Pease Windamatic Systems, Inc.

Paul R Russell

Robert J Eminger

Alysn Hassenforder

Bueford Ebert

Donald L Van Gilder

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A lead straightening and trimming apparatus for the leads of electrical components such as stators. The apparatus includes a pallet having positioning posts which position the stators on the pallet and also position coils within the stator. The apparatus also includes a rotating helical pick-up tool which is movable between a retracted position and an extended position adjacent to a component supporting pallet having lead retaining posts. The pick-up tool operates to capture the free ends of leads extending from posts provided by the pallets. Upon retraction, the pick-up tool moves the associated free ends of the leads to a partially straightened gripping position. The apparatus also includes a combined gripper straightening and cutting apparatus which grips the associated lead adjacent to the pallet post with a force insufficient to cut the lead. Retraction of the gripper straightens the portion of the lead extending from the retaining post of the pallet. The gripper is then released to release tension in the lead. The straightener cutter then cuts the lead along the straightened portion at a predetermined distance from the post.

Lead straightening and trimming apparatus

Transfer and inserter tooling for receiving coil windings from a coil winder such as a shed winder, and for inserting the coils into a dynamoelectric component such as a motor stator. The tooling includes a transfer tool molded of plastic and providing a cylindrical array of cantilever-supported fingers. The coils formed on the winder are positioned in a predetermined arrangement within the spaces between the fingers. Also included is an inserter tool having a cylindrical array of cantilever-mounted fingers and operable to insert coils positioned within the spaces between the fingers into the slots of a stator and the like. The transfer tool and inserter tool fingers are provided with interfitting alignment and guide means which properly position associated fingers of the two tools when the tools are assembled for transfer of the coils from the transfer tool to the inserter tool. The alignment and guide means operate to accurately align associated fingers even when the fingers of the transfer tool are displaced from their proper aligned positions by the windings carried therebetween.

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Roanoke, IN, United States of America

Paul R Russell