Battery Charger with Mechanism to Automatically Load and Unload Batteries
AssigneeThe Gillette Company, a Delaware corporation
InventorsMatthew R. Stone, Leslie J. Pinnell
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Abstract
A mechanism is disclosed for loading/unloading one or more rechargeable batteries. The mechanism includes one or more charging compartments configured to receive one or more rechargeable batteries and a first actuator configured to cause the one or more rechargeable batteries to be displaced from a first position to a second position.
Claims24
A mechanism for loading/unloading one or more rechargeable batteries, the mechanism comprising:
- one or more charging compartments configured to receive one or more rechargeable batteries;
- a first actuator configured to cause the one or more rechargeable batteries to be displaced from a first position to a second position.
A mechanism for loading/unloading one or more rechargeable batteries, the mechanism comprising:
- one or more charging compartments configured to receive one or more rechargeable batteries;
- and
- an actuator configured to cause at least a portion of the one or more charging compartments to be displaced from a first position to permit insertion or removal of a battery or batteries into or out of the one or more charging compartments, to a second position in which a charging operation can be initiated.
A charger device configured to charge one or more rechargeable batteries, the device comprising:
- a load/unload mechanism comprising:
- one or more charging compartments configured to receive one or more rechargeable batteries;
- and
- a first actuator configured to cause at least a portion of the one or more charging compartments to be displaced from a first position to permit insertion or removal of a battery or batteries to a second position in which a charging operation can be initiated.
A method for charging one or more rechargeable batteries, the method comprising:
- receiving the one or more batteries in corresponding one or more charging compartments such that the one or more batteries are located in a first position;
- causing the one or more batteries to be displaced from the first position to a second position;
- determining a current level to apply to the one or more batteries;
- and
- applying a charging current having substantially the determined current level to the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.