Patent ID: 7370401

Claim:
A method for forming wire leads that depart from wire coils inserted into slots of a dynamo-electric machine component comprising: receiving a plurality of wire coils on an insertion tool; and anchoring a wire lead at a location on an anchoring device disposed on a guide bar of the insertion tool, wherein a wire coil corresponding to the wire lead encircles the location of the insertion tool when the wire coil is viewed from a direction perpendicular to a plane of the insertion tool that receives the wire coil, wherein the wire coil is one of the plurality of wire coils, wherein none of the plurality of wire coils surmount a first end portion of the wire lead anchored at the location, and wherein the anchoring device is axially spaced with respect to a central axis of the insertion tool from a position of the wire coil corresponding to the wire lead on the insertion tool.