A retaining apparatus of a wave winding coil, the wave winding coil including:
- first linear parts and second linear parts that are alternately provided with predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction;
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- connecting parts that alternately connect between one end of each of the first linear parts and one end of each of the second linear parts and between the other end of each of the first linear parts and the other end of each of the second linear parts, and the retaining apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface;
- and
- retaining parts that are provided to project from the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the apparatus body to retain the wave winding coil, wherein the retaining parts include first retaining parts aligned in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the apparatus body along an axis line direction of the apparatus body on the cylindrical outer periphery surface of the apparatus body, so as to retain the first linear parts in a state of being along the axis line direction of the apparatus body, and the retaining parts include second retaining parts which are offset from each other in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the apparatus body along the axis line direction of the apparatus body, so as to retain the second linear parts in a state where sections of both ends of each of the second linear parts in the axis line direction of the apparatus body deviate from each other in circumferential opposite sides of the apparatus body with respect to the axis line direction of the apparatus body and in a state where a bent angle between each of the second linear parts and the each of the connecting parts is made smaller than a bent angle between each of the first linear parts and each of the connecting parts,
- wherein
- the second retaining parts includes a pair of second retaining parts arranged to be separated from each other in the axis line direction of the apparatus body,
- the pair of the second retaining parts are configured to be movable relatively to the circumferential direction of the apparatus body, and retain the sections of both the ends of each of the second linear parts in the axis line direction in a state of deviating to each other in the circumferential opposite sides of the wave winding coil,
- the retaining parts are arranged along the circumferential direction of the apparatus body,
- at least one of the second retaining parts is configured to retain a predetermined section of the respective second linear part between the sections in both the ends of the respective second linear part,
- the second retaining parts deform the sections of both the ends of the respective second linear part in the axis line direction to deviate to each other in the circumferential opposite sides of the wave winding coil and then retain the sections in a deformed state,
- the apparatus body includes:
- a first apparatus body that has an outer peripheral surface in a cylindrical surface shape and is provided with one of the pair of the second retaining parts on the outer peripheral surface;
- a second apparatus body that has an outer peripheral surface in a cylindrical surface shape and is provided with the other of the pair of the second retaining parts on the outer peripheral surface;
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- a third apparatus body that is arranged between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body, has an outer peripheral surface in a cylindrical surface shape and is provided with the first retaining part on the outer peripheral surface,
- the first apparatus body to the third apparatus body are arranged coaxially with each other with respect to the axis line of the apparatus body, and
- the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body are configured to be rotatable in opposite directions to each other along the circumferential direction of the apparatus body.