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US 6,047,430 AGranted
Battery plate feeding and handling apparatus
AssigneeGelco International L.L.C.
InventorGalen H. Redden
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Abstract
A plate feeding and handling apparatus (10) includes an improved lug brush cleaning mechanism (18) that more effectively holds and cleans the lugs on battery plates. The lug brush cleaning mechanism includes a conveyor assembly (78) that receives and transports plates and a brush mechanism (80) for cleaning the lugs on the plates as they are transported thereby.
Claims8
A plate handling apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor mechanism for advancing a battery plate having a lug;
- a lug brush cleaning mechanism positioned adjacent the conveyor mechanism for cleaning the lug on the battery plate as the battery plate passes thereby;
- the lug brush cleaning mechanism including
- a pair of rotatable lug brushes, and
- positioning mechanism for simultaneously positioning the brushes relative to the conveyor mechanism to permit simultaneous adjustment of the brushes as they become worn, the positioning mechanism including
- a first tie rod coupled with the first brush,
- a second tie rod coupled with the second brush,
- a motor assembly for moving the first tie rod in one direction and simultaneously moving the second tie rod in an opposite direction, and
- a pancake cylinder coupled with each of the first and second tie rods for fine tuning the position of the brushes.
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A plate handling apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor assembly for advancing a battery plate having a lug;
- a lug brush cleaning mechanism positioned adjacent the conveyor mechanism for cleaning the lug on the battery plate as the battery plate passes thereby, the lug brush cleaning mechanism including
- a pair of rotatable lug brushes, and
- positioning mechanism for simultaneously positioning the brushes relative to the conveyor mechanism to permit simultaneous adjustment of the brushes as they become worn, the positioning mechanism including
- a rotatably mounted servo arm,
- a first tie rod having a lower end coupled with the first brush and an upper end connected to the servo arm,
- a second tie rod having a lower end coupled with the second brush and an upper end connected to the servo arm,
- a motor assembly for selectively rotating the servo arm for moving the first tie rod in one direction and simultaneously moving the second tie rod in an opposite direction to simultaneously move both the first and second brushes either toward one another or away from one another.
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A plate handling apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor mechanism for advancing a battery plate having a lug;
- a lug brush cleaning mechanism positioned adjacent the conveyor mechanism for cleaning the lug on the battery plate as the battery plate passes thereby, the lug brush cleaning mechanism including
- a pair of rotatable lug brushes, and
- positioning mechanism for simultaneously positioning the brushes relative to the conveyor mechanism to permit simultaneous adjustment of the brushes as they become worn;
- and
- a powered cylinder for simultaneously raising both lug brushes in the same direction to a service position wherein both lug brushes are raised above and out of the conveying path of the battery plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.