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公开(公告)号：US4758126A
公开(公告)日：1988-07-19
申请号：US16350
申请日：1987-02-19
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
CPC分类号： B65H3/10 , Y10S414/12
摘要： The plate feed apparatus of the present invention is comprised of a cylindrical carrier having air inlet holes located in its periphery which are connected to a vacuum source. A stack of plates is fed toward the carrier on a conveyor belt and each time one of the air inlet openings becomes aligned with the plates the front plate in the stack becomes affixed to the carrier and is rotated with it away from the stack. The plates then are released from the carrier for further handling. In order to prevent the plate being carried from striking the remaining plates a gap must be provided between them. In one embodiment this is accomplished by locating rollers, whose axes are parallel with the axis of the carrier, at the periphery of the carrier in positions which are rotationally ahead of the air inlet openings. In a second embodiment a pair of levers are mounted rotatably outwardly of the carrier sides. Rollers contact the levers at the proper rotational orientation of the carrier and rotate them rearwardly so that they contact the plates and move them away from the carrier. A return spring pulls the levers back toward the carrier. In both embodiments the forwardmost plate becomes free to move back toward the carrier as the air inlet opening becomes aligned with the plates. The vacuum then pulls the forward plate away from the stack thereby creating the necessary gap between it and the rest of the plates in the stack.
摘要翻译： 本发明的送纸装置由圆筒状的载体构成，该圆柱形载体具有位于其周边的与真空源连接的进气孔。 一堆板在输送带上被运送到载体上，并且每当空气入口开口中的一个与板对齐时，堆叠中的前板就固定在载体上并随着其离开堆叠而旋转。 然后将板从载体上释放以进一步处理。 为了防止板被携带而撞击剩余的板，它们之间必须有间隙。 在一个实施例中，这通过将辊的轴线与载体的轴线平行的方式定位在承载件的周边处，其位置旋转地位于空气入口开口的前方。 在第二实施例中，一对杠杆可旋转地安装在托架侧面的外侧。 辊子以承载件的正确旋转方向接触杠杆并向后旋转，使得它们接触板并将其从载体移开。 复位弹簧将杠杆向载体拉回。 在两个实施例中，当空气入口开口与板对准时，最前面的板自由地朝向载体移回。 然后真空将前板拉离堆叠，从而在其与堆叠中的其余板之间形成必要的间隙。
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公开(公告)号：US07448124B2
公开(公告)日：2008-11-11
申请号：US11196356
申请日：2005-08-03
申请人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
发明人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
IPC分类号： B23P23/00
CPC分类号： B26D1/305 , B29C53/043 , B29C63/0034 , B29L2031/3468 , H01M2/145 , H01M2/18 , H01M2/26 , Y10T29/10 , Y10T29/49108 , Y10T29/4911 , Y10T29/49112 , Y10T29/4987 , Y10T29/49915 , Y10T29/51 , Y10T29/5142 , Y10T29/5191 , Y10T29/53135 , Y10T29/53139 , Y10T29/53278 , Y10T83/2096 , Y10T83/647
摘要： An apparatus for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes a feed mechanism which transports a strip of bendable plastic material. A bending mechanism forms this strip into an open top, U-shaped channel. A cutter cuts the channel into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to an edge of the battery plate which is to be covered. An in-feed conveyor transports a battery plate toward the edge piece, and a support mechanism supports the edge piece while the edge of the battery plate is inserted into it. The support mechanism then releases the edge piece so that it can travel out of the apparatus with the battery plate.
