Stator winding machines

Claim 1

IN A STATOR WINDING MACHINE HAVING A WIRE CARRYING SHUTTLE AND HAVING MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING AND OSCILLATING SAID SHUTTLE TO WIND WIRE IN PRESELECTED SPACED PAIRS OF RECEIVING SLOTS IN A STATOR CORE, THE IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE OSCILLATING MEANS COMPRISING: A ROTATABLE SLEEVE SURROUNDING SAID SHUTTLE, SAID SHUTTLE BEING MOVABLE AXIALLY WITHIN SAID SLEEVE AND BEING KEYED TO ROTATE THEREWITH; A ROTATABLE OSCILLATING SHAFT MOUNTED BELOW AND IN PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID SHUTTLE AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY; MEANS ON SAID OSCILLATING SHAFT ROTATABLY DRIVINGLY ENGAGING SAID SLEEVE; A VERTICALLY-MOVABLE SUPPORT PILLAR POSITIONED WITH ITS UPPER END BELOW SAID OSCILLATING SHAFT; POWER MEANS TO RECIPROCATE SAID PILLAR; A HORIZONTAL BEAM MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID VERTICALLY-MOVABLE PILLAR AND POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS OF SAID OSCILLATING SHAFT; A MOVABLE, ELONGATED ROCKER ARM ADJACENT SAID BEAM, SAID ARM HAVING A FREE OUTER END AND HAVING AN INNER END SECURED IN KEYED RELATION TO SAID OSCILLATING SHAFT; A POST MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER PORTION CONNECTED TO AND LONGITUDINALLY SHIFTABLE ALONG SAID ROCKER ARM, AND HAVING A LOWER PORTION LONGITUDINALLY SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BEAM; A PAIR OF ADJUSTABLE STOPS AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF BER AND ADAPTED TO SHIFT THE SAME LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID BEAM; A PAIR OF ADJUSTABLE STOPS A THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BEAM LIMITING THE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID POST THEREON; AND A PLURALITY OF INDEX STATION STOPS POSITIONED ALONG SAID BEAM, SAID STOPS BEING INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE TO INTERCEPT SAID POST AT PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS ALONG SAID BEAM, THE POSITIONING OF SAID POST ON THE BEAM DETERMINING THE FORCE POINT ON THE ROCKER ARM, AND CONSEQUENT DISTANCE SAID ARM AND THE OSCILLATING SHAFT REVOLVE DURING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE PILLAR, THEREBY PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT OF THE OSCILALTING ANGLE OF THE SHUTTLE AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY CONNECTED THEREWITH TO CORRESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PARTICULAR PAIR OF STATOR CORE SLOTS TO BE WOUND.