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AN APPARATUS FOR WINDING RESISTANCE WIRE ON A BASE COMPRISING MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A BASE, A MEMBER FOR LINEARLY MOVING IN RELATION TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE RESISITANCE WIRE ALONG A BASE, A THREADED SHAFT HAVING A HELICAL THREAD AND GROOVE AND A SECOND SHAFT SPACED FROM AND EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID THREADED SHAFT FOR SUPPORTING SAID MEMBER TO MOVE LINEARLY IN RELATION TO SAID THREAD SHAFT AND SAID BASE SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID MEMBER BEING MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID THREADED SHAFT AND HAVING A THREADED CONTACTOR OF SOFT UNIFORMLY FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE SHAFT A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE GROOVE FOR UNIFORM ENGAGEMENT OF THE THREAD ALONG THE CONTACTOR TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGE FACING SIDES OF THE THREAD IN A FIRM FORCE TRANSMITTING CONTACT WITH BOTH FACING SIDES TO COUPLE SAID MEMBER AND SAID SHAFT FOR INSTANTANEOUS MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER ON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT TO UNIFORMLY MOVE THE MEMBER IN RELATION TO A BASE HELD BY SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR A UNIFORM WINDING OF THE TURNS OF WIRE ON A BASE.