Patent ID: 8015691

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a laminated core block by laminating a plurality of core members made of magnetic sheets stacked one on top of another in a laminating direction, said plurality of core members including at least a first core member and a second core member, said apparatus comprising: a punching mechanism including a punching head and a die, said punching mechanism being configured to successively punch out said plurality of core members from a band magnetic sheet as the punching head descends into the die; a stacker provided below the punching mechanism; a nozzle configured to be movable back and forth between the die and the stacker to supply a thermoplastic resin strand in such a manner that said thermoplastic resin strand is passed along one side surface of the first core member, between the first and second core members and along a side surface of the second core member on a side opposite to said one side surface of the first core member in this order; and a heater that melts and cures said thermoplastic resin strand to bond the first and second core members to each other.