Conductor shaping apparatus

A conductor shaping apparatus configured to relatively rotate an upper die and a lower die about a rotational axis so as to form at least one flatwise bent portion in a conductor and to relatively rotate the upper and lower dies that hold the conductor and a shaping member so as to format least one edgewise bent portion in an end portion of the conductor while pressing the shaping member against the end portion, the conductor shaping apparatus comprising:

• a driving device configured to relatively rotate the upper and lower dies and to integrally rotate the upper and lower dies with respect to the shaping member, the driving device configured to rotate one of the upper and lower dies in a direction from the edgewise bent portion to a distal end of the conductor so as to separate the one of the upper and lower dies from the other,
• wherein one of the upper and lower dies includes a supporting surface configured to support a side surface of the end portion as the edgewise bent portion is formed in the end portion of the conductor, and a guide surface that is formed to intersect the support surface, the guide surface extending away from the end portion of the conductor in a direction opposite to a bent direction of the flatwise bent portion closest to the edgewise bent portion as it extends away from the supporting surface on an opposite side of the rotational axis.