Battery plate feeder having oscillating pick-up head
    5.
    发明授权
    Battery plate feeder having oscillating pick-up head 失效
    具有振荡拾取头的电池板进料器

    公开(公告)号:US6062807A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US55851

    申请日:1998-04-08

    摘要: A plate feed apparatus has a cylindrical pick-up head having a predetermined number of pick-up units. The pick-up head rotates with a first shaft at a first rotational speed. A feed mechanism places the uppermost plate in a stack of plates a nominal distance from the periphery of the pick-up head when a plate is removed from the stack. A vacuum is selectively drawn through each pick-up unit to pull the outermost plate into contact with the pick-up unit. A second shaft has a cylindrical bore which rotatably journals the first shaft and is offset from the centerline of the second shaft. The second shaft is rotated counter to the first shaft at a speed which is a multiple of the speed of the first shaft equal to the number of pick-up units. This causes the speed of the pick-up unit to be slower and its distance from the uppermost plate in the stack less each time a pick-up unit picks up a plate. The number of pick-up units and the diameter of the pick-up head are established relative to the size of the plates such that plates overlap one another on the pick-up head. An outfeed conveyer has a higher surface speed than the pick-up units so that the plates do not overlap on the outfeed conveyer. The feed mechanism places another stack of plates under the stack of plates before the stack becomes depleted.

    摘要翻译: 送纸装置具有具有预定数量的拾取单元的圆柱形拾取头。 拾取头以第一转速与第一轴旋转。 当板从堆叠中取出时,进给机构将最上面的板放置在距离拾取头的周边的标称距离的一叠板中。 通过每个拾取单元选择性地抽出真空以拉动最外面的板与拾取单元接触。 第二轴具有圆柱形孔,其可转动地使第一轴轴颈并偏离第二轴的中心线。 第二轴以与第一轴的速度的倍数等于拾取单元的数量的速度相对于第一轴旋转。 这使得拾取单元的速度较慢,并且每次拾取单元拾取板时,其距堆叠中最上面的板的距离较小。 拾取单元的数量和拾取头的直径相对于板的尺寸确定,使得板在拾取头上彼此重叠。 出料输送机具有比拾取单元更高的表面速度,使得板在出料输送机上不重叠。 在堆栈耗尽之前,进给机构将另一叠板堆放在堆叠的板下。

    High speed sorter/stacker
    6.
    发明授权
    High speed sorter/stacker 失效
    高速分拣机/堆垛机

    公开(公告)号:US5454687A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-03

    申请号:US900529

    申请日:1992-06-17

    摘要: An apparatus for sorting and stacking thin rigid plates, such as used in storage batteries, receives the plates horizontally in spaced-apart groups, transports the groups horizontally and deposits them into stacks on a stacking apparatus that orients them vertically and delivers them for further processing. The groups of plates are carried on a conveyor system having chains that are spaced further apart than the width of the plates. Opposed pads extending inwardly from the chains engage the edges of the plates. Each pad has a length approximately equal to the height of the plates and is separated from each adjacent pad by a distance that is greater than the height of the plates. Stops located between the chains contact the groups of plates and prevent their continued movement with the chains thus causing them to drop between adjacent pads and off of the conveyor. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus includes a collection system that causes every group of plates in a stack to drop the same distance. Also, in a preferred embodiment, at least some groups of plates in each stack are displaced onto a transfer conveyor, that operates at a lower speed than the main conveyor, before they reach the stacking apparatus. Thus, there is more time between the arrival of groups of plates at the stacking apparatus, which permits the just formed stack to be advanced without interference from the first group of the next stack.

