| 摘要 |
Used batteries are placed in an inlet pocket 4 and are then carried around within pockets in a rotating drum 5 past a sensing head 7, an acceptance port 8 and a discard outlet 10. If the sensing head 7 registers the presence of an acceptable battery a flap is opened to allow the battery to fall into the acceptance port 8. Otherwise it is carried round and rejected through the discard outlet 10. Furthermore batteries will only be accepted if coins or tokens of a required value have been put into a coin receipt unit 3. A control unit 17 receives information from the sensing head 7 and unit 3 to control access to the acceptance port 8. Acceptable used batteries then fall into a storage unit 9 and ultimately pass through a charging unit 39 where the batteries are subjected to a recharging process. Recharged batteries are stored in a storage region 25 and are dispensed through an outlet chute 26 to an outlet hopper 27 when the control unit 17 registers receipt of a used battery and the correct payment through the coin receipt unit 3. |
