Patent ID: 6959486

Claim:
An apparatus for temporarily gripping a wire in an armature winding machine, comprising: an arm ( 11 ) connected to an actuator ( 13 ) and to a cutterless gripper ( 12 ) having means for gripping the wire; a slide ( 14 ) connected to said actuator ( 13 ); means for moving said gripper ( 12 ) between a first position where said gripper ( 12 ) is within a winding zone and a second position where said gripper ( 12 ) is outside said winding zone, wherein said means for moving said gripper ( 12 ) comprises a guide ( 15 ) and said slide ( 14 ) for translating said arm ( 11 ) integrally to said slide ( 14 ) so that said gripper ( 12 ) translates from said first to said second position and vice versa; and, said wire maintains a same angle with a hook for a commutator of said armature while said gripper ( 12 ) grips said wire and translates from said first position to said second position to cut said wire on said hook.