Apparatus for winding toroidal cores

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WINDING TOROIDAL CORES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SPLIT, ANNULAR, HOLLOW, SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR, WIRE-CARRYING SHUTTLE HAVING A NARROW, WIRE-FEEDING SLOT EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL THEREOF; AN ELONGATED, RESILIENT, ARCUATE, WIRE-TENSIONING GUIDE, OF SLIGHTLY LESS WIDTH THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID SLOT, SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SLOT FOR PERIPHERAL MOVEMENT AROUND SAID SHUTTLE, FIRST RETARDING MEANS AT EACH OPPOSITE END OF SAID GUIDE AND SECOND RETARDING MEANS IN THE CENTRE OF SAID GUIDE, ONE SAID MEANS SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE INTERIOR FACE OF SAID OUTER WALL ON EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID SLOT AND THE OTHER SAID MEANS ENGAGING THE EXTERIOR FACE OF SAID OUTER WALL ON EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID SLOT AND WIRE FOLLOWER MEANS ON AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID GUIDE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID SLOT FOR RECEIVING AND GUIDING A WIRE TO BE WOUND, THE INHERENT RESILIENCY OF SAID GUIDE SPRING LOADING SAID FIRST AND SECOND RETARDING MEANS INTO FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FACES OF SAID OUTER WALL BUT INTERMITTENTLY RELEASING SAID GUIDE TO PERIPHERAL MOVEMENT AROUND SAID SHUTTLE UNDER TENSION FROM SAID WIRE.