MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERIES

摘要

Apparatus for aligning conductive portions of adjacent cell element assemblies on opposite sides of battery partition walls so that an intercell weld can be made through those walls between the aligned conductive portions includes a plurality of pairs of bifurcated aligning extensions depending from an aligning head. A battery support is positioned below the aligning head and provision is made for producing relative movement between the aligning extensions and the battery support so that the extensions can be brought into engagement with conductive portions of cell element assemblies contained in a battery resting on the battery support. The pairs of extensions are relatively spaced in accordance with the relative spacing of the adjacent conductive portions of the battery cell element assemblies and the bifurcations in each pair of aligning extensions are relatively aligned so that the extensions will engage and align conductive portions of adjacent assemblies. Provision is also made for testing the position of the cell element assemblies in the battery as well as the position of the battery per se on the battery support. The testing arrangement is effective to produce a signal in the event of a completely misaligned battery or misaligned battery cell element assemblies.