    摘要翻译: 用于分类和堆叠诸如在蓄电池中使用的薄的刚性板的装置在间隔开的组中水平地接收板,并将它们水平地输送,并将它们堆积在堆叠装置上,使其垂直定向并将其递送进行进一步处理 。 板组承载在具有比板的宽度更远分开的链条的输送系统上。 从链条向内延伸的相对的焊盘与板的边缘接合。 每个垫具有大约等于板的高度的长度,并且与每个相邻的垫分开大于板的高度的距离。 位于链条之间的止动件与板组接触,并防止它们随着链条的继续运动,从而导致它们在相邻垫片之间掉落并且离开输送机。 在优选实施例中,该装置包括收集系统,其使堆叠中的每一组板落下相同的距离。 而且,在优选实施例中,每个堆叠中的至少一些板组被移动到转移输送机上,该输送机在它们到达堆垛装置之前以比主输送机低的速度操作。 因此,在堆叠装置之间的板组到达之间有更多的时间,这允许刚刚形成的堆叠在没有来自下一堆叠的第一组的干扰的情况下前进。

    Apparatus for stacking pasted battery plates
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for stacking pasted battery plates 失效
    用于堆叠电镀电镀板的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5129643A

    公开(公告)日:1992-07-14

    申请号:US628469

    申请日:1990-12-17

    IPC分类号: B65G57/11 H01M10/04

    摘要: Battery plates from the high speed output conveyor of a pasted plate making machine are deposited onto a lower speed first conveyor in an overlapped fashion to create a shingled stream of plates. As plates drop off of the discharge end of the first conveyor they are accumulated in vertical stacks on a second conveyor that is located below the first conveyor. Whenever a stack is completed the second conveyor is moved approximately one plate width to remove the stack and the process continues. In order to provide time to move the stack, the flow of plates on the first conveyor is disrupted when the stack is being moved. In the preferred embodiment the disruption is caused by squeezing the plates between the jaws of a clamping mechanism that the plates pass through. A counter is used to count the number of plates in a stack and a controller causes the clamping mechanism to be engaged at the proper time, causes the second conveyor to remove the just-formed stack and then causes the second conveyor to stop and the clamping mechanism to be reopened so that a second stack can be formed. A gate extends across the second conveyor when the stack is being formed to ensure that the stack is straight. The gate is raised upon command from the controller when movement of the second conveyor commences and lowered again when movement of the second conveyor ceases.

    Plate feed apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Plate feed apparatus 失效
    送纸装置

    公开(公告)号:US4822234A

    公开(公告)日:1989-04-18

    申请号:US121422

    申请日:1987-11-16

    摘要: The present invention comprises a rotary carrier which carries a plurality of semi-spherical gripping heads having concave gripping surfaces. The gripping heads are positioned such that the gripping surfaces become flush with the forwardmost plate in a vertically arrayed stack of plates as the carrier rotates. Each gripping head is mounted to the carrier through a hollow bellows and vacuum air drawn into a hole in the gripping face passes through the bellows. When the vacuum increases, due to the forwardmost plate in the stack being pulled up against the gripping head, the bellows collapses and pulls the forwardmost plate away from the stack. Rollers, which extend beyond the periphery of the carrier, urge the stack away from the gripping head immediately before they become aligned. The vacuum then pulls the forwardmost plate away from the stack and into contact with the gripping head before the bellows collapses thereby increasing the gap between them. Vacuum is provided to the gripping head through a passageway which opens out of an opening in the carrier. A first sector plate, which is journaled on the carrier axle but does not rotate with the carrier, has a slot passing through it which overlies the opening in the carrier when they are aligned. A second sector plate, which overlies and is attached to the first sector plate, has a hole in it which opens into the slot in the first sector plate. A vacuum tube extends between this opening and a vacuum source.

    Apparatus for degreasing a continuous sheet of thin material
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for degreasing a continuous sheet of thin material 失效
    用于对连续片材进行脱脂的设备

    公开(公告)号:US4813440A

    公开(公告)日:1989-03-21

    申请号:US59035

    申请日:1987-06-08

    IPC分类号: B08B3/08 C23G5/04 B08B3/10

    CPC分类号: B08B3/08 C23G5/04

    摘要: Method and apparatus for removing processing oil from thin sheets of microporous plastic material is comprised of a tank having a liquid zone in its bottom portion which is divided into three sub-tanks having decreasing depths extending across the tank. Heating coils in each sub-tank vaporize the solvent to form a cleaning zone, containing vaporized solvent, above the liquid portion, and condensing coils located at the top of the tank condense the vaporized solvent and deposit it into the deepest sub-tank which also is supplied freash make up solvent when required. A series of rollers feeds the material through the tank, from the side having the shallowest sub-tank toward the side having the deepest sub-tank, while repeatedly passing it between the cleaning zone where solvent is condensed on it to clean it, and the condensing zone where it is cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the vaporous solvent. Precondensing coils located medially in the tank between each pass of the material as it extends between the condensing zone and the cleaning zone and vice versa, define the extent of the cleaning zone and direct condensed solvent onto the material to wash it. Soiled solvent is removed from the shallowest sub-tank and evaporatively separated from the oil carried in it and reintroduced into the tank as vapor. After the oil has been removed from the material the solvent is displaced by pressurized steam which is directed onto the material and the steam then is removed from the material by passing it through a heater.

