Abstract: A housing supports a hollow shaft for both axial and rotary movement and also supports a drive input rotor for rotation on an axis perpendicular to the axis of the hollow shaft. The rotor carries an eccentrically located planetary gear which engages a surrounding stationary ring gear, and the planetary gear carries an eccentric crank shaft. A crank arm connects the crank shaft to a rotary coupling mounted on the hollow shaft, and an intermediate portion of the crank arm carries a rack which engages gear teeth on the hollow shaft. The rotor is provided with means for counter-balancing the moving components to provide for high speed winding of wire coils within a motor stator.

Abstract: An armature includes a shaft supporting a slotted core and a commutator having peripherally spaced hook-like tangs. The armature is automatically wound on a flyer-type winding machine which has a set of concentric tubular shields surrounding the commutator and a pair of wire gripper units diametrically arranged relative to the shields. The gripper units are pivotally supported by a member which surrounds the shields and is supported for rotation on the axis of the armature shaft. A set of fluid cylinders are arranged to rotate or index the member and gripper units between a lead pick-up position and a lead terminating position through an intermediate winding position to provide for faster winding of each armature.

Abstract: A double-flier armature winding machine includes a pair of opposing non-rotating winding chucks or forms for engaging the armature core. Each winding form is supported by a bearing mounted on a rotary flier assembly which is mounted on a shaft supported for both rotary and axial movement. Each winding form supports a wire deflector finger for pivotal movement in response to axial movement of an actuator carried by the flier assembly. While the flier assembly is rotating, each actuator is movable axially relative to its corresponding flier assembly by actuation of a fluid cylinder to insure engagement of a wire lead with a predetermined tang on the armature commutator.

Abstract: An armature winding machine supports a combined armature loading and unloading mechanism which includes a turret supported by a carriage for rotary indexing movement on a horizontal axis. The carriage is supported for horizontal linear movement by a set of guide rods projecting outwardly from the winding machine, and the carriage and turret are moved between inner and outer positions by actuation of a fluid cylinder. The turret includes a set of annularly arranged gripping members which successively grip the unwound armatures supplied from a vertically moveable magazine located above the turret. While each unwound armature is being transferred to the winding station by the turret, a wound armature is simultaneously transferred by the turret to an unloading station where it is released from its gripping member. The turret automatically indexes in response to linear movement of the carriage.