摘要翻译： 用于将边缘件放置在电池板上的装置包括输送可弯曲塑料材料条的进给机构。 弯曲机构将该条形成为开口的U形通道。 切割器将通道切割成具有基本上等于待覆盖的电池板的边缘的长度的边缘件。 进料输送机将电池板朝向边缘件输送，并且当电池板的边缘插入其中时，支撑机构支撑边缘件。 支撑机构然后释放边缘片，使得其可以用电池板移出设备。
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3.发明授权Method of installing an edge piece on a battery plate and apparatus for performing same 有权将边缘件安装在电池板上的方法和用于执行其的装置公开(公告)号：US06685753B1
公开(公告)日：2004-02-03
申请号：US09671464
申请日：2000-09-27
申请人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
发明人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
IPC分类号： H01M600
CPC分类号： B26D1/305 , B29C53/043 , B29C63/0034 , B29L2031/3468 , H01M2/145 , H01M2/18 , H01M2/26 , Y10T29/10 , Y10T29/49108 , Y10T29/4911 , Y10T29/49112 , Y10T29/4987 , Y10T29/49915 , Y10T29/51 , Y10T29/5142 , Y10T29/5191 , Y10T29/53135 , Y10T29/53139 , Y10T29/53278 , Y10T83/2096 , Y10T83/647
摘要： A method for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes bending a thin strip of bendable plastic material into an open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then cut into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to the edge of the battery plate which is to be covered. The edge piece is supported with this open top oriented towards a battery plate that is transported toward it in a manner such that the battery plate edge will be inserted into it. Once the edge of the battery plate has been inserted into the edge piece the edge piece is released so that the battery plate can be carried out of the apparatus. An apparatus for accomplishing this includes a feed mechanism which transports the strip of bendable plastic material. A bending mechanism forms this strip into the open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then fully inserted into an assembly station where a first sensor stops the feed mechanism and a cutter cuts the channel into the proper-sized edge piece. An in-feed conveyor transports a battery plate toward the edge piece, and a support mechanism supports the edge piece while the edge of the battery plate is inserted into it. The support mechanism then releases the edge piece so that it can travel out of the insertion station with the battery plate. A second sensor restarts the feed mechanism once the battery plate is completely out of the assembly station.
摘要翻译： 用于将边缘片放置在电池板上的方法包括将可弯曲塑料材料的薄条弯曲成开口的U形通道。 然后将通道切割成具有与要被覆盖的电池板的边缘基本相等的长度的边缘件。 该边缘件被支撑，该敞开的顶部朝向电池板，该电池板以使电池板边缘插入其中的方式被输送到电池板。 一旦电池板的边缘已经插入到边缘件中，则边缘件被释放，使得电池板可以从设备中进行。 用于实现这一点的装置包括输送可弯曲塑料材料条的进给机构。 弯曲机构将该条形成为开口的U形通道。 然后将通道完全插入装配站，其中第一传感器停止进给机构，并且切割器将通道切割成适当尺寸的边缘件。 进料输送机将电池板朝向边缘件输送，并且当电池板的边缘插入其中时，支撑机构支撑边缘件。 然后，支撑机构释放边缘片，使其能够与电池板一起移出插入台。 一旦电池板完全脱离装配站，第二个传感器重新启动进给机构。
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公开(公告)号：US6030171A
公开(公告)日：2000-02-29
申请号：US227454
申请日：1999-01-08
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
CPC分类号： B65H3/42 , B65H1/14 , B65H3/0816 , B65H5/12 , B65H5/24 , B65H2301/33214 , B65H2403/514 , B65H2511/15 , B65H2511/51 , B65H2557/51
摘要： A plate feed apparatus has a cylindrical pick-up head having a predetermined number of pick-up units spaced about its periphery. The pick-up head is attached to and 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 each time a plate is removed from the stack. A vacuum device is selectively coupled to each pick-up unit as it passes over the stack to pull the outermost plate away from the stack and 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 feed mechanism has fingers which are inserted under the stack of plates before the stack becomes depleted to keep advancing the stack as plates are removed and allow the feed mechanism platform to be lowered to receive a new stack of plates. A microprocessor based controller directs this activity without disruption of the feed mechanism.
摘要翻译： 板进给装置具有圆柱形拾取头，其具有围绕其周边间隔开的预定数量的拾取单元。 拾取头以第一旋转速度附接到第一轴并与第一轴一起旋转。 每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。 当每个拾取单元通过堆叠时，真空装置选择性地联接到每个拾取单元，以将最外面的板拉离堆叠并与拾取单元接触。 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。 进料机构具有插入板堆的下方的指状物，在堆叠被耗尽之前，随着板被移除并使得进给机构平台被降下以接收新的一叠板。 基于微处理器的控制器引导此活动，而不会中断进给机制。
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公开(公告)号：US07077876B2
公开(公告)日：2006-07-18
申请号：US10723597
申请日：2003-11-24
申请人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
发明人： David A. Johnson , Peter E. Johnson
IPC分类号： H01M6/00
CPC分类号： B26D1/305 , B29C53/043 , B29C63/0034 , B29L2031/3468 , H01M2/145 , H01M2/18 , H01M2/26 , Y10T29/10 , Y10T29/49108 , Y10T29/4911 , Y10T29/49112 , Y10T29/4987 , Y10T29/49915 , Y10T29/51 , Y10T29/5142 , Y10T29/5191 , Y10T29/53135 , Y10T29/53139 , Y10T29/53278 , Y10T83/2096 , Y10T83/647
摘要： A method for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes bending a thin strip of bendable plastic material into an open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then cut into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to the edge of the battery plate which is to be covered. The edge piece is supported with this open top oriented towards a battery plate that is transported toward it in a manner such that the battery plate edge will be inserted into it. Once the edge of the battery plate has been inserted into the edge piece the edge piece is released so that the battery plate can be carried out of the apparatus. An apparatus for accomplishing this includes a feed mechanism which transports the strip of bendable plastic material. A bending mechanism forms this strip into the open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then fully inserted into an assembly station where a first sensor stops the feed mechanism and a cutter cuts the channel into the proper-sized edge piece. An in-feed conveyor transports a battery plate toward the edge piece, and a support mechanism supports the edge piece while the edge of the battery plate is inserted into it. The support mechanism then releases the edge piece so that it can travel out of the insertion station with the battery plate. A second sensor restarts the feed mechanism once the battery plate is completely out of the assembly station.
