Line output transformer

Claim 1

A line output transformer for a television receiver having a plurality of windings for connection to the line output stage and the deflection coil(s) of the receiver and for supplying voltage to auxiliary circuits of the receiver, the transformer further comprising a ferromagnetic core and an insulating support for at least some of the windings, the said support having a plurality of terminals connected to the ends of the windings and having a plurality of grooves, defined by insulating walls, for receiving the windings and insulating the windings from one another, a wall of at least one of the said grooves having a slot operative during winding to guide the starting end of a winding to the bottom of the groove and serving to inhibit contact between the said starting end and subsequent turns wound in the groove, wherein the said terminals are supported in the walls defining the grooves and are all arranged on the same side of the support whereby the ends of the terminals may be soldered onto a substantially flat printed circuit board, and wherein the said terminals each include an elongated tab stamped out of the terminals, the inner end of the tabs and the portion of the terminals adjacent to the inner end of the tab having oppositely curved notches whereby to enable the winding wire to be drawn across the terminals in the direction of winding without bending and snapped into said notches to be gripped therebetween during winding, the tabs being capable of being clamped down after the windings have been wound to prevent release of the wire so as to enable a plurality of the windings to be wound consecutively without breaking the winding wire.