Armature winder and staker

Claim 1

IN A CONTINUOUS METHOD OF APPLYING COIL WINDINGS TO AN ARMATURE CORE AND STAKING LEAD WIRES TO A COMMUTATOR, THE STEPS COMPRISING, SUPPORTING AN ARMATURE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ARMATURE CORE AND A COMMUTATOR, STAKING A LEAD WIRE INTO ONE OF THE COMMUTATOR SLOTS, DIRECTING SAID WIRE INTO PAIRS OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ARMATURE CORE SLOTS BY APPLYING THE WIRE ALONG A CONTINUOUS PATH THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ARMATURE ASSEMBLY WHILE MAINTAINING THE ARMATURE ASSEMBLY STATIONARY, SEVERING A LENGTH OF SAID WIRE AND STAKING THE SEVERED ENDS OF SAID WIRE INTO PAIRS OF COMMUTATOR SLOTS WHEREBY THE STAKED END OF ONE OF SAID LENGTHS OF WIRE FORMS THE END OF A FLAT COIL WINDING AND THE SEVERED END OF THE OTHER WIRE FORMS THE BEGINING OF ANOTHER COIL WINDING, AND THEN ALTERNATELY WINDING AND STAKING AS AFORESAID TO COMPLETELY WIND AND STAKE AN ARMATURE ASSEMBLY.