Wire coiling device

A device for winding wire comprising

• a winding component,
• said winding component comprising a capstan,
• said capstan being substantially cylindrical and having a diameter, an outer circumferential surface, a substantially planar first end, and a substantially planar second end,
• said capstan further comprising a pilot stub, said pilot stub being a substantially cylindrical shaft extending outward from said first end of said capstan and oriented substantially perpendicular to said first end of said capstan, said pilot stub located substantially along the longitudinal axis of said capstan, said pilot stub having a diameter less than the diameter of said capstan, and
• said capstan further comprising a receiving slot, said receiving slot suitably adapted to receive an end of said wire, with the receiving slot being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said capstan and forming an aperture through said outer circumferential surface of said capstan adjacent to said first end of said capstan, forming an aperture in said first end of said capstan contiguous with said aperture in said outer circumferential surface of said capstan, with the receiving slot having a cross section slightly greater than a cross section of the wire and a depth of not less than one fourth of the diameter of the capstan and not more than three fourths of the diameter of the capstan, wherein the end of the wire may be inserted into and removed from the receiving slot through either the aperture in said outer circumferential surface of the capstan or through the aperture in said first end of the capstan,
• said winding component further having a drive engagement component,
• said drive engagement component being a shaft integrated with said second end of the capstan, said shaft extending outward from the second end of the capstan and being oriented substantially perpendicular to the second end of the capstan, said shaft located substantially along the longitudinal axis of the capstan, said shaft having a hexagonal cross section and being suitably adapted to being engaged by an electric hand drill having a chuck such that said capstan is capable of being rotated by said electric hand drill;
• and
• a wire guide,
• said wire guide comprising a first guide member and a second guide member, with said first and second guide members being substantially planar, with said first and second guide members oriented substantially parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, creating an internal wire guide space, with said first guide member being removably attached to the second guide member,
• with said first guide member comprising a capstan aperture, said capstan aperture being substantially circular and having a diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the capstan, whereby the capstan is suitably adapted to being inserted into and through said capstan aperture such that a portion of the capstan is retained in said capstan aperture and another portion of the capstan extends into the internal wire guide space, with the capstan suitably adapted to rotate within said capstan aperture,
• with said second guide member comprising a pilot aperture, said pilot aperture being substantially circular and having a diameter substantially the same as the diameter of said capstan pilot stub, whereby said capstan pilot stub is suitably adapted to being inserted into said pilot aperture, with said capstan pilot stub suitably adapted to rotate within said pilot aperture,
• with said second guide member further comprising an extension suitably adapted to be engaged by a clamp,
• with said first guide member further comprising a plurality of connection apertures and said second guide member further comprising a plurality of connection apertures corresponding to the number of connection apertures of said first guide member,
• with said wire guide further comprising a plurality of spacers corresponding to the number of connection apertures of said first guide member, with each said spacer being substantially cylindrical and having a first end and a second end and a length substantially the same as that of each other spacer, each said spacer comprising a central aperture passing completely through said spacer from the first end to the second end of said spacer, said central aperture being located along the longitudinal axis of said spacer, each said spacer being located within the internal wire guide space, with the first end of each said spacer adjacent to said first guide member and the second end of each spacer adjacent to said second guide member,
• with said wire guide further comprising a plurality of fasteners corresponding to the number of connection apertures of said first guide member, each said fastener comprising a threaded bolt and a wing nut,
• whereby the plurality of connection apertures of said first guide member are aligned with the plurality of connection apertures of said second guide member and the plurality of spacers are interposed between the plurality of connection apertures of said first and second guide members, such that the central apertures of each spacer aligns with the corresponding connection apertures of said first and second guide members and each of said plurality of fasteners is suitably adapted to pass through one connection aperture of the first guide member, the central aperture of a corresponding spacer, and one corresponding connection aperture of the second guide member;
• wherein the wire is wound into a substantially flat coil by first inserting the end of the wire into the receiving slot of the capstan and then rotating the capstan by the electric hand drill.