摘要:
A heater unit for dispensing metered portions of molten lead includes a cavity capable of selectively receiving a metered portion of molten lead from the lead reservoir. The heater unit is moveable between a first position for receiving lead into the lead reservoir and a second position for dispensing molten lead from the cavity.
摘要:
A method of dispensing metered portions of molten lead comprises the steps of providing a heater body with a lead reservoir that produces sufficient heat to form molten lead and providing a lead dispensing shuttle plate with at least two lead metered cavities that are filled with molten lead in a fill position. The heater body is movable between a dispense position and a feed position. At least one of the metered cavities releases the molten lead when the heater body is moved to the dispense position. In one aspect, the method comprises supplying a strip of lead so that when the heater body moves to the feed position, it receives a portion of the strip of lead. In another aspect, the method comprises injecting inert gas over the lead reservoir and into the dispensing metered cavity to prevent air from entering the metered cavity.
摘要:
A leak-proof package for at least one defective battery containing corrosive liquid. The inventive package has at least three layers and includes an inner container configured to accept the battery therewithin, a fluid-impermeable intermediate container sealing the inner container therewithin, and an outer container enclosing the intermediate container such that the liquid-containing defective battery is protectively packaged for leak-free transportation. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for packaging at least one battery containing corrosive liquid by loading the battery into the inner container which is sealed within the intermediate container inside the locked outer container such that the liquid-containing defective battery is protectively packaged for leak-free transportation.
摘要:
A battery connection apparatus for gang-connecting batteries together includes a terminal on a battery and a connector coupled to the terminal. The connector and terminal are resiliently snap-fitted to one another. The apparatus employs what may be termed a "ball-and-socket" arrangement in which a male portion (whether on the battery or on the connector) snap-fits into a female portion. Resiliency is provided by "springy" split finger pieces or by a compressed resilient core-like component. Using the new apparatus, batteries may be gang-connected horizontally or vertically and, essentially, without the use of tools.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for manufacturing storage batteries. The method is directed toward manufacture of a storage battery with a single weld between intercell connectors, positive and negative plates and external terminals. The apparatus comprises a frame, holding and positioning components, a lead dispensing assembly and an edge-heater assembly for sealing the battery case. The apparatus and inventive method permit dispensing of molten lead into selective segments of the battery case substantially simultaneously with sealing of the battery case.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing storage batteries including: molding plastic to integrally preform bottom and side walls and partitions to form first, last and at least two middle cells, the bottom wall having upwardly projecting ridges with upper edges below the electrolyte fill level forming positive and negative wells which extend to the partitions and are in alignment with the negative and positive wells, respectively, of the adjacent cells; placing an intercell connector across each partition below the fill level to be held by the case in position extending from one middle-cell well to a well in the adjacent cell; pouring molten lead into each well, the lead in each well of each middle cell engaging an intercell connector; inserting a cell group of plates into each cell, the plates having lower portions immersed in the molten lead in the wells before hardening; and closing the container by sealing a top wall to the side walls. This allows cells to be completely sealed from one another at positions below the fill level and each intercell connector to interconnect the lead in opposite-polarity wells of adjacent cells.
摘要:
A battery with a case with bottom, top and side walls and partitions forming first, last and at least one middle cells, each containing a group of positive and negative plates and electrolyte to a fill level, characterized by preformed unitary bottom and side walls and partitions having hermetically sealed surfaces and junctures, each cell floor forming positive and negative lead-containing wells in alignment with the wells of adjacent cells, and an intercell connector across each partition below the fill level and held in fluid-tight engagement with the case in position to electrically connect the lead in one well of a middle cell to the lead in a well of the adjacent cell. A method for manufacture of such battery.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for presenting fasteners seriatim at a predetermined position in a predetermined orientation for subsequent transfer or fastening. The invention includes a container for jumbled similar fasteners, reciprocating or other lifting means having an arm extending to a distal end within the container, and passive pickup means on the distal end configured to receive a fastener from among the jumbled fasteners and hold it by cradling as the pickup element moves upwardly through the jumbled fasteners to a position thereabove. The method and apparatus can repetitively present one type of fastener to one position, an array of one type of fastener to several positions, or an array of plural types of fasteners to plural positions.
摘要:
Disclosed is a cable connector in which a body portion has an anchor and anchor connector. A cable clamp of flat material with threaded edges at one end is provided with an interior cable grip in the form of a hole. A cable clamp slot is provided in the body of the connector to receive the flat cable clamp. After the strand end of the cable is inserted into the cable grip hole, a cable clamp nut threadedly engages the nut threads of the cable clamp and moves the clamp into a tight gripping relationship with the cable. In assembling, the cable clamp is force-fitted into the cable clamp slot. To assure alignment, and deburring so that the strand end of the cable will enter the connector easily, a tool is employed to align the cable clamp hole with the cable tube portion of the body, while at the same time deburring the table clamp.