Pasting apparatus and method
AssigneeMac Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc.
InventorRoy A. Fredrickson
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Abstract
An apparatus and method operations are provided for battery plate fabrication, in particular for applying paste to battery plate grids. A conveyer-type pasting machine includes a conveyer belt for moving battery plate grids under a new type of paste dispensing hopper, which includes closely spaced knurled rollers and an angled paste deflector member, which cooperate to generate a pressurized stream of paste for extrusion thru the battery plate grid. The apparatus also includes a specialized grid support sheet that also enables a consistent layer of paste to be applied to both exterior sides of a manufactured battery plate grid by enabling application of paste to one side of the grid and facilitating transmission of the paste through to and past the opposite, exterior side of the grid.
Claims31
A battery plate fabrication apparatus comprising:
- a conveyer belt;
- a paste dispensing hopper, the conveyer belt being operatively associated with the hopper generally below and spaced apart from an outlet of the paste dispensing hopper, and
- a grid support sheet positioned above the conveyer belt and supporting the battery plate grid above a portion of the conveyer belt generally in the area at least partially below the paste dispensing hopper.
A battery plate fabrication method comprising:
- providing a paste dispensing mechanism;
- providing a conveyor belt operatively proximate to the paste dispensing mechanism;
- advancing a battery plate grid past the paste dispensing mechanism on the conveyer belt;
- elevating the battery plate grid above the conveyor generally proximate the paste dispensing mechanism;
- dispensing paste from the paste dispensing mechanism onto the top side of the battery plate grid advanced proximate thereto;
- and
- extruding paste through the battery plate grid with a portion of the paste flowing through the battery plate grid to provide coverage to a bottom side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.