    摘要翻译: 用于从微孔塑料材料薄片中除去加工油的方法和装置包括在其底部具有液体区域的罐,其被分成具有延伸穿过罐的深度减小的三个子罐。 每个副罐中的加热盘管将溶剂蒸发以形成清洁区,其中包含蒸发溶剂,位于液体部分上方,并且位于罐顶部的冷凝盘管将蒸发的溶剂冷凝并将其沉积到最深的副罐中, 在需要时提供粉饼补充溶剂。 一系列辊子通过箱体从最浅的子罐侧向具有最深的副罐的一侧进料,同时反复地将其通过清洁区域,其中溶剂在其上被冷凝以清洁它,并且 冷凝区域,将其冷却至低于蒸气溶剂温度的温度。 在冷凝区域和清洁区域之间延伸的材料的每次通过之间,在中间位于罐中的预冷凝线圈,反之亦然,限定了清洁区域的范围,并将直接冷凝的溶剂直接冲洗到材料上以进行清洗。 将污染的溶剂从最浅的子罐中除去,并与其中携带的油蒸发分离并作为蒸气重新引入罐中。 在油从材料中除去之后,通过被引导到材料上的加压蒸汽来移动溶剂,然后通过使其通过加热器将蒸汽从材料中移出。

    Method for degreasing a continuous sheet of thin material
    10.
    发明授权
    Method for degreasing a continuous sheet of thin material 失效
    用于脱脂连续的薄材料片的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4804420A

    公开(公告)日:1989-02-14

    申请号:US24359

    申请日:1987-03-10

    IPC分类号: B08B3/08 C23G5/04 B08B7/02

    CPC分类号: B08B3/08 C23G5/04

    摘要: A method for removing processing oil from thin sheets of microporous plastic material is comprised of a tank having a liquid zone in its bottom portion which is divided into three sub-tanks having decreasing depths extending across the tank. Heating coils in each sub-tank vaporize the solvent to form a cleaning zone, containing vaporized solvent, above the liquid portion, and condensing coils located at the top of the tank condense the vaporized solvent and deposit it into the deepest sub-tank which also is supplied fresh make up solvent when required. A series of rollers feeds the material through the tank, from the side having the shallowest sub-tank toward the side having the deepest sub-tank, while repeatedly passing it between the cleaning zone where solvent is condensed on it to clean it, and the condensing zone where it is cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the vaporous solvent. Precondensing coils located medially in the tank between each pass of the material as it extends between the condensing zone and the cleaning zone and vice versa, define the extent of the cleaning zone and direct condensed solvent onto the material to wash said material.

    摘要翻译: 一种从微孔塑料材料薄片中除去加工油的方法包括在其底部具有液体区域的罐,其被分成具有延伸穿过罐的深度减小的三个子罐。 每个副罐中的加热盘管将溶剂蒸发以形成清洁区,其中包含蒸发溶剂,位于液体部分上方,并且位于罐顶部的冷凝盘管将蒸发的溶剂冷凝并将其沉积到最深的副罐中, 在需要时提供新鲜的补充溶剂。 一系列辊子通过箱体从最浅的子罐侧向具有最深的副罐的一侧进料,同时反复地将其通过清洁区域,其中溶剂在其上被冷凝以清洁它,并且 冷凝区域,将其冷却至低于蒸气溶剂温度的温度。 在冷凝区域和清洁区域之间延伸的材料的每次通过之间的中间位于槽中的预冷凝线圈反之亦然,限定了清洁区域的范围,并将直接的冷凝溶剂限定在材料上以洗涤所述材料。