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US 4,225,037 AGranted
Acid-proof conveyor
AssigneeGeneral Battery Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Eberle
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Abstract
A novel conveying apparatus particularly adapted for use with electric storage batteries of the automotive type which is designed to reliably receive, convey, station and discharge batteries, to be impervious to acid, such as sulfuric acid, which may be discharged in the vicinity of those batteries, and to collect acid which spills in the vicinity of those batteries.
Claims5
An acid-proof conveying apparatus for conveying electric storage batteries into and out of a battery processing position defined therealong, comprising:
- a. trough means for receiving corrosive substances which may spill into the vacinity of the battery processing position;
- b. roller means disposed within and supported by a trough means for conveying said batteries through at least a portion of said trough;
- c. means for sensing the presence of the battery at least one location along said conveyor, said means being comprised of:
- (i) at least one shaft supported by said trough extending through a wall of said trough,
- (ii) trigger means causing the rotation of said shaft upon the introduction of a battery into said location,
- (iii) switch means for engaging said shaft for responding to the rotation of said shaft to sense the presence of said battery, and
- (iv) biasing means for biasing said shaft towards a normal position;
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- d. an acid-sealed channel disposed adjacent to said trough, said biasing means being disposed within said channel.
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