US3818570A
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Armature winding machine with improved lead staking means
Assignee: Possis Corp
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Filing: 1973-05-02
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Granted: 1974-06-25
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Expires: 1993-05-02
Abstract
Abstract An armature winding machine of the type wherein the ending and starting leads of the coils successively wound onto the core by a pair of oppositely rotating flyers, are attached to the segments or bars of the commutator of the armature by stuffing them into slots cut into the bars, which machine is characterized by the provision of automatically functioning means to assure exact alignment between the lead tucking blades of the lead attaching instrumentalities and the commutator slots before the leads are driven into the slots, this being accomplished by optical sensing means which takes cognizance of the position of the commutator slot with respect to the lead attaching instrumentalities, produces a signal indicative of that relationship and initiates the operation of corrective drive means by which the lead attaching instrumentalities are brought into exact alignment with the mouth of the slot.
Inventors
- 👤 Bono M Del
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:55
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K15/00; H02K15/08; H02K15/09; H01; H01R; H01R39/00; H01R39/02; H01R39/32; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5136; Y10T29/5137; Y10T29/5141; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53087; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/53143; Y10T29/53157
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
308 words
An armature winding machine of the type wherein coils of wire are successively wound into angularly spaced pairs of slots in the core of an armature core assembly which consists of a slotted core and a commutator having electrically spaced bars fixed on a common shaft, wherein said assembly is rotatably indexed to bring the different angularly spaced pairs of its coil receiving slots into winding receiving position, and wherein the beginning and ending leads of the successively wound coils are connected to selected ones of the commutator bars by inserting the same into slots cut into the bars, said machine being characterized by: A. lead attaching instrumentalities comprising lead holding, lead guiding and lead inserting means by which a lead going to the start of a coil to be wound and/or a lead coming from the end of a just-wound coil is held in juxtaposition to the mouth of the commutator bar slot into which it is to be inserted, is guided to the mouth of said slot and is inserted into the slot; B. armature core assembly gripping means having an axis and operable to coaxially grip said assembly, said armature core assembly gripping means and said lead attaching instrumentalities being relatively rotatable about said axis to enable a selected commutator bar and the lead attaching instrumentalities to be brought into juxtaposition; C. instrumentalities operative to produce a control signal that is indicative of the exact location of the mouth of each commutator bar slot with respect to the lead attaching instrumentalities; and D. drive means controlled by said signal and operative to effect relative rotation between said armature core assembly gripping means and said lead attaching instrumentalities as required to align the mouth of the slot in the selected commutator bar exactly with the lead guiding and lead inserting parts of said lead attaching instrumentalities.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
308 words
An armature winding machine of the type wherein coils of wire are successively wound into angularly spaced pairs of slots in the core of an armature core assembly which consists of a slotted core and a commutator having electrically spaced bars fixed on a common shaft, wherein said assembly is rotatably indexed to bring the different angularly spaced pairs of its coil receiving slots into winding receiving position, and wherein the beginning and ending leads of the successively wound coils are connected to selected ones of the commutator bars by inserting the same into slots cut into the bars, said machine being characterized by: A. lead attaching instrumentalities comprising lead holding, lead guiding and lead inserting means by which a lead going to the start of a coil to be wound and/or a lead coming from the end of a just-wound coil is held in juxtaposition to the mouth of the commutator bar slot into which it is to be inserted, is guided to the mouth of said slot and is inserted into the slot; B. armature core assembly gripping means having an axis and operable to coaxially grip said assembly, said armature core assembly gripping means and said lead attaching instrumentalities being relatively rotatable about said axis to enable a selected commutator bar and the lead attaching instrumentalities to be brought into juxtaposition; C. instrumentalities operative to produce a control signal that is indicative of the exact location of the mouth of each commutator bar slot with respect to the lead attaching instrumentalities; and D. drive means controlled by said signal and operative to effect relative rotation between said armature core assembly gripping means and said lead attaching instrumentalities as required to align the mouth of the slot in the selected commutator bar exactly with the lead guiding and lead inserting parts of said lead attaching instrumentalities.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
132 words
