Automatic high-speed armature winding and coil lead-inserting machine

Claim 1

IN AN ARMATURE WINDING AND CONNECTING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF A HOLDING MEANS FOR AN UNWOUND ARMATURE ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A SHAT, A SLOTTED ARMATURE CORE AND A SLOTTED COMMUTATOR, SAID HOLDING MEANS HOLDING MEANS HOLDING THE ARMATURE ASSEMBLY IN A PREDETERMINED INITIAL MPOSITION FOR PREDETERMINED PERIODS DURING A WINDING CYCLE, ROTATING MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE HOLDING MEANS TO ROTATE MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE END-OVER-END FASHION, AT LEAST A PAIR OF MEANS ONE COOPERATING WITH EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SLOTTED COMMUTATOR TO SEVER A PAIR OF CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRE AND INSERT THE FREE ENDS OF THE CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRES IN COMMUTATOR SLOTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE COMMUTATOR, GUIDE MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRE FROM EXTRANEOUS SOURCES IN ADJACENT SLOTS IN THE ARMATURE CORE DURING THE ROTATIVE PERIOD OF THE ARMATURE BY THE ROTATING MEANS, CONTROL MENS COOPERATING WITH THE ROTATING MEANS TO STOP THE ARMATURE AT THE PREDETERMINED INITIAL POSITION AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS TO FORM AN ARMATURE COIL, SAID CONTROL MEANS ALSO INTITATING A NEW SEVERING AND INSERTING STEP FOR THE PAIR OF MEANS COPPERATING WITH THE COMMUTATOR TO SEVER THE ALREADY-WOUND COILS AND INSERT THE TRAILING ENDS OF THE COILS IN COMMUTATOR SLOTS AND MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE PAIR OF MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMUTATOR TO MAINTAIN A GRIP ON THE FREE ENDS OF THE COMMUTATOR STRANDS AFTER THE ALREADYWOUND COIL HAS BEEN SEVERED FROM THE OCNTINUOUS STRANDS.