Apparatus for winding armature coils

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WINDING A COIL OF WIRE FOR AN ARMATURE OR THE LIKE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING ADAPTOR PLATE MEANS, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID PLATE MEANS TO A DRIVE PLATE, WINDING BLOCK MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES THERETHROUGH, A WINDING PEG EXTENDING THROUGH EACH OF SAID BLOCK PASSAGES AND AFFIXED TO THE ADAPTER PLATE MEANS, EACH OF SAID PEGS HAVING A HEAD PROJECTING BEYOND SAID WINDING BLOCK MEANS WHEN IN ONE POSITION ADJACENT SAID ADAPTOR PLATE MEANS, AND SAID BLOCK MEANS EXTENDING AT LEAST TO SAID PEG HEADS WHEN SAID BLOCK MEANS ARE IN A SECOND POSITION SPACED FROM SAID ADAPTOR PLATE MEANS, SAID PEGS ALSO HAVING MEANS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID ADAPTOR PLATE MEANS BEYOND THE SECOND POSITION, RESILIENT MEANS BETWEEN SAID ADAPTOR PLATE MEANS AND SAID WINDING BLOCK MEANS, A CHUCKING PLUG TO BE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED, A HOLD DOWN BLOCK CENTRALLY AFFIXED TO SAID CHUCKING PLUG, A PAIR OF CLAMPING PLATES FASTENED TO SAID HOLD DOWN BLOCK, SAID CLAMPING PLATES HAVING OPENINGS ALIGNED WITH SAID WINDING PEGS TO RECEIVE SAID HEADS OF SAID PEGS, AND SPACER PLATES POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING PLATES AND SAID WINDING BLOCK MEANS TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMPING PLATES AND WINDING BLOCK MEANS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER WHEREBY SAID WINDING BLOCK MEANS CAN MOVE FROM THEIR SECOND POSITIONS TO THEIR FIRST POSTIONS AND OVERCOME THE FORCE OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS WHEN SAID WINDING BLOCK MEANS AND SAID CLAMPING PLATES ARE MOVED TOGETHER.