Method and apparatus for forming a ball at the end of a wire
 A ball is formed at the tip of a wire by an arc. The arc is initiated and maintained across an air gap between the wire tip and an electrode by applying timed RF and DC voltages between them. 
Hughes Aircraft Company
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Peter W. Charles F. Thomas B. Leroy V.
Bullock Bancroft Brown Sutter, Jr.