body provided to cover an opening portion opposite to the bottom plate portion in the housing, wherein

the lid body has a substantially conical shape with an outer diameter gradually decreasing upward.

8 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a lid body provided to cover an opening portion opposite to the bottom plate portion in the housing, wherein

the lid body has a substantially conical shape with an outer diameter gradually decreasing upward.

9 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pressing plate configured to press the laminated wire downward, wherein

the pail pack is configured such that the laminated wire is drawn out in an interior drawer manner.

10 . A pail pack comprising the kink prevention jig according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a lid body provided to cover an opening portion opposite to the bottom plate portion in the housing, wherein

the lid body has a substantially conical shape with an outer diameter gradually decreasing upward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: SHIMOZAWA, RYOTA; SATO, KOJI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
Reel/Frame 062905/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-151376 · Sep 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230331512A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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