US Patent 7971819 Wire depositing apparatus

A wire depositing apparatus of the type providing for deposition of the wire, such as welding wire, steel wire with low carbon content, stainless steel wire, core wire or aluminum wire wrapped in a loop, inside a drum. The wire depositing apparatus consists essentially of two parts and more precisely a first part wherein are positioned the capstans for driving and drawing the wire, as well as a device, known as a flyer, which provides for depositing and winding the wire inside the drum. The drum to be filled with the wound wire is set and manipulated in the second part of the depositing apparatus. The flyer, in addition to a rotation movement about its vertical axis, is provided with a vertical reciprocating rectilinear movement.