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Apparatus for forming closed loops or eyes at opposite ends of a length of wire especially useful in the manufacture of fishing lures wherein a plurality of attractive objects (beads, etc.) are strung on the wire between the closed loops or eyes. The apparatus provides mechanism for forming one stra

Apparatus for forming closed loops or eyes at opposite ends of a length of wire especially useful in the manufacture of fishing lures wherein a plurality of attractive objects (beads, etc.) are strung on the wire between the closed loops or eyes. The apparatus provides mechanism for forming one straight end portion of the wire into a generally V shape to provide an open loop at the apex of the V, following which a twisting mechanism engages and twists the loop to wrap one leg of the V several times about the other leg so as to close the loop and thereby to produce an eye. The wire is turned end for end and the operation of the mechanism is repeated to form an eye at the other end of the wire.

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Apparatus for forming a closed eye in a length of wire, comprising: shaping mechanism for receiving a straight length of wire and including a movable element for bending the wire into the shape of a V having first and second coplanar legs converging to a rounded apex so that the legs join opposed po

Apparatus for forming a closed eye in a length of wire, comprising: shaping mechanism for receiving a straight length of wire and including a movable element for bending the wire into the shape of a V having first and second coplanar legs converging to a rounded apex so that the legs join opposed portions of the apex respectively at radii to give the apex the form of a C-shaped loop, twisting mechanism including a holder for holding the first leg of the V so that the loop projects free of the holder, said twisting mechanism including a rotatable means engaging and twisting the loop to cause the second leg of the V to wrap around the first leg for converting the loop to a closed eye, means for driving the movable element, and means for driving the rotatable means, in which the holder is a block like-member having a top and front and rear faces, the top is configured to receive the first leg of the V with the loop projecting beyond the front face, the front face has a cavity therein coaxial with the received first leg of the V for accommodating the wrap of the second leg as the loop is twisted, and clamping means cooperating with the block-like member for confining the first leg of the V to the block-like member.