Magnetic core structure for electrical inductive apparatus and method of constructing same

Claim 1

A MAGNETIC CORE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LEG AND YOKE MEMBERS EACH FORMED FROM A PLURALITY OF STACKED LAMINATIONS HAVING ENDS CUT IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER; SAID LEG MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION; SAID YOKE MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED TO JOIN THE ENDS OF SAID SPACED LEG MEMBERS, WITH THE ENDS OF THE LAMINATIONS IN SAID YOKE MEMBERS BEING ALIGNED WITH THE ENDS OF THE LAMINATIONS IN SAID LEG MEMBERS TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR MAGNETIC CORE STRUCTURE HAVING FOUR OUTER CORNERS AND OUTER SIDES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OUTER CORNERS FORMED BY THE EDGES OF THE STACKED LAMINATIONS; THE STACKED LAMINATIONS IN EACH OF SAID LEG AND YOKE MEMBERS BEING DIVIDED INTO GROUPS; BONDING MEANS DISPOSED ON AT LEAST THE EDGES OF EACH OF SAID GROUPS WHICH FORM THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID MAGNETIC CORE STRUCTURE; SAID BONDING MEANS STARGING A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM ONE END OF EACH LEG AND YOKE MEMBER AND ENDING A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER END OF EACH LEG AND YOKE MEMBER; SAID BODNING MEANS HOLDING THE LAMINATIONS OF EACH GROUP IN ASSEMBLED RELATION.