Apparatus for winding electric stators

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WINDING THE POLES OF A MULTI-POLE STATOR HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING DEFINED BY THE INTERFACES OF THE POLES AND INTERPOLE SPACES EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD THEREFROM, COMPRISING A NEEDLE, MEANS SUPPORTING THE NEEDLE WITH ITS AXIS COINCIDING WITH THAT OF THE STATOR, AND AN EYE SUPPORTED ON THE NEEDLE AT A RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE AXIS THEREOF INTERMEDIATE THE OUTER ENDS OF THE INTERPOLE SPACES AND THE INTERFACES OF THE POLE, SAID MEANS SUPPORTING THE NEEDLE COMPRISING A NEEDLE BAR, MEANS SUPPORTING THE NEEDLE BAR FOR AXIAL AND OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT, AXIALLY SPACED PARTS FIXED TO THE NEEDLE BAR AT A PREDETERMINED ANGLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF OSCILLATION FOR LIMITING OSCILLATION TO A DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE INTERPOLE SPACING, A PART ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE NEEDLE BAR BETWEEN SAID FIXED PARTS, OPPOSED YIELDABLE MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTING THE ROTATABLE PART BETWEEN SAID FIXED PARTS SUCH THAT OSCILLATION OF THE ROTATABLE PART WILL EFFECT OSCILLATION OF THE NEEDLE BAR TO THE EXTENT DETERMINED BY THE ANGULAR DISPOSITION OF THE FIXED PARTS, AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING OSCILLATION AND RECIPROCATION OF THE ROTATABLE PART.