Device for collecting windings in stators or the like

Apparatus for collecting windings in a stator or the like includes a collecting tool having collecting lamellae disposed in a ring, an aligning star piece, and means for moving the aligning star piece from a retracted position to an alignment position between the lamellae. The apparatus also includes means for moving a stator sheet packet having an aperture therethrough into position with the aperture adjacent the free ends of the lamellae. In accordance with the invention, the apparatus includes means for moving the aligning star piece from its retracted position through the aperture in the sheet packet and then into its alignment position to align the stator sheet packet and the ring of lamellae. The apparatus has many advantages over conventional devices in which the aligning star piece is first aligned with the ring of lamellae and in which the stator sheet packet is subsequently applied and aligned.