Method of manufacturing armatures

Claim 1

A METHOD OF RANDOM WINDING COILS IN THE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE ARMATURE SO THAT THE COIL LEADS REQUIRED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RISERS OF THE ARMATURE COMMUTATOR EXTEND FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ARMATURE SLOTS AND THE COIL LEADS REQUIRED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF THE COMMUTATOR RISERS EXTEND FROM THE TOP OF THE ARMATURE SLOTS WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: (A) PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ADAPTED FOR RANDOM WINDING ABOUT AN ARMATURE CORE ADAPTED TO HAVE A COMMUTATOR MOUNTED ON ONE END; (B) PLACING A PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTOR IN A FIRST ARMATURE SLOT AND WINDING SAID CONDUCTOR LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT SAID ARMATURE CORE IN A FIRST SLOT AND A FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT TO FORM A FIRST RANDOM WOUND COIL LYING IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST AND COMPLEMENTARY ARMATURE SLOTS AND HAVING COIL LEADS EXTENDING THEREFROM TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE; (C) REPEATING THE FOREGOING PROCEDURE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR IN EACH PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLOTS UNTIL ALL ARMATURE SLOTS HAVE A SIMILAR COIL SIDE LYING IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF; (D) REMOVING FROM THE FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT ONLY THE COIL HALF-TURN WHOSE END PROVIDES THE COIL LEAD EXTENDING THEREFROM; (E) WINDING A SECOND CONDUCTOR IN THE FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT AND SAID FIRST ARMATURE SLOT ON TOP OF THE CONDUCTORS MAKING UP THE COIL SIDES ALREADY LYING THEREIN TO FORM A SECOND RANDOM WOUND COIL HAVING COIL LEADS EXTENDING TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE CORE FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT AND THE TOP OF SAID FIRST ARMATURE SLOT; (F) REPLACING THE REMOVED COIL HALF-TURN ON TOP OF THE COIL SIDE LYING IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT SO THAT THE END THEREOF WHICH PROVIDES THE COIL LEAD FOR THE COIL SIDE IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SUCH SLOT EXTENDS FROM THE TOP OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE CORE; (G) REPEATING THE LAST-MENTIONED WINDING PROCEDURE RECITED IN STEPS D, E AND F FOR EACH REMAINING PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLOTS UNTIL EACH ARMATURE CORE SLOT HAS TWO COIL SIDES LYING THEREIN.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF RANDOM WINDING COILS IN THE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE ARMATURE SO THAT THE COIL LEADS REQUIRED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RISERS OF THE ARMATURE COMMUTATOR EXTEND FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ARMATURE SLOTS AND THE COIL LEADS REQUIRED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF THE COMMUTATOR RISERS EXTEND FROM THE TOP OF THE ARMATURE SLOTS WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: (A) PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ADAPTED FOR RANDOM WINDING ABOUT AN ARMATURE CORE ADAPTED TO HAVE A COMMUTATOR MOUNTED ON ONE END; (B) PLACING A PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTOR IN A FIRST ARMATURE SLOT AND WINDING SAID CONDUCTOR LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT SAID ARMATURE CORE IN A FIRST SLOT AND A FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT TO FORM A FIRST RANDOM WOUND COIL LYING IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST AND COMPLEMENTARY ARMATURE SLOTS AND HAVING COIL LEADS EXTENDING THEREFROM TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE; (C) REPEATING THE FOREGOING PROCEDURE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR IN EACH PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLOTS UNTIL ALL ARMATURE SLOTS HAVE A SIMILAR COIL SIDE LYING IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF; (D) REMOVING FROM THE FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT ONLY THE COIL HALF-TURN WHOSE END PROVIDES THE COIL LEAD EXTENDING THEREFROM; (E) WINDING A SECOND CONDUCTOR IN THE FIRST COMPLEMENTARY SLOT AND SAID FIRST ARMATURE SLOT ON TOP OF THE CONDUCTORS MAKING UP THE COIL SIDES ALREADY LYING THEREIN TO FORM A SECOND RANDOM WOUND COIL HAVING COIL LEADS EXTENDING TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE CORE FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT AND THE TOP OF SAID FIRST ARMATURE SLOT; (F) REPLACING THE REMOVED COIL HALF-TURN ON TOP OF THE COIL SIDE LYING IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT SO THAT THE END THEREOF WHICH PROVIDES THE COIL LEAD FOR THE COIL SIDE IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SUCH SLOT EXTENDS FROM THE TOP OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SLOT TOWARD THE COMMUTATOR END OF SAID ARMATURE CORE; (G) REPEATING THE LAST-MENTIONED WINDING PROCEDURE RECITED IN STEPS D, E AND F FOR EACH REMAINING PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLOTS UNTIL EACH ARMATURE CORE SLOT HAS TWO COIL SIDES LYING THEREIN.