Machine for binding wire coils

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR BINDING COILS OF WIRE WITH A BINDER WIRE, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, MEANS TO SUPPORT A COIL OF WIRE TO BE BOUND ADJACENT SAID FRAME, MEANS FOR FEEDING BINDER WIRE COMPRISING A HALF DISK ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVE SHAFT TO DRIVE SAID DISK, AND A SPRING PRESSED IDLER ROLL FOR HOLDING SAID BINDER WIRE IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SURFACE OF SAID DISK, THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL LENGTH OF THE SURFACE OF SAID DISK DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF BINDER WIRE FED DURING ONE REVOLUTION OF SAID DISK, CUTTING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING SAID DISK AND SAID CUTTING MEANS TO OPERATE SAID CUTTING MEANS IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID FEEDING MEANS TO CUT A LENGTH OF BINDER WIRE FED DURING ONE REVOLUTION OF SAID DISK, A BINDER WIRE CLAMPING AND WRAPPING HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING SAID CUTTING MEANS AND SAID HEAD FOR MOVING SAID HEAD IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID FEEDING AND CUTTING MEANS FROM AN INOPERATIVE RETRACTED POSITION TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION ABOVE AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID COIL, MEANS ON SAID HEAD FOR CLAMPING SAID CUT WIRE LENGTHS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID COIL TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, A PAIR OF CLAWS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID HEAD FOR ENGAGING THE ENDS OF SAID WIRE LENGTH PROJECTING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID COIL, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CLAWS TO BEND AND PARTIALLY WRAP SAID WIRE LENGTHS ROUND SAID COIL, A WINDLASS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME BELOW SAID COIL, MEANS DRIVE SAID WINDLASS, AND FINGERS ON SAID WINDLASS FOR ENGAGING AND TWISTING THE ENDS OF SAID WIRE LENGTHS TO SECURE THE SAME ON SAID COIL IN BINDING RELATIONSHIP.