Patent ID: 6009607
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: H01F,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for constructing a laminated article for electrical use having a plurality of mutually superposed metal laminations provided with a plurality of abutting elements or abutting clips for connecting the laminations together, the clips projecting from a surface of the laminations and being formed by deforming the laminations, comprising:a first station in which the clips are punched from a metal strip,a second station in which the laminations are die-cut and stacked, anda third station in which coupling cavities are formed in the laminations in locations which are spaced apart from the clips such that a portion of the metal strip remains between each coupling cavity and each clip, each coupling cavity arranged to house one of the clips, the cavities and the clip constituting separate coupling elements of female and male type respectively.