| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/GB88/00026 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 16, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 16, 1988 PCT Filed Jan. 15, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO88/05608 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 1988.This invention relates to handling apparatus and methods and in particular, but not exclusively, to the handling of groups of battery plates. Thus handling apparatus 10 includes a main upright 11 supporting a transport mechanism 12 from which depends a plurality of spaced gripping devices 13. These devices are used to remove groups of battery plates from a jig box 14 to hold the plates in their alignment while moving them to a position 17 where they can be loaded in to the cells 18 of a battery box 19. A guide 21 is provided for providing the plates in to the cells 18. The loading procedure is carried out in two stages, a first set of cells being loaded in the first operation and a second set in the second operation. |
