Armature winding and lead wire connecting method

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF WINDING AN ARMATURE CORE FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON A SHAFT UPON WHICH A COMMUTATOR IS ALSO MOUNTED, THE ARMATURE CORE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RADIAL SLOTS AND THE COMMUTATOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED LEAD RECEIVING TANGS, THE METHOD INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: SUPPORTING THE SHAFT WITH THE ARMATURE CORE IN AN INITIAL POSITION ADJACENT A FLIER AND WITH A PAIR OF SAID SLOTS IN POSITION TO RECEIVE A COIL WOUND BY SAID FLIER; WINDING A COIL BY SAID FLIER IN SAID PAIR OF SLOTS WHILE SHIELDING THE TANGS BY A MOVABLE SHIELD OVERLYING A PORTION OF THE COMMUTATOR; STOPPING THE FLIER WITH A LEAD WIRE EXTENDING FROM THE WOUND COIL, SAID LEAD PROJECTING OUT OF ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SLOTS AND BESIDE THE COMMUTATOR; ROTATING THE SHAFT AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE ARMATURE CORE AND COMMUTATOR FROM SAID INITIAL POSITION IN A FIRST DIRECTION TO POSITION A SELECTED TANG CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OFFSET FROM SAID ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SLOTS ADJACENT SAID LEAD WIRE; THEREAFTER EXPOSING THE TANGS BY REMOVING THE SHIELD FROM TANG SHIELDING POSITION; HOOKING A PORTION OF SAID LEAD WIRE OVER THE EXPOSED SAID SELECTED TANG BY MOVING SAID FLIER; RETURNING THE SHIELD INTO TANG SHIELDING POSITION; ROTATING THE ARMATURE CORE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND ARRESTING THE ARMATURE CORE AT ITS INITIAL POSITION; INDEXING THE ARMATURE CORE TO A NEW POSITION TO PRESENT A NEW PAIR OF SLOTS IN POSITION TO RECEIVE A COIL WOUND BY SAID FLIER; THEREAFTER, WITH THE ARMATURE CORE SUPPORTED IN SAID NEW POSITION, WINDING A COIL BY SAID FLIER IN SAID NEW PAIR OF SLOTS WHILE SHIELDING THE TANGS BY SAID SHIELD; STOPPING THE FLIER WITH ANOTHER LEAD WIRE EXTENDING OUT OF ONE OF SAID NEW PAIR OF SLOTS; ROTATING THE SHAFT, ARMATURE CORE AND COMMUTATOR IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO POSITION ANOTHER SELECTED TANG CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OFFSET FROM SAID ONE OF SAID NEW PAIR OF SLOTS ADJACENT SAID ANOTHER LEAD WIRE; EXPOSING THE TANGS BY REMOVING THE SHIELD; THEREAFTER HOOKING A PORTION OF SAID ANOTHER LEAD WIRE OVER ANOTHER SELECTED EXPOSED TANK BY MOVING SAID FLIER; RETURNING THE SHIELD INTO TANG SHIELDING POSITION; AND THEN ROTATING THE ARMATURE CORE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO RETURN IT TO SAID NEW POSITION.