Patent ID: 8887610

Claim:
A capstan device for taking up a braided wire in a braided wire manufacturing apparatus for braiding a plurality of wires to manufacture said braided wire, comprising: a capstan roller having a tapered outer peripheral surface and provided with a flange portion on an end at a small diameter side thereof; and a guide member having a first guide surface provided to be turned toward a large diameter side of said capstan roller in an axial direction of said capstan roller in a position on a larger diameter side than a portion having the smallest diameter in said tapered outer peripheral surface, and a second guide surface provided to be protruded from said first guide surface at an outer peripheral side of said tapered outer peripheral surface, the guide member causing movement of said braided wire toward said small diameter side of said tapered outer peripheral surface to be controlled by said first guide surface and at the same time to be guided by said second guide surface to reach said tapered outer peripheral surface.