Patent ID: 7028942

Claim:
An apparatus for winding the stator for a dynamoelectric machine, the apparatus comprising: a stator nest located on a support base for holding a stator, the stator nest defining a horizontal longitudinal axis and including a front side for receiving a stator and an opposite back side; a winding tool extending through the stator nest from the back side toward the front side, the winding tool comprising a winding head including a side wall and a wire feed opening extending radially through the side wall, the side wall surrounding a hollow interior area of the winding head; a reciprocating driver connected to the winding tool for driving the winding tool in reciprocating movement relative to the stator nest; an oscillating driver connected to the winding tool for driving the winding tool in oscillating movement; a wire feeder for feeding wire through the winding tool, the wire feeder supported for reciprocating movement with the winding tool; and a guide tube extending through the hollow interior area of the winding head to the wire feed opening to guide wire passing from the wire feeder to the wire feed opening.