Weld rod guide

Claim 1

IN A WELDING MACHINE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBER THROUGH WHICH A WELD WIRE IS FED TO PRODUCE AN ARC BETWEEN THE END OF SAID WELD WIRE AND A WORK PIECE, SAID WIRE FED TO MAINTAIN THE SAID END BEYOND SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE THAT THE RESISTANCE OF THE WIRE EFFECTS HEATING THEREOF TO A TEMPERATURE WHICH GREATLY REDUCES ITS RIGIDITY, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF: A TUBULAR GUIDE OF DIELECTRIC HEAT RESISTANT MATERIAL HAVING A PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH ADAPTED SNUGLY BUT SLIDABLY TO RECEIVE A WELD WIRE, A TUBULAR JACKET OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL SNUGLY EMBRACING SAID TUBULAR GUIDE AND ARRANGED CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE END OF SAID WELD WIRE FOR PROTECTING SAID TUBULAR GUIDE AGAINST THERMAL SHOCK, AN INTERNAL SHOULDER AT ONE END OF SAID JACKET SUPPORTING SAID TUBULAR GUIDE, AND MEANS ON THE OTHER END OF SAID JACKET SECURING SAID JACKET ON SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBER TO EXTEND THEREFROM SO THAT SAID WELD WIRE MAY BE FED THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY.