Coil winding apparatus

Claim 1

IN A COIL WINDING MACHINE, (A) A FRAME STRUCTURE, (B) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CORE ELEMENT OF THE TYPE HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AXIALLY EXTENDING RADIAL POLE PIECES, (C) MEANS FOR IMPARTING AXIAL RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS AND LIMITED OSCILLATING ROTARY MOVEMENTS TO SAID CORE ELEMENT, (D) A WIRE GUIDE TUBE EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID CORE SUPPORTING MEANS HAVING A WIRE DISCHARGE END PORTION EXTENDING IN AN ANGULAR DIRECTION GENERALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO A CORE ELEMENT CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, (E) SAID END PORTION BEING ALTERNATELY RECEIVED BETWEEN SELECTED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED POLE PIECES DURING RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, (F) A SUPPORT FOR SAID GUIDE TUBE, (G) MEANS MOUNTING AND GUIDING THE GUIDE TUBE SUPPORT ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS IN A DIRECTION RADIALLY OF A CORE ELEMENT MOUNTED IN SAID CORE SUPPORTING MEANS, (H) AND MEANS FOR IMPARTING SAID RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS TO SAID GUIDE TUBE SUPPORT AND COMPRISING, (I) A CAM, (J) POWER OPERATED MEANS FOR IMPARTING ROTARY MOVEMENT TO SAID CAM AT A PREDETERMINED CONSTANT SLOW SPEED REALTIVE TO THE SPEED OF RECIPROCATORY AND OSCILLATORY MOVEMENTS OF SAID CORE ELEMENT SUPPORTING MEANS, WHEREBY TO PRODUCE A SINGLE MOVEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION OF SAID RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE TUBE DURING A PLURALITY OF RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS OF SAID CORE SUPPORTING MEANS, (K) A ROCKER ARM, (L) A PIVOT ELEMENT MOUNTING SAID ROCKER ARMS ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE AND ADJUSTABLY MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID ROCKER ARM TO VARY THE RANGE OF RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE TUBE SUPPORT, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLE LOCKING SAID PIVOT IN DESIRED SET POSITIONS LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID ROCKER ARM, (M) A CAM ENGAGING FOLLOWER ON SAID ROCKER ARM, AND (N) MEANS PIVOTALLY SECURING SAID ROCKER ARM TO SAID GUIDE TUBE SUPPORT IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID ROCKER ARM MOUNTING MEANS AND SAID FOLLOWER, WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID CAM WILL IMPART SAID RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS TO SAID GUIDE TUBE.