Battery plate grid strip pasting assembly

摘要

A battery plate grid strip pasting assembly can include an orifice plate, a support structure, and a belt. The orifice plate has an opening through which battery paste material is dispensed out of a hopper. The support structure underlies a battery plate grid strip and supports the battery plate grid strip upstream of the opening. The belt traverses beneath the orifice plate and carries the battery plate grid strip downstream of the opening and downstream of the support structure. The support structure supports the battery plate grid strip above the belt and a gap is provided between a bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip and a top surface of the belt. Battery paste material is dispensed into the gap, through the battery plate grid strip, and overpastes the bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip.

主权项

1. A battery plate grid strip pasting assembly, the assembly comprising:
a hopper having adjacent its bottom an orifice with a leading edge and a trailing edge and through which battery paste material is dispensed out of the hopper during use of the battery plate grid strip pasting assembly, a paste delivery roller having an axis of rotation and overlying and in proximity to the orifice for delivering battery paste material out of the hopper; a support structure having a leading edge and a trailing free edge and underlying a battery plate grid strip and supporting the battery plate grid strip at least upstream of said orifice; a belt having a run traversing beneath said orifice and carrying the battery plate grid strip downstream of said orifice and downstream of said support structure; the support structure having a surface underlying and supporting the battery grid strip at least upstream of the orifice and inclined to the run of the belt beneath the orifice at an acute included angle of between approximately 5° and 15°, and the support structure is disposed longitudinally between proximate to the leading edge of the orifice and midway between the leading and trailing edges of the orifice, said support structure supports the battery plate grid strip above said belt to provide a gap between a bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip and a top surface of said belt, said gap is located beneath said orifice and has a dimension taken between said bottom and top surfaces proximate said trailing free edge that is approximately equal to or greater than a thickness dimension of the battery plate grid strip, and battery paste material is dispensed through the battery plate grid strip and into said gap and overpastes the bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip during use of the battery plate grid strip pasting assembly.