Patent ID: 8341993

Claim:
A coil spring forming apparatus comprising: a core bar that is cylindrically shaped and rotates around an axis thereof and on which a wire material fed from a wire material-feeding means is wound; a clamping portion which rotates integrally with the core bar and grips an end of the wire material on the core bar; and a first guide portion and a second guide portion for guiding the wire material onto the core bar; wherein each of the first guide portion and the second guide portion comprises a support plate and an arm member, each of said support plates is rotatably mounted to said arm member, and each of said support plates is capable of rotating independently of each other, and the first guide portion and the second guide portion are configured to be able to move independently from each other in a direction parallel with the axis of the core bar and to move from one end to the other end of the core bar while the wire is wound around the core bar.