The armature winding machine of claim 1, further characterized by: A. rotation imparting drive means connected with the armature core assembly gripping means for rotating the same to bring an assembly gripped thereby to a position in which the selected commutator bar is in juxtaposition to the lead attaching instrumentalities; B. wherein said control sigNal producing instrumentalities includes means for sensing misalignment between the mouth of the slot in the selected commutator bar and the lead guiding and lead inserting parts of the said lead attaching instrumentalities so that the produced signal is indicative of such misalignment and the magnitude thereof; and C. wherein said signal controlled drive means effects such relative rotation between the armature core assembly gripping means and the lead attaching instrumentalities as required to correct any sensed misalignment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The armature winding machine of claim 2, wherein the lead guiding and lead inserting parts of said lead attaching instrumentalities have a common mounting structure which is rotatable about the axis of the armature core assembly gripping means; and said signal controlled drive means is connected with said common mounting structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The armature winding machine of claim 2, wherein said alignment sensing means is optical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
109 words
The armature winding machine of claim 4, wherein said optical sensing means comprises, a light source, means to direct light rays from said light source onto the cylindrical surface of the commutator bar in juxtaposition to the lead attaching instrumentalities, a pair of photoelectric transducers, means for impinging on said transducers light that is reflected from the cylindrical surfaces of the commutator bar flanking the slot therein whereby said transducers produce outputs of equal magnitude when the light reflected by one of said flanking surfaces equals that reflected by the other flanking surface, and means for translating difference in the outputs of said photoelectric transducers into said control signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The armature winding machine of claim 3, wherein said signal controlled drive means comprises a reversible motor and motion transmitting means connecting said motor with said common mounting structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The armature winding machine of claim 6, wherein said armature core assembly gripping means comprises a collet adapted to releasably grip the shaft of said assembly; and wherein said common mounting structure for the lead guiding and lead inserting parts of the lead attaching instrumentalities has a tubular portion coaxially encircling said collet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
The armature winding machine of claim 1, but wherein two coils of wire are simultaneously wound onto the core of the armature core assembly, each by a flyer which draws wire from a source thereof and rotates about an axis that intersects the axis of the armature core assembly gripping means, wherein said lead attaching instrumentalities and said signal controlled drive means are duplicated, with one of each associated with each flyer, and wherein said two signal controlled drive means function independently of one another.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
90 words
The armature winding machine of claim 2, but wherein two coils of wire are simultaneously wound onto the core of the armature core assembly, each by a flyer which draws wire from a source thereof and rotates about an axis that intersects the axis of the armature core assembly gripping means, wherein said lead attaching instrumentalities, said control signal producing means and said signal controlled drive means are duplicated, with one of each associated with each flyer, and wherein said two signal controlled drive means function independently of one another.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
90 words
The armature winding machine of claim 3, but wherein two coils of wire are simultaneously wound onto the core of the armature core assembly, each by a flyer which draws wire from a source thereof and rotates about an axis that intersects the axis of the armature core assembly gripping means, wherein said lead attaching instrumentalities, said control signal producing means and said signal controlled drive means are duplicated, with one of each associated with each flyer, and wherein said two signal controlled drive means function independently of one another.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The armature winding machine of claim 10, whereiN each of said two signal controlled drive means comprises a reversible motor and a motion transmitting connection between said motor and said common mounting structure.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
The armature winding machine of claim 6, wherein said common mounting structure includes a hub portion constrained to rotate about the axis of said armature core assembly gripping means, and wherein said motion transmitting connection has a rotation imparting connection with said hub portion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
113 words
The armature winding machine of claim 12, but wherein two coils of wire are simultaneously wound onto the core of the armature core assembly, each by a flyer which draws wire from a source thereof and rotates about an axis that intersects the axis of the armature core gripping means, wherein said lead attaching instrumentalities, including the common mounting structure thereof, said control signal producing means, and said signal controlled drive means are duplicated, with one of each associated with each flyer, wherein the hub portions of the two common mounting structures are coaxial and rotatable relative to one another, and wherein said two signal controlled drive means function independently of one another.
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