摘要翻译： 用于将边缘片放置在电池板上的方法包括将可弯曲塑料材料的薄条弯曲成开口的U形通道。 然后将通道切割成具有与要被覆盖的电池板的边缘基本相等的长度的边缘件。 该边缘件被支撑，该敞开的顶部朝向电池板，该电池板以使电池板边缘插入其中的方式被输送到电池板。 一旦电池板的边缘已经插入到边缘件中，则边缘件被释放，使得电池板可以从设备中进行。 用于实现这一点的装置包括输送可弯曲塑料材料条的进给机构。 弯曲机构将该条形成为开口的U形通道。 然后将通道完全插入装配站，其中第一传感器停止进给机构，并且切割器将通道切割成适当尺寸的边缘件。 进料输送机将电池板朝向边缘件输送，并且当电池板的边缘插入其中时，支撑机构支撑边缘件。 然后，支撑机构释放边缘片，使其能够与电池板一起移出插入台。 一旦电池板完全脱离装配站，第二个传感器重新启动进给机构。
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公开(公告)号：US4824307A
公开(公告)日：1989-04-25
申请号：US154757
申请日：1988-02-11
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
CPC分类号： H01M10/0404 , B65H33/18 , H01M10/14 , B65H2404/311
摘要： A method and apparatus for automated handling of battery plate stacks is disclosed. The apparatus includes an endless drive unit having a plurality of upstanding pockets which open to receive the plates and to assemble a predetermined number of them side by side in a vertically arranged stack. The drive unit includes a single revolution clutch which permits the drive unit to move a predetermined amount and then stop each time it is signaled by a controller that the proper number of plates has been inserted into a particular pocket. Thus, movement of the drive unit is interrupted while the plates are being inserted into the pockets and commences again when the pockets are loaded. The stacks of plates then are blocked and centered as they move through the apparatus in their pockets.
摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于电池板堆的自动处理的方法和装置。 该装置包括一个环形驱动单元，该单元具有多个直立的凹口，它们敞开以容纳板，并在垂直布置的堆叠中并排预定数量的它们。 驱动单元包括单转离合器，其允许驱动单元移动预定量，然后每当由控制器发信号通知适当数量的板被插入到特定的口袋中时停止。 因此，当板被插入袋中时，驱动单元的移动被中断，并且当袋被加载时再次开始。 然后当它们在口袋中移动通过设备时，这些板堆被阻挡和居中。
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公开(公告)号：US6062807A
公开(公告)日：2000-05-16
申请号：US55851
申请日：1998-04-08
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
CPC分类号： B65H3/42 , B65H1/14 , B65H3/0816 , B65H5/12 , B65H5/24 , B65H2301/33214 , B65H2403/514 , B65H2511/15 , B65H2511/51 , B65H2557/51
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。
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公开(公告)号：US5454687A
公开(公告)日：1995-10-03
申请号：US900529
申请日：1992-06-17
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
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。
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公开(公告)号：US5129643A
公开(公告)日：1992-07-14
申请号：US628469
申请日：1990-12-17
申请人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
发明人： Peter E. Johnson , David A. Johnson
CPC分类号： B65H29/66 , B65H33/12 , H01M10/0404
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.
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公开(公告)号：US4822234A
公开(公告)日：1989-04-18
申请号：US121422
申请日：1987-11-16
CPC分类号： B65G47/848 , B65G59/04 , B65G59/08 , B65H3/0891 , B65H3/42
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.
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