| 摘要 |
1,062,415. Making electric batteries; soldering. COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE. Dec. 6, 1963 [Dec. 7, 1962], No. 48347/63. Headings B3A and B3R. An apparatus for use in the assembly of accumulator plates and separators and for soldering together plates of like polarity comprises an endless conveyer on which spaced carriers are carried the carriers passing a loading station to receive a stack of plates and separators, a soldering station and an unloading station and the conveyer being capable of providing a quick movement in one direction and a slow movement in the other direction. A chain 11, Fig. 1, is driven by a pulley 12 coupled through a drive 14 to a motor over a closed triangular path and moves carriers 16, 17, 18, 19 having fingers 20 engaging pins 21 on the chain. The carriers comprise a bottom, three fixed side panels and a detachable side panel 22 pressed on to a stack of plates and separators by a spring 23. A loading station G, a soldering station S and an unloading station D are provided, a ram-operated device 24 being provided at station S to lift the carrier at that station from the chain to be held by a device 27, 28. A lever 26 is provided at each station G and D to receive the movable panels 22 on the load of springs 23 to enable loading or unloading of the carriers to be effected. In operation a carrier at station G is loaded by hand or automatically with a stack of plates, negative, separator, positive, separator &c. to provide three cells of nine plates each, while the carrier is driven slowly in the direction of arrow F 2 and when the carrier is filled the chain moves the carrier quickly in the opposite direction of arrow F 1 to carry the carrier to the soldering station S while an empty carrier is brought to the loading position. The filled carrier is then released from the chain and the chain moves slowly in direction of arrow F 2 , the filled carrier being held by device 27, 28 and an operator solders a pole rod to plate lugs of the cells or solders a terminal bar to plate lugs. When soldering is complete the carrier is engaged with the chain again and the chain moves quickly to bring the soldered unit to the unloading station where the unit is removed. Instead of effecting soldering manually, a set of blow torches may be moved automatically along the stack or the carrier may be moved slowly beneath stationary blow torches instead of being uncoupled from the chain. The soldering station may be provided beneath the chain having a molten solder bath into which the plate lugs are immersed to cast terminal bars. A device for automatically filling the containers comprises containers of plates and separators, an endless belt and suction cups to transfer the components from the containers on to the belt. The endless belt transfers the components to two endless belts which eject them into the carriers. |
