Patent ID: 7896278
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A winding apparatus including: a spool on which a part of a wire will be wound several turns and then unwound from the spool; a reel arranged in annular shape surrounding the spool in such a manner as to be rotatable about an axis common with the spool, the reel being previously wound with the wire in layers to be wound on the spool; a guide member for guiding the wire from the reel to the spool, the guide member being disposed outside the reel in such a manner as to be movable around the spool about the axis; a first driving device to drive the guide member to move around the spool for winding the wire on the spool; and a second driving device to drive the reel to rotate about the axis for unreeling the wire of a required length from the reel during driving of the first driving device.