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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Richard D Sedgewick, Dover, NH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A wire feed winding needle mounting support and a stack mounting support permit movement of the winding needle and a stack in at least three coordinate axis directions relative to each other. The supports may be formed on separate modules for variable angular orientation relative to each other. A number of motors control relative movement of the winding needle and stack along the three directions for winding selected teeth in the desired distribution. The invention provides as a basic component pliant bearing surface clamp members on either side of the row of teeth of a stack to be wound. A clamp mounting yoke and further motor means alternately move the pliant bearing surfaces toward and away from the row of teeth on either side between a clamp position and an open position. The winding wire filament is alternately clamped against one side of the row of teeth and then the other while the winding needle moves up and down and back and forth 'dancing' over the row of teeth seating the wire in slots between teeth of the stack without itself passing between adjacent teeth through the slots. The winding wire is unclamped by releasing the pliant bearing surfaces on both sides of the row of teeth while shifting the stack and row of teeth relative to the winding needle to different slot and tooth locations.