Patent ID: 7587921

Claim:
An apparatus for producing spirally wound springs from a wire, the apparatus comprising: a first working station including: a wire support member substantially cylindrical in shape and adapted to be partially wound by the wire; and a cutter adapted to cut the wire against said wire support member; a second working station including: a rod for supporting the wire and for winding the wire; and a pair of vices for clamping and securing the wire, said pair of vices disposed at an end portion of said rod and arranged in respective diametrically opposed positions with respect to a longitudinal axis of said rod, and each vice of said pair of vices being displaceable radially with respect to said rod; and a wire carriage for feeding the wire to said second working station, and adapted to transfer wire from said first working station to said second working station by a displacement in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said rod.