US 12,343,827 B2
Wire feeder with adjustable lift
Brian Lee Ott, Sherwood, WI (US); and Adam Richard Schmitz, Neenah, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,759.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,598, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288715 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 9/133 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/1336 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire feeder having an adjustable lift point, comprising:
a wire supply source configured to supply welding wire;
a wire drive assembly configured to feed wire to a welding gun from the wire supply source;
a support base, the wire supply source and the wire drive assembly supported by the base; and
a lift member connected to the support base, the lift member comprising a lift eye and selectively movable in at least one direction with respect to the support base to adjust a position of the lift eye with respect to the base to thereby adjust the lift point of the wire feeder.