Water refilling plug for battery cells
AssigneeOschmann Gbr
InventorsKlaus Scherzer, Hermann Stauff
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Abstract
The invention relates to a water filling connector for automatically filling battery cells, having a cylindrical connector housing (12) comprising a connector fitting (26) for water inlet into the housing (12) and a valve actuated by a swimmer and having a ring-shaped valve body (38) and a conical valve seat (42) disposed between an inlet channel (34) and an outlet channel (68) leading into the battery cell. Swirl-generating deflection channels (64) are disposed around the circumference between the ring-shaped inlet channel (34) and the conical valve set (42).
Claims5
A water refilling plug for automatically filling battery cells comprising:
- a cylindrical plug housing;
- a connector fitting coupled to the housing for water delivery into the housing;
- a valve having an annular valve body and a conical valve seat, the valve being arranged between an inflow channel and an outflow channel leading into a battery cell;
- a float actuating the valve,
- wherein swirl-generating deflection channels are recessed into a cylinder wall of the valve over a circumference of the wall between the annular inflow channel and the conical valve seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.