Stator winding machine

Claim 1

MEANS FOR WINDING STATORS AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A CORE STRUCTURE HAVING AN OPENING WITH SPACED WINDING SLOTS COMMUNICATING THEREWITH COMPRISING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE CORE STRUCTURE DURING WINDING THEREOF, A SOURCE OF WINDING WIRE MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE WINDING WIRE FROM SAID SOURCE INTO THE SLOTS OF THE CORE STRUCTURE IN A PREDETERMINED ARRANGEMENT, SAID WIRE DIRECTING MEANS INCLUDING A RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INLET END RECEIVING WIRE FROM THE SOURCE AND AN OUTLET END INCLUDING A WIRE GUIDE MEMBER MOVABLE BACK AND FORTH THROUGH PREDETERMINED CORE SLOTS IN A PREDETERMINED ARRANGEMENT, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE OUTLET END OF THE RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF TRAVEL OF THE RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY WHEREBY THE OUTLET END OF SAID ASSEMBLY ALTERNATELY MOVES LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH A DIFFERENT CORE SLOT DURING SUCCEEDING RECIPROCATION MOVEMENTS THEREOF, SAID MEANS FOR ROTATING THE OUTLET END OF THE RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PREDETERMINATELY MOVING WIRE THROUGH SAID ASSEMBLY AND OUT OF THE OUTLET END THEREOF, AND GUIDE MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CORE STRUCTURE ON OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF IN POSITION TO RECEIVE AND ACCURATELY FORM AND POSITION WIRE THAT IS FED FROM THE FEED ASSEMBLY DURING ROTATIONS THEREOF AND WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN SUCCEEDING SLOTS BEING WOUND.